[submitted to the Globe & Mail as a letter, but not published]
If the Niqab was banned at citizenship ceremonies it would punish the supposedly oppressed woman (were the nuns I grew up with all oppressed women without personal agency in their severe costumes?) and not her supposed oppressor, her husband. That would only increase the marginalization of the oppressed, and increase the power of the oppressor. In effect it would reward the oppressor in order to punish the oppressed.
But, heh, I am glad the Conservatives have finally started to care for oppressed female minorities, even in this warped way. If only they had so much concern for the fate of aboriginal women in our society and the barbaric cultural practices, such as residential schools, that helped rip apart the fabric of aboriginal society.
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