Posted AT 10:07 PM EDT on 30/01/07
Retract xenophobic 'standards,' Quebec town asked
Organizations representing minorities are outraged by a Quebec town's “standards” for newcomers, calling them insulting and xenophobic.
The town council of Hérouxville issued a set of wide-ranging rules for immigrants considering moving there, including bans on beating or burning women alive, veiling one's face and children carrying symbolic weapons to school.
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