I think there is some Westaphobia in this opinion piece which needs addressing.

Hiding your face in public is not acceptable in Canada and in almost all, dare I say, civilized countries.

Why these women would obey the commands of the Ayatollah Khomeini who decreed this style of dress in 1979 in Iran, presumably to put women in their place and stop them from being floozies, is hard to imagine for a thinking person?