Canada has for the most part avoided the the cultural segregation and social division that is synonymous with political Islamism - a political belief system highlighted by social regression, misogyny, and authoritarianism in every country around the world, without exception. The niqab is part and parcel of a belief system that enforces "modesty" requirements on women as if women provoke sexual assault for not covering their hair. Men and women are treated as equals in Canada, not because of cultural differences, because of progress. For over 90 years, Turkey had strict secular controls to guard against assertive Islamism, it has taken one Islamist government under 10 years to roll back 90 years of secular progress. The point is that the niqab represents social division and segregation - it encourages tribalist silos. There is a depressing social regression that occurs wherever the fundamentalist culture associated with the niqab takes root, Europe's experience speaks for itself.