Great deflection, perhaps you could bring up the Inquisitions to suggest parallels as if every country in the world where the niqab is common isn't highlighted by social regression and authoritarianism. Better yet, there are 57 members of the OIC at the UN, how many protect gender equality, freedom of expression (including religious satire), and LGBT rights under law? There is not modern parallel to the scourge of fundamentalism parading as pious duty - whether it's Turkey or Iran, the idea of society "governed" by religious codes is synonymous with misogyny and social regression - without exception. Are you suggesting Canada should emulate Europe's failures in their attempt to accommodate fundamentalists? France, Belgium, Germany - they have floundered with political impotence if the face of assertive fundamentalists and are now playing catch-up against segregated communities hostile to civilized western values - it's not about culture, it's about progress (or lack thereof).