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The Conservative government has vowed to table a new legislation that would eliminate polygamous and forced marriages from within Canada’s immigration stream. According to the announcement made by Citizenship and Immigration Minister, Chris Alexander, the new legislation will further strengthen laws to protect immigrant women from cultural, gender-based violence.
Minister Alexander stated that “polygamists are not welcome in this country,” adding that “if and when we find them in our immigration stream, they will be removed.” It was stressed that these laws are aimed at deterring “barbaric cultural practices” on Canadian soil that are “incompatible” with the country’s values. Furthermore, Alexander highlighted that “we will be saying to newcomers: we will not tolerate human rights violations, crimes that in the past people have tried to defend as cultural traditions.” Alexander alleged that honour-based killings as “nothing more than murders,” adding that the legislation will ensure that perpetrators won’t be able to justify such crimes based on cultural differences. He said that “we will be working through this bill to make sure that such killings are considered the murders that we know them to be,” adding that “there is absolutely no room for ambiguity.”
The announcement was made during a Toronto news conference along with Status of Women Minister, Kellie Leitch. Alexander named several high-profile crimes like Mohammad Shafia “honour killing” case as examples of why the laws must be strengthened. Shafia came to Canada from Afghanistan with his two wives and was later convicted of murdering one of them, along with his three daughters, in what prosecutors described as “honour killings.”
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