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A town councillor in the middle of Quebec's furor over integrating immigrants laid out a stark choice Wednesday for Canadians who believe new arrivals are destroying traditional culture - that stark choice is, in the minds of Herouxville, Quebec city councillor André Drouin and his supporters, drop the clauses in the Charter of Rights and Freedoms protecting religion or Quebec should separate from Canada.
Apparently, Mr. Drouin and Herouxville, believe that protecting religious freedom in Quebec by allowing women to wear veils while voting or providing kosher meals in hospitals is destroying "our country". Unless of course, protecting religious freedom means enshrining in the town's "code of conduct" the right to celebrate Christmas.
*eyeroll*
Seriously, if communities like Herouxville want out of Canada so bad, I say let them go, along with their per capita share of the national debt and all the territory within the area of the town at the time of Confederation. By all means, start your own Maple syrup republic, best of luck to you, don't let the door hit you on the way out. The rest of the country will be just fine without you. And no, you can't use our passports anymore. Just take off, eh?
On a more serious (less vindictive?) note, while I agree that there's a place for a debate in Canada about immigration and, more to the point, what Canadians can and should reasonably expect from people who wish to immigrate here and what immigrants can and should reasonably expect from Canada but shit like this is not that debate.
Apparently, Mr. Drouin and Herouxville, believe that protecting religious freedom in Quebec by allowing women to wear veils while voting or providing kosher meals in hospitals is destroying "our country". Unless of course, protecting religious freedom means enshrining in the town's "code of conduct" the right to celebrate Christmas.
*eyeroll*
Seriously, if communities like Herouxville want out of Canada so bad, I say let them go, along with their per capita share of the national debt and all the territory within the area of the town at the time of Confederation. By all means, start your own Maple syrup republic, best of luck to you, don't let the door hit you on the way out. The rest of the country will be just fine without you. And no, you can't use our passports anymore. Just take off, eh?
On a more serious (less vindictive?) note, while I agree that there's a place for a debate in Canada about immigration and, more to the point, what Canadians can and should reasonably expect from people who wish to immigrate here and what immigrants can and should reasonably expect from Canada but shit like this is not that debate.
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