Yet, Trudeau’s appearance Monday morning at a gender-segregated mosque in Ottawa brought criticism from some of the same women who had admired his work toward gender equality. That’s the great irony.”Trudeau was at the mosque Monday to mark Eid al-Adha, considered the holiest of feast days for the world’s Muslims. Three female MPs accompanied Trudeau during his brief remarks, though they had to arrive by a side door and stand with their heads covered. Women and girls were in a balcony or in other parts of the mosque. “I will meet with Canadians regardless of where they are in Canada,” Trudeau told reporters Monday afternoon.

Source: National Post September 14, 2016 01:41 UTC