Stephen Harper and Zunera Ishaq

TorontoCarol Sutton thanks: Dorothy Graham, TorontoCarol Sutton thanks Stephen Harper for sticking up for the laws of Canada, laws which she feels immigrants try to change after coming to this country, according to Toronto Star. She seems to have missed the fact that the laws, as is, support Zunera Ishaq right to wear her niqab; it is Stephen Harper who wishes to change Canada laws, presumably finding their inclusiveness offensive. Think of all those potential criminals disguised as skiers, doctors, nurses, scientists, home renovators, haz-mat handlers, immune-compromised people, Halloween revellers – heck, even my own 11-year-old son goes out in public with a toque and a face warmer that only reveals his eyes, just like a niqab-clad woman.I assume Louck was being facetious, and not Islamaphobic. Ernest Tucker, TorontoIn terms of moderation, Stan Lerner statement ranks very low: Democracy faces the same threat from Haredi Judaism and Christian fundamentalism. What kind of a threat to democracy can these two — let call them intense forms of their major religions — represent An objective inquiry will disclose none because there is none. Democracy can only function in an atmosphere of moderation. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.