Religious Symbols Ban

• 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
• Here’s what’s happening with the legal challenge against Quebec’s secularism law

  Challengers, seeking to have the law suspended, have said the fight is not over.

  Dec 13, 2019
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• Manitoba takes out ads in Quebec over Bill 21

  The ads allude to 21 reasons to consider a move to Manitoba -- a play on Quebec's Bill 21 before it became law.

  Politics

  Nov 27, 2019
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• 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
• ‘We will keep fighting until the end’: Protesters rally against Bill 21

  Demonstrators argued that the legislation mostly targets Muslim women, creating an unsafe Islamophobic environment inside and outside the classroom.

  Politics

  Sep 28, 2019
• At least 3 teachers remove religious symbols at work under Quebec’s secularism law

  Bill 21 prohibits public-sector employees in positions of authority — including teachers, police officers and judges — from wearing religious symbols while at work.

  Canada

  Sep 17, 2019
• English Montreal School Board to adhere to Quebec’s secularism law

  Teachers who don't follow the secularism rules come Sept. 3 could potentially face sanctions.

  Politics

  Aug 29, 2019
• Lack of federal response to Quebec’s Bill 21 ‘very disappointing’: advocates

  Advocates say federal leaders should have spoken out directly after Sunday night's passing of the controversial bill, but they did not.

  Politics

  Jun 20, 2019
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• Quebec’s Bill 21 on religious symbols leads to fears of surveillance, monitoring

  Bill 21, a controversial legislation that makes it illegal for public sector employees to work while wearing religious symbols, was passed Sunday night.

  Canada

  Jun 19, 2019
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• Quebec to adopt religious symbols ban

  Simon Jolin-Barrette insisted Sunday that Bill 21 does not withdraw civil rights. The government's religious symbols ban would bar public employees in positions of authority from wearing symbols in the workplace.

  Politics

  Jun 16, 2019