Women look on during the National Assembly committee hearings on Bill 94 in Quebec City May 19, 2010. REUTERS/Mathieu Belanger
OTTAWA (Reuters) - A legislator with Canada's governing Conservatives apologised on Tuesday for saying Muslim women who do not want to remove their face-coverings when taking the citizenship oath should "stay the hell where (they) came from."It was the second embarrassing backtrack this month by the ruling Conservatives as they gear up for an October election that they have signalled they will centre around the economy and the fight against what they call "jihadist terrorism."
The incident occurred on Monday when Conservative Member of Parliament Larry Miller spoke out against a woman who is fighting in court for the right to wear her niqab, at her citizenship ceremony.
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