In today's National Post,

But not all women who’ve worn niqabs feel positively about them.
When the niqab is there, the woman is absent. She's like a ghost

 
Ensaf Haidar, the wife of imprisoned blogger Raif Badawi, says she had to wear the niqab in Saudi Arabia at times because it was mandatory.
She feels niqabs are a way of erasing women from public view and says she doesn’t believe they have a place in Canada or Quebec.
“When the niqab is there, the woman is absent,” she said in a phone interview. “She’s like a ghost.”
Haidar lives in Sherbrooke, Que. with her three children as she fights for the release of her husband, who is serving a 10-year prison sentence for his criticism of Saudi clerics.
She says she doesn’t believe wearing the niqab can be a choice and hopes to see it gone from Canada one day.
“We came here to be free,” Haidar said. “We’re here because there are a lot of things we can’t do in our country.”
“I am here and I am free and I am me.”