whooo hoooo Canada

In Canada, men and women are equal under the law. Canada’s openness
and generosity do not extend to barbaric cultural practices that
tolerate spousal abuse, “honour killings,” female genital mutilation,
or other gender-based violence. Those guilty of these crimes are
severely punished under Canada’s criminal laws.

That frank wording is a radical change for any Western nation and Canada deserves to be congratulated.

I was part of the "Linguistics Team" that helped to develop the new Citizenship Guide. Good to see it finally released.

WOW! Kudos to you Biophilliac, thanks again for your work. It must be gratifying to see the fruits of your labours.

Thanks Ankara. Sometimes it's difficult to see progress in human rights when you're working within the "system". The Guide was in development for over 3 years (I worked on it in 2007). Wish it included FGM, especially since Canada's IRB has given refugee status to a few women based on FGM persecution.