text: The cultural practices need to first be understood by Canadians before any serious debate can take place. As has been the experience in Europe, many of these practices are carried over into the West, despite them being against the law. This include female genital mutilation, child brides and even using boys as a sexual substitute (in Islamic schools, for example).
  
  If we do not openly discuss these things now, we will face - 5, 10 years from now - the very same scandals that we have had with the Christian brothers, native residential schools etc.