Canadian Politics Today

1) Continuing ?  Not sure about that.

The mainstream media might not longer be discussing it. Canadians are.

2) I'm going to assume you missed this and that it was not a fib on your part but this was a huge story early on:

Reread what I said. I said his being a Sikh is discussed in terms of his sympathy or alleged sympathy for Sikh separatism. Your cite was all about that and in no way contradicted what I said. But where is any discussion of his actual religion and his apparently deeply religious views and how that might impact his behaviour as a prime minister?

3) Separatism and multiculturalism are separate but related.  Do you expect Israel to be 100% multicultural ?  I don't.  But Canada can do that.

Not a good comparison. Sikhs don't have an independent state. They are part of India. Why is Singh not urging his fellow Sikhs to revel in the diversity of India and embrace the Indian multicultural state rather than go their own way?

But... it's qualitative.  Could a Muslim Candidate for MP punctuate his speeches with Allah Akbar ?  Uh, no.  But would a Muslim candidate's support for pro-life positions be scrutinized as much as a Christian's ? I would say no.

No. Certainly not. How often have Muslim candidates been confronted by the media and directly asked their opinions on homosexuality? On blasphemy laws? It may have occurred but I've never seen it.

There is no consistency in how these things are covered because there is no consistency in the mass Canadian consciousness between how these things are scene.

I disagree. This is entirely a media thing. The Canadian media is largely quite liberal and don't dare raise the same questions of 'ethnic' candidates they would routinely raise about religious Christians. It is, I think, the bigotry of low expectations, which we see so much of. The media do not hold ethnic candidates to the same standard.