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Sylvain Leclerc, spokesperson for the commission, said the majority of people who have spoken at the hearings are moderate. They are often against reasonable accommodations, especially for religious reasons, but they are not against immigration. national post
Assorted boffins weigh in on whether the Quebec Commission on Reasonable Accommodations is the right way to go. Unsurprisingly, the academics suggest that it isn’t based on the fact that oridinary people tend to say very un-PC things.
Meanwhile Ms. Leclerc muddies the waters with her observation that while the Quebeckers are largely against “reasonable accommodations” they are not against immigration. What can this possibly mean? And what are the premises from which Ms. Leclerc operates.
This is not a Commission on immigration; rather it is an examinantion of the question of how far a society can and should go to accommodate the religious and cultural requirements of an immigrant minority. Which, calling the spade the spade, really means the Muslim minority. Quebeckers are saying, pretty clearly, “Not very far.” Which is an entirely legitimate position and has direct and basic implications for immigration.
Very simply, Quebeckers are saying they are not willing to accommodate much of what is passing for hardcore Islamic practice. They don’t want women only swim sessions and they are unimpressed with ladies who vote behind a veil. Implicit in this position is that the people who practice this sort of weird 13th century version of Islam are not going to feel welcome in Quebec. Which, in its turn suggests that such people are not good candidates to immigrate to La Belle Province. Makes perfect sense to me.
It would be an excellent idea to hold similar hearings in the rest of Canada and, when regular Canadians express their distaste for the more medieval Muslim practices, the federal government might well decide that immigrants from places where this barbarism is practiced and promoted are, well, not welcome in Canada.
It is really not that tough - if you want to live in a progressive, forward looking nation and are willing to, loosely, conform to our values, we’ll consider you. If you want to keep your women in sacks, cut off their clits and stone them to death…errrr, well, no.
Written by jay on November 4th, 2007 with
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