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Movember - Mo Stashed Hairiers: The Call Is Out

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Should we be forced to wear a burqa or niqab?

Number of people in Canada killed by Muslim women wearing a burqa or niqab = zero.

Number killed by people not wearing burqa or niqab = more than I care to count.

Heck, with stats like that I propose we should all be forced to wear niqabs and burqas. Don't you think?

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Niqab ban at citizenship ceremonies panders to intolerance - Susan Delacourt

This is a probing piece by Susan Delacourt that asks the excellent question, why do minorities who have themselves been victims of intolerance then show intolerance towards other minorities? There are some votes that you simply do not want.

Niqab ban at citizenship ceremonies panders to intolerance: Delacourt

If most Canadians were allowed to choose which language should be spoken exclusively at citizenship ceremonies, let’s be frank: it would be English. Fortunately for the French-language minority in Canada, this isn't how we've historically settled matters of rights and citizenship in this country.

Which makes it all the more strange how Quebec has become the epicentre of an entirely unnecessary, toxic debate in this federal election about what can be worn at citizenship ceremonies. What is going on there?

Read the full article here...

Bishops of Canada urge national political leaders and Catholics throughout the country to take action on refugee sponsorship

Bishops of Canada urge national political leaders and Catholics throughout the country to take action on refugee sponsorship

(CCCB – Ottawa)... In a letter to the country's national political leaders, the Most Reverend Douglas Crosby, O.M.I., Bishop of Hamilton and President of the Canadian Conference of Catholic Bishops, asks them to collaborate in better assisting refugees.

Canadian Bishops Plenary Assembly

The President cites the resolution by the recent 2015 CCCB Plenary Assembly which "calls on the Government of Canada to expand, accelerate, and facilitate the private sponsorship of refugees during this time of urgent need." Bishop Crosby explains that "Our discussion made it clear that this resolution is intended not only to encourage the present government in its ongoing efforts, but also to urge that such measures be continued and expanded by the next government with the collaboration of all the parties represented in the House of Commons."

CCCB Media Department