Fwd: National Post: National Post View: Court was right to strike down niqab ban during citizenship ceremony

[Courtenay]

I came across this article while searching for something else. It caught my eye because of our conversation the other night and because it's written in the national post. 

National Post: National Post View: Court was right to strike down niqab ban during citizenship ceremony

National Post View
Wednesday, February 11, 2015

In 2011, then-immigration minister Jason Kenney unilaterally imposed a ban on the wearing of the niqab and other face-covering garments while taking the oath of citizenship. Prior to then, Muslim women had been permitted to wear a niqab or burka during the ceremony and recite the oath from behind ...

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