Supreme Court of Canada decision in a criminal law case. NS was the complainant in a sexual assault. During the preliminary inquiry, NS sought to testify wearing a niqab. Defence counsel challenged her request on the argument that the right to a…
A link to the 2015 decision of the Federal Court of Canada which held that a Sunni Muslim woman could wear a niqab when she took the oath of Canadian citizenship at a public ceremony.
After it was suggested that "real" Canadians do not cover up their faces, Canadians took to the Internet to show that, in fact, we cover up all the time. The Internet meme "Canadian niqab" was born.