Do you agree with Harpers new law stating (muslim)woman must be unveiled to vote?

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also, it would be great if you could answer this question which didn't seem to post

http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index;_ylt=Aper7_s7xnmVwqNTGHNXu3Pty6IX;_ylv=3?qid=20071026203325AAX6i2u

Answer 1

The proposal (it is a proposal to change the new law) is not to force Muslim women to remove their veils!!!!!!! It is that women wearing the burqua or niquab must show their faces to match with a picture ID card.

Interestingly, there has been no general objection to the new law requiring proving ID; similar laws in some of the USA states have caused vehement objections there and court challenges.

That being said: I believe the number of burqua-ed or niquab-ed women in the last Federal election was counted as a whopping total of 54. Much ado about very little, and easily
handled by making sure there are female poll workers to whom these voters may show their faces.

Answer 2

They don't need to be unveiled to vote, you misunderstand. A veiled woman must reveal her face to another woman (in private area, out of sight of men) for the purpose of verifying identity. She is then free to put the veil back on and proceed to the ballot. Nobody is entitled to see her face other than the female official actually verifying the identity.

Also remember, if a woman from the US or Canada moves to some of the Arab countries, she cannot even leave the house without being veiled and following all local dress laws. We ask for one concession to our law, we do not require they walk the streets unveiled as their country would require women to walk the streets veiled.

Answer 3

No. 80,000 voters MAILED IN ballets in the last election. So Harper tells us that if you show up that all of a sudden you need a higher level of proof that you are you???

The Chief Electoral Officer says they have it in under control. And knowing the system, I believe him. They mail you your card, you bring it in to your polling station, they take it and check off your name as voted, and make you sign next to your name, and can request 2 pieces of identification. Just how many votes do they think are going to be stuffed? You would have to steal cards and ID from people that you know aren't going to vote....

This is even worse as it is the Conservatives singling out a religion and setting up barriers for them to not be able to vote. Sounds like old rules in the Deep South back before civil rights.

I don't care if these people vote the same as I do or not, but IF the voting policy doesn't hinder me, why would I oppose making it easier for others?

I don't have a religion and it is clear to me we live by Christian rules. I am sick of it. As an extreme example why do we not have to identify ourselves by being fully naked? Why do they figure they can tell by looking at a face? Why, because of Christian modesty would never allow it. Yet it is the same thing, a Muslim may not see any difference between baring her face and baring her breast - both off limits.

Answer 4

The new law is NOT asking Muslim women to remove veils, it is asking that they show their face behind a curtain, to a FEMALE representative of the voting staff (unveiling ones face to another female is not contravening their religion). At some point in their lives they had to do this to get photo ID in the first place, so why not prove they are the one in the photo?

Answer 5

If someone were to walk into my place of employment with their face veiled, my first thought is that their intention is of a criminal or a terrorist nature. So, yes, I agree with this law for my own peace of mind and safety.

It may be normal to wear a veil in their country, but, it is not normal here in Canada.

Answer 6

EVERYONE must show their FACE in order to vote - just like you have to show your face to get a driver's licence or a Canadian passport.

Don't like it - no problem, all you need to do is don't drive, don't get a Canadian passport and/or don't vote. Canadians are tolerant but as far as I know, we haven't yet changed our national symbol to a door mat.

I am always amazed at how many people think Canada is so wonderful - they just can't wait to live here, and yet the first thing they want to do when they arrive is change it into what they left in the first place.

My relatives took the effort to learn the language, the culture (yes, there IS one!) and to 'fit in'. They managed to do it without losing their cultural identity/language - why do other people think they are any less adept, intelligent or adaptable? Is it just that they are a lot lazier? Not really wanting to be here?

Sign me,

Fed-up-with-whiners!

Answer 7

I don't see why fingerprints wouldn't accomplish the same thing. Or better yet, the Iraqi method of painting the fingertip with indelible blue dye to prevent multiple voting, whatever the identity of the voter.

Answer 8

The problem is ahead in this issue, when an immigrant moves to Canada, he/she should be aware that there is a different reality and should question him/herself if they can fit in it.

Moving to a new country and pretending the host country must adjust to their requirements is a slap in the face to the majority already living there

Conversely those newcomers who want to impose their lifestyle upon the new country; they would not allow foreigners to retain the lifestyle of their country of origin

Answer 9

No, the government has the policy that no one should discriminate, impede or threaten a person's religion. To tell Muslim women that they must take off their veils would violate their religion's traditions, and these women would have to make the choice between disobeying their beliefs or voting. Most often, the woman going to choose to uphold thier beliefs, so they would not be voting if this law were to take effect. Then, Harper, whoever he is, loses all the Muslim women's votes. However, since we are talking about Canada, i believe, and i know little about Canadian law, I can not say whether their law premits them to enact harper's law or not.

Answer 10

Yes I agree with Harper. Those masked people could be terrorist. It is against the Canadian law to wear mask in public places.