The government is placing a ban on face coverings such as niqabs for people swearing their oath of citizenship, Immigration Minister Jason Kenney said Monday.
The ban takes effect immediately.
As a result, Muslim women will have to remove their niqabs or any other face-covering garments, such as burkas, before they can recite the oath of citizenship to become Canadians. Citizenship judges will be directed to enforce the rules at ceremonies over which they preside.
It's a "public declaration that you are joining the Canadian family and it must be taken freely and openly," he said, calling it "frankly, bizarre" that women were allowed to wear face veils while they swear their citizenship oaths.
http://news.ca.msn.com/canada/face-veils-banned-for-citizenship-oaths
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2 comments:
Is this so they can be sure of who they are? I think that is the reason. I hate a belief that would cover women from head to toe. If you get turned on by looking at a woman, that's your problem asshole.
I'm sure it will eventually be challenged in court. As will the ban on face coverings while testifying in court. The Supreme Court of Canada will sort it all out in due course, I'm sure.
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