We promised that we would not stop fighting until second-class citizenship ends for all Quebecers, said Yusuf Faqiri, the council s director of Quebec affairs.
Quebec Superior Court Justice Marc-André Blanchard acknowledged in his April 20 ruling that the law violates the rights of Muslim women and has dehumanizing consequences for those who wear religious symbols. But he largely upheld the law, which the province had shielded from charter challenges by invoking the notwithstanding clause.
Bill 21 was adopted in June 2019 and prohibits public sector workers who are deemed to be in positions of authority, including teachers, police officers and judges, from wearing religious symbols such as hijabs and turbans on the job.
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QUEBEC The National Assembly has responded to a Superior Court ruling exempting English school boards and MNAs from Quebec’s secularism law by saying the law is the law and applies to all.
In a unanimous vote Wednesday, MNAs endorsed a Parti Québécois-sponsored motion reaffirming that all Quebecers are “equal before the law and that it applies to all.”
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It also states “the Quebec nation can legitimately establish the rules of co-existence while respecting its history, culture and institutions.”