Well, you knew it had to happen one day, right?

A Muslim woman in Quebec who wanted to maintain some traditions from her old country, such as wearing a great big black overdress that blocks out her identity entirely, wasn’t so finicky when it came to adopting our universal health care benefits. Unfortunately for her, in order to get our great big free health care card, the woman was asked to visually confirm her identity by showing her face and taking a photograph for her card.

Predictably, she refused.

So the case went to the Quebec Human Rights Commission, with the woman no doubt expecting it to roll over on the province, and affirm the right for Muslims to walk into a government office and apply for a health card without having to actually prove they are who they claim they are.

But somewhere along the way, an incredible thing happened. The Human Rights Commission, notorious for making such land-breaking decisions as affirming the human right for obese women to get a good parking space, or for ordering retroactive backpay to Iranian recruits who can’t make the cut as an RCMP officer, finally got one right.

The commission ordered that the niqab-clad universal-health-care-seeking woman must uncover her face to confirm her identity when applying for medicare. It also said that she does not have a right to be served by a woman when doing so. Any health care worker will do.

Among 146,000 applicants for health care photo ID last year, there were just 10 special requests from woman covering their faces. The request to uncover their faces does not infringe on their freedom of religion, since it only takes a few seconds, the commission ruled.