Muslims told not to wear veils when they vote in Quebec

[Tie]

Marcel Blanchet, Quebec's chief returning officer, says he is using special grants to make this law. He also hired two bodyguards after the office had received threatening phone calls and e-mails. Some residents were also promising to wear the niqāb, a veil which covers the whole face except for the eyes, on Monday's vote.
But before he made this decision, Blanchet allowed voters to wear the niqāb on voting day only if they showed their ID and voting card. Blanchet, however, was criticized by all three main Quebec party leaders for that decision.
"Relevant articles to electoral laws were modified to add the following: any person showing up at a polling station must be uncovered to exercise the right to vote," he said.
Sarah Elgazzar, of the Canadian Council on American-Islamic Relations, said, in her opinion, that this will discourage Muslim voters to show up on election day.
An eleven-year-old Ontario girl, who played at a soccer tournament in Quebec in February, was removed from the tournament after she refused to take off her headscarf at the request of the referee. A Muslim woman, who worked at a prison in Quebec, last week, was fired from her job after she also refused to take off her veil.

[juni_83]

Well, you have to see their faces in order to match their face with the picture on their ID. Otherwise you could go and vote for you whole feminine side of the family. That wouldn't be right either, correct?

[Louis]

Naah, its not correct. They have a religion and their religion doesn't allow unveiling faces of women infront of strangers, so may be Canadian govt. can have a female officer there to check identity of Muslim voters (female). I believe since most Muslim females are turning modern, this decision wouldn't bring much criticism.

[Nazzy]

Quebec is the most racisit province I've seen or heard of in Canada. I really hope we seperate them and let them rot! I hate the whole elections thing, where the quebec area have more seats etc.. It's all BS!! If I was Harper, I'd be seperating right now and kicking them off, as being part of Canada.

[Bubbles]

haha...It is easier said than done.
Just because a part of Canada isn't appealing you, it can't be isolated or removed from Canada's map. :P

[Nazzy]

yeah it can, they want to seperate anyways... you just setup a border between there, tell them to pay billions of dollars which they owe to Canada and we can get red if the french once and for all.

[bhar123]

According to me they should check the ladies faces and can have a lady officer on duty to do it.

[KimmyBear]

Well.. I wish Quebec could seperate.. its really just not possible though. Especially with Canada being so hyped up on "Multiculturalism". However, I think we do need to reform Quebec a little bit, Living in quebec rules, but it makes it suck for the rest of the country. In all honesty I think Quebec is better run than that rest of the country (this is not a comment on the Harper government, im a strong Harper supporter) It's just that Quebec has so man of their own laws that it can be run better. However, I really do not like the lack of morality that is very evident in montreal and quebec city