And what do government officials plan to do about that? Anything? Your loonies -- I mean, tax dollars -- at work. "Harems pay off for Muslims," by Tom Godfrey for Sun Media (thanks to Sr. Soph):
Hundreds of GTA Muslim men in polygamous marriages -- some with a harem of wives -- are receiving welfare and social benefits for each of their spouses, thanks to the city and province, Muslim leaders say.
Mumtaz Ali, president of the Canadian Society of Muslims, said wives in polygamous marriages are recognized as spouses under the Ontario Family Law Act, providing they were legally married under Muslim laws abroad.
"Polygamy is a regular part of life for many Muslims," Ali said yesterday. "Ontario recognizes religious marriages for Muslims and others."
He estimates "several hundred" GTA husbands in polygamous marriages are receiving benefits. Under Islamic law, a Muslim man is permitted to have up to four spouses.
However, city and provincial officials said legally a welfare applicant can claim only one spouse. Other adults living in the same household can apply for welfare independently.
The average recipient with a child can receive about $1,500 monthly, city officials said. [...]
In addressing the issue of polygamous marriages, the preamble to the Ontario Family Law Act states: "In the definition of 'spouse,' a reference to marriage includes a marriage that is actually or potentially polygamous, if it was celebrated in a jurisdiction whose system of law recognizes it as valid. R.S.O. 1990, c. F.3, s. 1 (2)."
"There are many people in the community who are taking advantage of this," Ali said. "This is a law and there's nothing wrong with it."
Immigration officials said yesterday that polygamous marriages aren't allowed in Canada, but that contradicts the provincial law.
"Canada is a very liberal-minded country," Ali said. "Canada is way ahead of Britain in this respect."
He said Britain recently began permitting husbands to collect benefits for each of their wives.
Yep.
The British government recently admitted that nearly a thousand men are living legally with multiple wives in Britain. Although the families are entitled to claim social security for each wife, the department for work and pensions said it has not counted how many are on benefits.
In Canada, Ali said, the man and his main wife and children enter Canada as landed immigrants. The other spouses are sponsored or arrive as visitors to join their husband to share one home.
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If you, a Muslim, buy a family membership at the local health-club, will you, for the same price as an Infidel couple, obtain membership for yourself and two, three, four wives? And what if that health club balks? Or is it more likely that they will not balk, but give you the same special deal that city governments, provincial governments, and the national government of Canada all seem hell-bent on providing. And if polygamy is forbidden -- that is, if one cannot marry more than one wife at a time in Canada -- then why does the government of Canada allow the practice of polygamy within its borders? Why not keep out those who are polygamists? Let them decide if they would rather practice polygamy or have the great privilege of living in Canada? Or, here's another question. Why not base the choice of immigrants on realism, rather than on hope, and halt all Muslim migration altogether? Not possible? Why? Are Canadians not allowed to look around the world, to look at the example of Great Britain, France, Germany, Spain, Denmark, the Netherlands, Italy, Norway, Belgium, Sweden? Are they not allowed to judge for themselves whether or not Islam, or the Shari'a, are compatible with Canadian legal and political institutions? Are they not able, for themselves, to judge the truth or falsehood of the following statement:
"The large-scale presence of Muslims within Infidel lands has led to a situation, both for the indigenous Infidels and for non-Muslim immigrants, that is far more unpleasant, expensive, and physically dangerous than it would be without such a large-scale Muslim presence."
True, or false?
If true, what do you, an Infidel, intend to do about it in helping to fashion an immigration policy for your own country?