Wholesale nonsense.  Further, Canadians are nothing like the countries you are inferring.

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The niqab is currently being flogged as being "in Canada". That certainly is either an optimistic appraisal or fanciful one.

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Irrespective, the are many Muslim women who would not be caught hanging an eyes-only cloth over their face..

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Likely saves money though, making the trips shopping cheap for the big man..