Religious Neutrality
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Muslim groups sue Quebec government over prayer room ban in schoolsEducation Minister Bernard Drainville ordered the ban after reports of at least two Montreal-area schools permitting students to gather on school property for prayer.EducationMay 18, 2023
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Supreme Court of Canada won’t hear bid to suspend Quebec’s secularism lawQuebec's Bill 21 bars some public-sector employees from wearing religious symbols in the workplace.CanadaApr 9, 2020
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EMSB files legal challenge to Quebec’s secularism lawThe English Montreal School Board (EMSB) has filed a legal challenge to Quebec's secularism law known as Bill 21 in Quebec Superior Court.CanadaOct 24, 2019
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‘We will keep fighting until the end’: Protesters rally against Bill 21Demonstrators argued that the legislation mostly targets Muslim women, creating an unsafe Islamophobic environment inside and outside the classroom.PoliticsSep 28, 2019
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Teachers removing religious symbols proves Bill 21 is a ‘good law’: education ministerQuebec's education minister says the fact that at least three teachers have agreed to remove their religious symbols at work is proof that his religious neutrality law is "a good law."CanadaSep 18, 2019
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‘This law must be fought’: Quebecers launch campaign against Bill 21A group of Montrealers are launching a campaign against the province's contentious religious neutrality law.CanadaSep 5, 2019
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Montreal school boards to implement Bill 21, Quebec’s religious neutrality lawSchool boards across the city have been warned that teachers who don’t respect the secularism rules come Sept. 3 could possibly face sanctions.PoliticsAug 29, 2019
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New teacher leaves Quebec for British Columbia over Bill 21The religious neutrality legislation forbids certain public sector employees from wearing religious symbols.CanadaAug 14, 2019
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Montreal teacher’s future in limbo as Bill 21 comes into forceThe English Montreal School Board is sounding the alarm about the future of some of its teachers.CanadaJun 19, 2019
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Bill 21 targets Muslim women’s rights, says Quebec federation of womenThe head of a major feminist organization says the legislation would put barriers in front of Muslim women.CanadaMay 16, 2019
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