Quebec’s Bill 62 that has to do with covering one’s face in public has got people talking.
It’s not like other countries like France that have actual laws against face-coverings.
Quebec’s law says people giving or receiving public services must not have their faces covered.
For example, if they are riding the subway and wish to use photo-ID they will have to show their face for a moment, and then they can cover up again.
Quebec says the bill is not repressive, it’s about public services.
The people who talk to me seem genuinely concerned about women they see wearing a burka, basically, because they don’t know why.
Is it because these women feel it allows them to more powerfully practice their faith and protect their modesty, or is it because they have a possessive and repressive husband?
I’m waiting to see what happens when the first veiled Quebec woman refuses to show her face to a bus driver or a librarian and is denied service.
I know its Quebec law but will the courts uphold it?
Let me know what you think will happen.
Bob Layton is the news manager of the Corus Edmonton group of radio stations and a commentator for Global News.
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