Don't want any Muslims to take any of my sandwiches if they don't want one. Just wanted to make the point that in Vancouver you similarly likely to encounter a person with a dog on a subway as well as someone eating pork.

That's just how Canada is And if they are worried about possible dog saliva touching their clothes I hope they are wearing surgical gloves and shoe covers when they enter the subway system.

Seriously, I don't have a dog but it wouldn't surprise me f there were traces of dog saliva on my person even if I didn't even encounter a dog on the subway.

I got interrupted writing this so I am sorry if I didn't make my point very well. Just basically if you are concerned about germs/dirt/uncleanliness then public transit s somewhere that ought to be a sheer nightmare for you to begin with, bomb sniffing dogs aside.


Pretty much there are far more disgusting things you might touch in a subway and not even know. The guy who just scratched his ass crack and is now holding a handrail...

By the way dogs are welcome to ride public transit in Toronto provided it isn't during a peak time when the buses and trains are very crowded.

My solution for them is to simply boycott public transit to avoid the dogs. More room on the train for everyone else.


And an even more practical solution is doing what other Canadians do in the winter. If you think your clothes or shoes or whatever are going to messed up while you are on the way somewhere then you plan ahead and bring a fresh pair of pants/sneakers/whatever in your bag and change into fresh clothes when you arrive. This isn't unusual at all, I keep an extra pair of sneakers in a plastic bag n my back pack just in case the ones I wore get soaked.

Just frustrates me that the Muslim community has to cry about it instead of using a practical solution. Worried about dog slobber? Wear a rain coat!

EDITED: Wanted to add that some people are legitimately afraid of dogs, has nothing to do with Muslims. But I assume the people handling these dogs are trained to keep them in large groups of people and would respect a person's wishes not to be too close to a dog. Even though it is a security concern I do not believe the authorities in Vancouver are interested in terrifying cynophobics.