No record of niqab wearers in PS, or complaints, says Cabinet secretariat
'The Treasury Board Secretariat does not have any data or other information pertaining to niqabs,' a TBS spokesperson said in an email when asked how many federal public servants where the niqab or how many related complaints there were.
PARLIAMENT HILL—Prime Minister Stephen Harper fanned election campaign flames over the niqab this week with his statements a re-elected Conservative government would bring in legislation to ban the Muslim face covering from the federal public service, but the office that oversees all depar...
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