The use of Islamic religious doctrine for Arbitration of civil disputes is not the adoption of Sharia Law. It is a mutually agreed set of mystical rules to settle disputes. It would be no different than the law of Captain Kangaroo being agreed upon by both parties to settle a non-criminal argument.
What is not required is any formal or government recognition of Sharia Law in Canada what so ever. Sharia Law means nothing, as does Catholic or Jewish Law, because it would be over-ruled by Canadian Law every time.
This would appear to be a tactic by the Liberals to bait those on the right so that they can get some good intolerant quotations going into the next election. What they did not expect was that most of the demonstrations came from the left and the Muslims themselves.
Arbitration is the acceptance of something less than Justice and is a short cut that is designed to unburden the courts. To be sure anyone can arbitrate if both sides agree to the decision, but as with any other area of life – beware what you agree to.
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