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Quebec court rules today on whether religious symbols ban violates Constitution
A Quebec Superior Court judge will issue a ruling later this morning on whether the province s controversial ban on religious symbols is constitutional. The ruling could have far-reaching implications for the rest of the country.
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The ruling on whether Quebec s controversial ban on religious symbols is constitutional comes roughly four months after the trial wrapped up in Montreal.(Ivanoh Demers/Radio-Canada)
A Quebec Superior Court justice is set to issue a ruling Tuesday on the constitutionality of the province s secularism law, known as Bill 21. People hold up signs during a demonstration against Bill 21 in Montreal, Sunday, Oct. 6, 2019. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Graham Hughes
MONTREAL – The Quebec Superior Court has largely upheld the province’s law that bans certain public sector workers from wearing religious symbols on the job.
Justice Marc-Andre Blanchard did however rule that certain provisions of the law are unconstitutional as they pertain to English school boards.
The judge also struck down a ban on members of the national assembly wearing face coverings.
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People protest Quebec s new Bill 21, which will ban teachers, police, government lawyers and others in positions of authority from wearing religious symbols such as Muslim head coverings and Sikh turbans, in Montreal, Quebec, Canada, June 17, 2019. REUTERS/Christinne Muschi
The Canadian province of Quebec said on Tuesday it would appeal a court ruling that exempts some teachers and provincial politicians from a controversial law that bans public employees from wearing religious symbols.
The ruling, which upheld most of a 2019 law, stops it from applying to educators in Quebec s minority English-language school boards since they hold special rights over education under the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms.
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