Sihk kirpan controversy in Quebec

[Lallans]

In our national news today is the information that kirpans are now finally and officially banned from the Quebec legislature. There is a comment from the house leader that while multiculturalism may be practiced in Canada it is not a policy in Quebec. Point finale! (Quebec french for that's it, period!)

[CMcG]

As an experiment, it would be interesting for someone to kilt up and go to the Quebec legislature with a sgian brew (or other sgian don't) in their hose. I'd like to see if the security would stop the person with the assumption that it was actually a sgian dubh.

This would allow us to determine a couple related things while preventing the investigator from any legal repercussions.

1) Is it a no knife policy or a no kirpan policy?
2) How is Scottish heritage officially perceived to fit into Quebec i.e. could it be no knives except for the sgian dubh?

[Lallans]

As an experiment, it would be interesting for someone to kilt up and go to the Quebec legislature with a sgian brew (or other sgian don't) in their hose. I'd like to see if the security would stop the person with the assumption that it was actually a sgian dubh.

This would allow us to determine a couple related things while preventing the investigator from any legal repercussions.

1) Is it a no knife policy or a no kirpan policy?
2) How is Scottish heritage officially perceived to fit into Quebec i.e. could it be no knives except for the sgian dubh?

If you volunteer, I'll see if I can arrange for the video....

[be da veva]

As an experiment, it would be interesting for someone to kilt up and go to the Quebec legislature with a sgian brew (or other sgian don't) in their hose. I'd like to see if the security would stop the person with the assumption that it was actually a sgian dubh.

I'm game. I've been to quite a few govermental buildings without any problem, but then again, very few govermental building have security personels...

[Lallans]

I'm game. I've been to quite a few govermental buildings without any problem, but then again, very few govermental building have security personels...

Seriously? Let us know what happens. While it's not in Quebec, I know it is necessary to empty one's pockets and go through a scan upon entering the federal House of Commons, and they have swiched to plastic cutlery in the cafeteria there just like an airline....

[Drac]

So are they banning the carrying of all knives or just saying that they won't have sihks carrying them? Also is the ban on the full size kirpan or just kirpans? If it's just kirpans that would be a opening for attacking even the ceremonial and jewelry based ones.

I can feel sad for their lose. There is at least one gentleman who is sihk in my company and while we were at a black tie event for our company he was in his full gear as was I and I will tell you he made a much more impressive image than I did in my kit. His wife was a vision in her sari.

Jim