We are open to others as Erna Paris wrote, but we have the right to demand of others that they accept our values and leave their oppressive repressive ethic behind
I took umbrage with the underlying thesis Erna Paris expressed in her Globe and Mail article about our attitude toward Syrian refugees "Let's not cave to fear in 2016." After the shame of None is too Many that embraced Canada during the Holocaust, when Canada's government decreed that one Jew allowed into the country was one too many, Canada and Canadians have opened their hearts and wallets to refugees from around the world. I sent my concerns to the Globe and Mail as an op-ed. And was refused. Not surprised.
Paris fears the backlash from "divisive politics" which she ascribes to the previous Harper government. She made specific reference to the niqab controversy. I happen to agree with the previous government that the niqab has no place in Canada
Paris wrote the centre cannot hold with divisive politics. Things fall apart; the centre cannot hold/...And what rough beast, its hour come at last/Slouches towards Bethlehem to be born? - Yeats, The Second Coming
