OTTAWA – While the World Sikh Organization (WSO) of Canada is pleased that the Quebec Superior Court has struck key provisions of the province’s “secularism” law, known commonly as Bill 21, it said the battle to have the law struck in its entirety must continue.
The WSO and Quebec educator Amrit Kaur were interveners in this case. Amrit Kaur, a WSO Board member who is a practicing Sikh and wears a turban as a part of her beliefs, was forced to relocate to British Columbia in order to pursue her profession.
The WSO and Amrit Kaur were represented by Léon Moubayed, Faiz Lalani and Sarah Gorguos from Davies Ward Phillips & Vineberg LLP.
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Leading Jewish groups expressed disappointment on Wednesday after the Quebec Superior Court largely upheld a bill that effectively bans the wearing of religious symbols by most public service workers.
According to the official government explanatory notes, “Bill 21: An Act Respecting the Laicity of the State,” approved in 2019, will “prohibit certain persons from wearing religious symbols while exercising their functions” in public service, and that “personnel members of a [public] body must exercise their functions with their face uncovered,” along with “persons who present themselves to receive a service.”