10-20-2015
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| Justin Trudeau. Photo: screenshot Global News |
The Prime Minister-elect, Justin Trudeau, who won a majority government in the federal elections, chose in his victory speech to emphasize his commitment to protect Muslim woman’s “free choice” to wear her traditional head covering and to repeal Bill C-24 that gave the government the power to revoke citizenship of convicted terrorists who possess dual citizenship. Trudeau said in this regard the following:
During the election campaign Trudeau used the expression “Canadian is a Canadian is a Canadian” to bash Harper policy for what he called creating second-class citizens whose citizenship is constantly threatened.
Speaking in Winnipeg town hall in last July, Trudeau said: “The Liberal Party believes that terrorists should get to keep their Canadian citizenship … because I do and I’m willing to take on anyone who disagrees with that.”
He added: “As soon as you make citizenship for some Canadians conditional on good behaviour, you devalue citizenship for everyone.”
Source: CIJnews
“There are thousands of stories I can share with you about this remarkable campaign, but I want you to think about one in particular. Last week I met a young mom in St. Catharines, Ontario.
She practices the Muslim faith and was wearing a hijab. She made her way through the crowd and handed me her infant daughter. And as she leaned forward she said something that I will never forget.
She said she is voting for us because she wants to make sure that her little girl has the right to make her own choices in her life and the government will protect those rights.
To her I say this: You and your fellow citizens have chosen a new government, a government that believes deeply in the diversity of our country. We know in our bones that Canada was built by people from all corners of the world who worship every faith, who belong to every culture, who speak every language.
We believe in our hearts that this country’s unique diversity is a blessing bestowed upon us by previous generations of Canadians. Canadians who stared down prejudice and fought discrimination in all its forms.
We know that our enviable inclusive society didn’t happen by accident and won’t continue without effort. I have always known this. Canadians know it too. If not I might have spoken earlier this evening and given a very different speech.
Have faith in your fellow citizens my friends. They’re kind and generous. They are open-minded and optimistic and they know in their heart of hearts that a Canadian is a Canadian is a Canadian.”
During the election campaign Trudeau used the expression “Canadian is a Canadian is a Canadian” to bash Harper policy for what he called creating second-class citizens whose citizenship is constantly threatened.
Speaking in Winnipeg town hall in last July, Trudeau said: “The Liberal Party believes that terrorists should get to keep their Canadian citizenship … because I do and I’m willing to take on anyone who disagrees with that.”
He added: “As soon as you make citizenship for some Canadians conditional on good behaviour, you devalue citizenship for everyone.”
Source: CIJnews
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