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Globe and Mail: Parliament to ‘accept and embrace’ wearing of kirpan, sergeant-at-arms explains

Last winter, while the Quebec National Assembly banned the kirpan, Mr. Vickers moved to ensure that the ceremonial dagger be allowed in the Commons despite a...

Georgia Straight: Balpreet Singh: World Sikh Organization's parliamentary dinner encourages others to follow our example

While it might not seem unusual for Canadian MPs to dine with an Indian human-rights lawyer, the World Sikh Organization’s annual parliamentary dinner this W...

Globe and Mail: Sikh community speaks out against Quebec kirpan ban

The World Sikh Organization has expressed disappointment over a unanimous vote in the National Assembly to bar the kirpan from the legislative buildings.

The Mark News: From One Minority to Another

When the World Sikh Organization of Canada was invited to speak in Quebec about Muslim women’s right to wear the niqab last week, we didn’t expect to spark a...

Toronto Star: Do we want Indian demagogue in Canada?

Recent WikiLeaks documents quote a powerful Indian politician that Hindu militants posed a greater danger than Muslim terrorists. The speaker was Rahul Gandh...

National Post: Terry Glavin: The kirpan is mightier than the Bloc-head

Just the other day security guards at the Quebec legislature denied entry to four Sikhs with kirpans on their sashes. Quebec is going all French about regula...

Ottawa Citizen: A Simple Compromise

A great editorial in the Ottawa Citizen

Globe and Mail: Ignatieff’s welcome leadership on the kirpan

Leadership requires the willingness to take unpopular positions. Michael Ignatieff showed that willingness this week when he went to Quebec and defended Sikh...

Montreal Gazette: Shameful Violation of Religious Freedom

You have to wonder what the powers that be in Quebec City were thinking when they invited a delegation of Sikhs to make a presentation to a National Assembly...

Vancouver Sun: Sikhs reach out to Bloc over proposed Parliament kirpan ban

The World Sikh Organization of Canada reached out to the Bloc Quebecois Thursday in an attempt to calm a brewing storm about the kirpan, the ceremonial dagge...