>>If they want to live under their own religious laws, then why on earth would they move to a country that is governed by secular laws? I know Canada can be a bit of a patsy sometimes, but this idea of, "Let's move to Canada and once we're there, we'll get them to change all their laws to accomodate us."
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>Bingo! That's the whole idea. To convert the whole world to their "religion".

Well, I'm not sure I'd go quite that far - at least in terms of the discussion surrounding Sharia. They aren't asking that non-muslims live according to Sharia, but they are asking that we suspend our laws insofar as they are concerned so that they can live under Sharia law instead of Canadian secular law (in a defined set of instances).

If a country has a set of laws, a constitution, a bill or rights, whatever, then those laws must apply equally to everyone in the country, or we invite discrimination, ill will, and even possibly some pointless chaos.