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Kelly Whelan-Enns's avatar

It has nothing to do with racism. A knife is a weapon. So it’s a religious symbol in his culture. In India. He’s not in India is he? Plus he’s on private property and if safety is an issue, the owner of the property has the right to ask him to leave. One thing I have noticed is that a lot of people coming to Canada are ignorant of our laws and enforcement policies and basic human rights and when they are called on it they cry racism. It’s getting old.

Theresa Teeple's avatar

If you dont like go back to your country

Pierre Vernier's avatar

Exactly. A weapon iscqla weapon. You get a knofe? Let me get one good. Otherwise, leave it in your car.

Mayora's avatar
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@Kelly. Thanks Kelly :) Great*Comment...*♥*...

Wes's avatar

Ain’t life a bitch. A knife whether ceremonial or not can be used as a weapon. Leave it in the locker room or leave it not rocket science.

Alexander Simonelis's avatar

The employee was right.

Arnie Keller's avatar

There are countries whose values allow Sikhs to carry knives. The gentleman should go live there

Tracy ooa's avatar

Canada allows it but then we really are a bat shyte crazy woke suburb of India now .

Tracy Matts's avatar

Not racially singled out. Now if that is acceptable where you came from, you are more than welcome to go back there and practice whatever you want. In this place (Canada)it’s not acceptable to carry your weapon when you go to places that aren’t inside your home.

Colleen Lindsay's avatar

He can live by the laws of this country or go back to where he came from. He has options!

Arnie Keller's avatar

There are countries whose values allow people people to carry knives. The gentleman should go live there

Concerned Male's avatar

It can be A DEADLY WEAPON.

Gee, if anyone else walks in with it, they will be asked the same thing, which is RIGHT!

StellaMaris's avatar

Unfortunately, Canada has done this to itself... I hope we can course correct....Gad Saad has written a book about it but is also moving to the US..... it's called Suicidal Empathy: Dying to Be Kind

"What happens when a society elevates victimhood to a virtue and decides that punishment is cruel? You get the disease Dr. Gad Saad calls suicidal empathy. And the West may be terminally infected.

In his new book, Suicidal Empathy, Saad unleashes a blistering critique of maladaptively irrational altruism that has gripped our culture. This mind parasite hijacked the empathy module of our progressive elite, leading to a catastrophic miscalibration of moral priorities. The results are everywhere: from coddling violent criminals to protecting rapists to branding self-defense as toxic behavior. We are witnessing a civilization in rapid decline. Lunatic policies are instituted because we prioritize the feelings of ostensibly marginalized groups over The Truth, criminals over victims, and squatters over homeowners. This is not humane; it’s an active dismantling of the pillars that keep us safe and free.

This crisis of empathy creates a horrifying system of inverse morality where the strong and successful are demonized, and the destructive are celebrated. Just look at the insane inversions we tolerate daily: we prefer illegal migrants over our own legal citizens and veterans, permit drug addicts to threaten children’s safety in parks, and elevate transgender 'women' above biological women in sports and safe spaces. Common sense is dying in a deluge of misguided compassion.

Suicidal Empathy is your wake-up call. Stop ignoring your survival instincts in the name of political correctness. This isn't just misguided policy; it is the ultimate expression of a culture actively choosing its own demise."

https://www.amazon.ca/Suicidal-Empathy-Dying-Be-Kind-ebook/dp/B0GG4WVCV3

Mc Ursula's avatar

Excellent comment, completely agree. If this isn't corrected soon, we are doomed as a sovereign country.

Sandra's avatar

Totally AGREE 👍

Alan's avatar

Suicidal empathy at it's finest!

Draw the line for all cultures.

No more Kirpans in public.

No more call to prayer with loud speakers.

No more prayer in public places especially traffic corridors. Instant jail time.

No more chanting "kill the Jews"

Jim Kent's avatar

He must be deported

Abracadabra's avatar

He doesn’t like it, GTFO and go lift weights in the province of Punjab. He can wear his dagger all day there.

Vicki's avatar

I saw a Sikh working on a housing construction site wearing a long sword and his normal attire. He was not wearing a hardhat or proper work boots.

Sandra's avatar

That guy should never e allowed on the work site . Unless he abide by the rules . No weapons, hard hat are not optional, steelhead boots. Gloves and goggles for eyes. If he disagrees. HES FIRED. ITS FOR HIS SAFETY!. I BET IF HE NEEDED TO BE UP ON A ROOF OR IN A HIGH AERA HE PROBABLY WOULDN'T PUT A HARNES ON EAITHER! HIS LONG SWORD WOULD GET IN HIS WAY. THEN IF HE FELL WBO DO U ALL THINK WOULD BE PAYING FOF THE BUM!. HE WOULD BE SUEING THE COMPANY OH MY GOD! WHO IN THEIR RIGHT MINDS HIRE THESE IMMIGRANTS ! They must follow our laws and integrate into Canadian life or return back to their Country. One year is lots of time 10 years is even better to become Canadian Citizens.

wanderer's avatar

They are hired by their own cousins, brothers, mothers....they do what they want. When they fall, no hard hats, thy go to hospital and taxpayers pay their bills!

Keith's avatar

They can carry a knife but we can’t

They can ride a motorcycle without a helmet but we can’t

They can get a job at Timmy’s but we can’t

Otherwise it’s a free country

Alan's avatar

They can get elected Members of Parliament in their ridings. No Canadian citizen need apply.

Sandra's avatar

Its a knife. Religious or not, it can still slit someone's juggler! End of.

Why do they always use the RACE card? So what ! If he wants to make it racist for all his tic toc buddies so be it just so he looks like a big man ( with little balls to play with) and get more of them to watch how a real RACIST is so be it. A weapon is a weapon no matter its size or if they hide behind it as a religion relic. If a white, red, yellow, or brown person, hid a pipe bomb under their hat and said it was for religious reasons would YOU ALL SAY OH MY BAD IT'S OK THEN! AND LET THEM STAY IN THE BUILDING?????? THINK ABOUT IT PEOPLE! Just think about it!,

Mc Ursula's avatar

Go back to India, or get a job even, start paying taxes instead of complaining

John S's avatar

Didn’t some Sikh kill a kid in England the other week with his supposedly ceremonial dagger? So yes, it was used as a weapon.

David Topping's avatar

Since the Kirpan is a symbol, wearing a non lethal Kirpan should meet the requirements of his religion.