MONTREAL — The Quebec government has tabled new legislation that would expand the province’s religious symbols ban to all school staff. Introduced Thursday, the bill would prohibit anyone who works in schools or around students from wearing religious symbols on the job. The ban would also extend to people who are not school employees but […]
Quebec is introducing a bill to expand the ban on religious symbols in schools to all staff, including daycare workers and volunteers, and to prohibit face coverings for both students and staff in public and private schools. The bill aims to reinforce secularism and address concerns about religious influence in schools, but it has been criticized as an overreaction and a violation of religious freedoms. The government is invoking the notwithstanding clause to protect the bill from constitutional challenges.
