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WENDY MESLEY (HOST):
- WENDY MESLEY (HOST):
Quebec Muslims caught between politics and faith.
NICK PURDON (REPORTER):
(To a Muslim woman): Do you feel welcome in Quebec? -
- WENDY MESLEY (HOST):
Quebec Muslims speak out against making the niqab political.
MUSLIM WOMAN:
I feel we are always the scapegoats. -
- STEPHEN HARPER (CONSERVATIVE PARTY LEADER):
In a public citizenship ceremony, it is essential that is a time where you reveal yourselves to Canadians.
JUSTIN TRUDEAU (LIBERAL PARTY LEADER):
Canada defends the rights of minorities.
THOMAS MULCAIR (NDP LEADER):
Mr. Harper is trying to hide his record behind a niqab.
WENDY MESLEY (HOST):
Up next, Quebec Muslims open up to Nick Purdon about the hot button debate over the niqab. -
The niqab has become a surprise issue this campaign. Conservatives want to ban the face veil during citizenship ceremonies. The Bloc Quebecois wants an even wider ban. And polls show those positions resonate, especially in Quebec. But how does it feel when politics makes what you wear an issue of national concern? Nick Purdon asked that question.
NICK PURDON (REPORTER):
The election campaign rolled in Quebec this week and the politics got personal.
DANIA SULEMAN (MONTREAL LAWYER):
It is not necessarily about the niqab. It is about the presence of Muslims in Canada. They are picking us apart.
NICK PURDON (REPORTER):
Identity always seems to play a big role in elections here. And this being one of the tightest races in Canadian history, Quebec is all the more important. Take a...