Just a coincidence that the niqab is only common in countries where women are treated as second class citizens and forced to submit to male authority under the guise of morality, modesty, and piety? The niqab is a symbol of a belief system that is hostile to Canadian values of gender equality, LGBT rights, and freedom of expression. It's not a coincidence that wherever the niqab is common, the LGBT community fears for the lives. 57 members of the OIC, how many protect gender equality, free expression, and LGBT rights? Even the idea of modesty is sexist, as if women who don't where the niqab are being immodest (and only women) and potentially provoking male advances. Canada is a civilized country so men aren't allowed to defend sexual assault using the defence of being provoked by immodesty. The fact that the niqab isn't in Canada is a function of progress - countries where the niqab is common are regressive, without exception. Canada isn't different, Canada is advanced, full stop.