Bill 21 legal challenge

• City of Calgary launches fundraising page for legal challenge 3 years after Quebec’s Bill 21

  The City of Calgary has helped launch a crowdfunding effort to fight a controversial law, Quebec's bill 21. It bans public sector workers from wearing religious symbols at work.

  Features

  Jun 16
  
• Calgary’s support for Bill 21 legal challenge won’t include taxpayer money for now

  The task force will be led by Councillors Jasmine Mian, Raj Dhaliwal and Evan Spencer, who will then engage with local legal and religious communities.

  Politics

  Dec 20, 2021
  
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• Calgary looking at joining other cities’ support of legal challenge of Quebec’s Bill 21

  Following a similar decision made by Brampton, Ont., Mayor Jyoti Gondek said Calgary city council will consider putting forward $100,000 for a legal challenge of Bill 21.

  Canada

  Dec 15, 2021
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• Bill 21 violates right of English Quebecers to manage their education system: lawyer

  A lawyer for Amnesty International argued that it is not the government's objective in adopting the law that is important but rather the effects of the legislation.

  Education

  Dec 1, 2020
• Bill 21 legal challenge: Supporters testify that religious symbols send wrong message to kids

  Philosophy professor François Dugré told the courtroom Tuesday that while a teacher who wears a religious symbol might not be openly proselytizing, their clothing makes free discussion in the classroom more difficult.

  Canada

  Nov 10, 2020
• Teacher union latest group to file lawsuit against Quebec’s religious neutrality law

  A student studying to become a teacher and the English Montreal School Board are among those who have also filed lawsuits.

  Canada

  Nov 18, 2019