Un-hypenated Canadian Gets Support From Quebec

Political correctness gone too far, ADQ Leader says

Canadian Press

QUEBEC — A Montreal community health clinic has come under fire for excluding men from their neonatal classes to accommodate the sensibilities of Muslim, Sihk and Hindu women.

ADQ Leader Mario Dumont said the prohibition exceeds the limits of common sense.

He said it's unreasonable that a Quebec taxpayer is barred from joining his pregnant girlfriend at a health clinic because his presence would offend others.

Religious and cultural accommodations in light of the Charter of Rights and Freedoms no longer makes sense, Mr. Dumont said ahead of a weekend convention of l'Action democratique du Quebec.

He pointed as well to a suggestion by Montreal police that female officers call male colleagues to avoid offending male Hasidic Jews.

“We are completely moving to misusing the Charter and that is starting to worry me.”

Mr. Dumont said it's not racist for a majority of citizens to defend their own values.

Quebec and Canada welcome many immigrants. They are treated well, offered the same rights as others and given access to health cards and welfare, Mr. Dumont said.

“A society doing that can't be accused of racism,” he said.

But in exchange for that generosity, new arrivals should respect the values of the society they are entering.

“Quebec police didn't kidnap anyone in the world to force them to come to Quebec.”