It's relevant because there are increasing demands of accommodation for cultural practices that are only common in countries where Canadian values are treated with contempt. It is relevant because defending Canadian values of secularism and gender equality is more important than accommodating cultural practices under the guise of religion. Canada didn't evolve into one of the most advanced and progressive countries in the world by accident so why should we accommodate cultural practices that are only common in regressive authoritarian societies? Look at the soccer example in Ontario, it was a national disgrace but the Globe avoided any real discussion on the matter because of a misguided subscription to political correctness over objective analysis. How do you justify accommodating a belief system in our public schools that forces girl on their cycles to sit out because they are considered unclean? That isn't cultural relativism, it is wrong, full stop.