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Canadian Immigration Policy
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http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/americas/6316151.stm
Some interesting quotes -
Pretty crazy to read - what do you think?
Some interesting quotes -
Don't stone women to death, burn them or circumcise them, immigrants wishing to live in the town of Herouxville in Quebec, Canada, have been told
We wish to inform these new arrivals that the way of life which they abandoned when they left their countries of origin cannot be recreated here,
We consider it completely outside norms to... kill women by stoning them in public, burning them alive, burning them with acid, circumcising them etc.
Pretty crazy to read - what do you think?
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I'd second that. Vive le Quebec!
Why shouldn't Quebecois make it clear that barbaric practices acceptable in many Islamic cultures are not acceptable in Quebec?
That's a load of bollocks. You really think immigrants are going to bring those sort of beliefs with them when they come to a new country?
Anyway, I sort of see their point, "When in Rome" and all that crap but you can't deny immigrants practicing some of their customs when they arrive. They have the right as much as we do.
Would you?
It's there to make things clear for anyone that might consider it, and doesn't affect me because whilst being RC I don't engage in any of those practises.
However, this is a little bit of a non-story really (although interesting). Also the title of the thread is misleading: this isn't Canadian immigration policy its unofficial guidelines from one a small yokel town who don't know what to expect from immigrants. It says in the article "Herouxville has one immigrant family in its 1,300 population" so its pretty obvious that they've never actually experienced any of the horrors that they mention (unless that immigrant family was the Mansons or something).
Apparently Canada has had a pretty liberal immigration policy, especially towards muslims. In fact on right-wing American forums I follow sometimes its regularly referred to as "Canuckistan"
In the name of fairness they should be issuing such warnings to people of all religious denominations- or none.
They should have entitled it "listen up all you bloody foreigners"
Rather distasteful, but hey ho. I don't think its such a bad thing- many Islamic communities do have serious issues with women's rights, especially those Muslims from mid-Africa.
merde putain!
Ironically, I imagine that that is one of the reasons that many muslims might want to move to Canada. I don't see the need for this really. As long as they're informed of all of the major laws, there's no need to mention specific acts based on a few extreme examples from throughout the world. I think it's more than a bit patronising tbh.