Federal NDP Leader: Tom Mulcair

Tom Mulcair: The federal NDP leader was passionate in his opposition to the Parti Quebecois government's discussion paper outlining its plans to ban public servants from displaying religious head wear and other symbols. , according to Winnipeg Free Press. "It has nothing to do with some high-sounding value. This has everything to do with the most base politics. It's undignified and we're going to fight it straight up," he said during a break from a two-day caucus retreat. SASKATOON - Tom Mulcair threw caution to the winds Tuesday as he categorically rejected Quebec's proposed charter of values. Describing the charter as a "dark cloud" hanging over multi-ethnic constituents in his own Montreal riding, Mulcair said it's those people who make him "emotional about somebody trying to use them for a political purpose." (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.