kirpan

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This week: Good news, bad news

Calgary’s White Pride march is a dud, while Ignatieff pitches protectionism

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Pointed comments on the kirpan: “above all a religious symbol”

My colleague Colby Cosh says I was “sowing nonsense” when I wrote that the Supreme Court of Canada “found that the kirpan is a religious symbol, not a weapon.” He says the court found no such thing.

That non-weapon sure is pointy

Reciting “It’s not a weapon” won’t allow us to avoid the debate

Q&A: Nav Bains on the kirpan controversy

Sikh MP has shown dagger to Bloc, worn it to U.S. Congress

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Who wants to have a religious freedom debate?

In light of this, the Bloc Quebecois apparently wonders if Parliament should ban the kirpan.