What this is really is is a question of saying we’re not interested in allowing different people to contribute to the progress and change of our society.Each year the City of West Hollywood celebrates pride with its One City One Pride LGBTQ Arts Festival, which runs from Harvey Milk Day (May 22) through the end of June Pride month (June 30). We’ve had Orthodox Jews in Alberta - so this isn’t a question of immigration or recent arrivals changing our culture. And we’ve had Sikh families in Alberta for well over 100 years. “The reason that our country has been successful is that we welcome people here. “I’ve been talking about the secular charter for some time because not only do I think it’s an abrogation of Canadian values and ethics, I also think it’s horrible public policy. What kind of outcry would there be?” he asked. “Imagine if we put up a sign in the window of that deli and said Orthodox Jews need not apply to work here. Nenshi rejected the notion that the Quebec Charter had anything to do with immigration, or that visible religious symbols were a challenge to traditional Québécois culture. “If this is an opportunity to tell people that this is a great place to live, work, invest, raise your family, then come on over.” We’re happy to have you,” he said during a press conference on Tuesday. “What I’m saying today is look, whether or not you’re a person who wears a turban or a hijab, if you’re uncomfortable living in a society that says people who wear turbans or hijabs should be excluded from certain jobs, come here.
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Nenshi, an Ismaili Muslim, further condemned the charter as “social suicide” and an example of “intolerance.” Further, he saw the Parti Québécois’ proposal as an opportunity to attract aggrieved Quebec residents to Calgary. On Sunday, he spoke out against the charter at his city’s gay pride parade.
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We’re actually physically saying to some children that because of the faith that you and your family follow, there are some jobs that you’re not eligible for.”Ī discussion paper expected to be proposed within the next week would implement a more forcefully secularist approach to public policy in Quebec The Charter of Quebec Values would bar public servants from displaying religious jewelry and garments, including crosses, yarmulkes, turbans and hijabs. We’re not talking about government neutrality. ‘‘What we’re looking at under this charter of secularism is intolerance. “I do think we have to use whatever podiums we’ve been given, whatever voice we have, to speak out against injustice,” the Calgary mayor said. The Mayor pointed out that Canada needs to be able to attract the best and brightest from all over the world, and make them feel at home as they integrate into our economy and help keep us competitive. The Mayor, leading Calgary’s pride parade, took a moment to refer to a proposal in a “certain part of our country” that threatens to undercut our economic prosperity. You don’t have to extend that thought process out much further before you get to “Hey, maybe the province should be its own country or something.”Īmid all the eggshell prancing, however, came a refreshing blast of mockery aimed the PQ’s way, courtesy of Calgary mayor Naheed Nenshi. It just reinforces how different Quebec is, and how the RoC will never understand. But this is a rare instance where a circumspect politician treads lightly not out of fear of electoral consequences (as is typically the case), but out of an understanding that Quebec separatists love it when politicians from the Rest of Canada criticize them.
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Our political leaders should speak out against xenophobic policies aimed at our fellow citizens, of course. It’s hard for those outside of Quebec to say much in response to insanity like this - especially those involved in federal politics. This advertisement has not loaded yet, but your article continues below.