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| Canada Introduces Law Banning Polygamist Immigrants |
| 2014-11-07 |
| [AnNahar] Canada's Immigration Minister Chris Alexander Wednesday unveiled plans to ban entry to migrants who practice polygamy and what he termed "barbaric cultural practices." The move follows a spate of so-called "honor" killings over the past decade involving immigrant families from the Middle East and South Asia. "We are strengthening our laws to protect Canadians and newcomers to Canada from barbaric cultural practices," Alexander said in a statement. "We are sending a strong message to those in Canada and those who wish to come to Canada that we will not tolerate cultural traditions in Canada that deprive individuals of their human rights ...not to be confused with individual rights,mind you... The sweeping changes to Canada's immigration act would also prohibit forced marriages, set a minimum age for marriage at 16 and limit possible defenses in "honor" killings and many spousal murders. In "honor" killings, carried out to protect what is seen as family pride, reasons for disapproval can include having relationships outside of one's caste or religion. In May, a court ordered the mother and uncle of a Canadian woman allegedly killed overseas over her secret marriage to a poor rickshaw driver to be extradited to India to face prosecution for murder and conspiracy to commit murder in the 14-year-old case. In another case, the father and brother of a 16-year-old girl pleaded guilty in 2010 to murdering her for disobeying her father, including refusing to wear a hijab. The family had immigrated from Pakistain. |
| Posted by:trailing wife |
| #9 Guess I am among the lucky ones. Got it right first time out of the box; 41 and counting, with the same Spousal Unit. |
| Posted by: USN, Ret. 2014-11-07 18:17 |
| #8 Spouse hell CS, multiple in-laws????????!!!! I don't know about you old folks, I've only got 36 yrs (still counting) under my belt......on the second attempt, but those in-laws were definitely problematic. |
| Posted by: AlanC 2014-11-07 18:04 |
| #7 An idea whose time has come. |
| Posted by: JohnQC 2014-11-07 16:47 |
| #6 Speaking as one of the two participants in a still surviving marriage of nearly 52 years and counting, I cannot even IMAGINE the stress of having more than one spouse. |
| Posted by: Canuckistan sniper 2014-11-07 16:09 |
| #5 "No mo Mons!" |
| Posted by: Skidmark 2014-11-07 14:14 |
| #4 CanadaIntroduces Law Banning Polygamist Next they will be banning Canibbles - Do you eat or nibble food which comes from a can? Well, you are a canibble. |
| Posted by: Woodrow Thud3213 2014-11-07 13:12 |
| #3 "barbaric cultural practices." This could be anything. It could be lack of interest in ice hockey. Non-drinkers. Cultures that don't eat bacon. |
| Posted by: BrerRabbit 2014-11-07 11:47 |
| #2 Oh, so the other two wymns, both preggies.... are your sisters? Here are your passports, I'm afraid you'll have to be on the next thing smoking out of here. We're don't do baby factories. |
| Posted by: Besoeker 2014-11-07 06:13 |
| #1 Stand by for exploding Mormons. |
| Posted by: Shipman 2014-11-07 06:09 |