Canadian Politics Today

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

What is the evidence that he is continuing to discuss Sikh separatism though ?

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?

Well... that part they do NOT ask of Prime Ministers.  They did ask him about separatism though.  What else is there to be concerned about ?  I don't know.

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?

It's like telling Quebec to be multicultural and allow English speakers to have more rights.  Or Saudi Arabia.  Or Israel.  There are politically acceptable examples of 'homelands' for certain peoples.  That is just the political reality.  Canada and the US don't need it, but Israel and some other places sometimes do.  That's what the Sikh homeland question is about.

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.

No, but would a Muslim party leader be asked that ?  I think the answer is 'yes' based on Singh.

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.

  Maybe, but the core point is to not expect consistent behaviour so much, from a group.