Quebec not ruling out expanding religious symbol ban to daycare and college workers
Jean-François Roberge says "everything is on the table" when it comes to strengthening secularism in the province.
#religion #politics #law #Quebec #Canada #Bill21
https://globalnews.ca/news/11146405/quebec-expanding-religious-symbol-ban-daycare-college-cegep-workers/
New bill will require newcomers to Quebec to adopt ‘common culture,’ minister says
Quebec will table a new bill on the integration of immigrants on Thursday, which will require newcomers to adhere to Quebec values like gender equality and secularism.
#politics #immigration #culture #Quebec #Canada #Bill21
https://globalnews.ca/news/10981322/newcomers-quebec-common-culture/
New bill will require newcomers to Quebec to adopt ‘common culture,’ minister says
Quebec will table a new bill on the integration of immigrants on Thursday, which will require newcomers to adhere to Quebec values like gender equality and secularism.
#politics #immigration #culture #Quebec #Canada #Bill21
https://globalnews.ca/news/10981322/newcomers-quebec-common-culture/
New bill will require newcomers to Quebec to adopt ‘common culture,’ minister says
Quebec will table a new bill on the integration of immigrants on Thursday, which will require newcomers to adhere to Quebec values like gender equality and secularism.
#politics #immigration #culture #Quebec #Canada #Bill21
https://globalnews.ca/news/10981322/newcomers-quebec-common-culture/
#BILL21 This Québec law bans people who wish to work as teachers, lawyers, police officers, and more, from wearing religious symbols such as crosses, hijabs, turbans and yarmulkes. This not only affects people currently working in the public sector, but also the youth who aspire to those careers. It violates human rights and harms people who are already marginalized. #ForShame
Supreme Court to decide whether to hear challenge of Quebec secularism law
The Supreme Court of Canada is set to announce Thursday morning whether it will hear a challenge of Quebec's controversial secularism law, known as Bill 21.
#law #politics #religion #Canada #Quebec #Bill21
https://globalnews.ca/news/10973552/quebec-secularism-law-supreme-court-challenge/
Supreme Court to decide whether to hear challenge of Quebec secularism law
The Supreme Court of Canada is set to announce Thursday morning whether it will hear a challenge of Quebec's controversial secularism law, known as Bill 21.
#law #politics #religion #Canada #Quebec #Bill21
https://globalnews.ca/news/10973552/quebec-secularism-law-supreme-court-challenge/
Via #CTV News, 12:10pm EDT, Oct 24, 2024
#FrançoisLegault's #CoalitionAvenirQuébec (#CAQ)→refusing to end public funding for #ReligiousSchools
All CAQ MNAs present in House on Thur voted against a #PartiQuébécois (#PQ) motion calling for consistency w/ principles of #secularism & withdrawal of funding for these schools
In #Quebec, some 50 pub schools — #Catholic, #Evangelical, #Protestant, #Muslim, #Jewish & #Orthodox — receive ~$160M/year in public funding
More groups join fight against Quebec’s controversial secularism law
The groups claim that the law, which bars many public sector workers, like teachers, from wearing religious attire at work, has caused people to lose jobs.
#globalnews #Canada #Bill21 #EMSB #FAE
https://globalnews.ca/news/10460914/groups-fight-quebec-secularism-law/
Via #CTV News
The debate over the constitutionality of #Quebec's #secularism law is poised to go to the #SupremeCourtOfCanada.
On Wednesday evening, the #EnglishMontrealSchoolBoard ( #EMSB voted in favour of asking #Canada's top court to rule on #Bill21 after a Feb. 29 Quebec Court of Appeal ruling that upheld the law
Quebec court ruling on secularism law fuels debate on notwithstanding clause
The court's endorsement of the use of the clause, which allows governments to override fundamental Charter rights, is sparking debate about the constitutional provision.
#globalnews #Canada #Politics #Bill21 #Canadanotwithstandingclause
https://globalnews.ca/news/10331203/quebec-appeal-court-bill-21-secularism-notwithstanding-clause/
Bill 21: Five things about Quebec’s contentious secularism law
Quebec's secularism law, known as Bill 21, has faced numerous court challenges since it was adopted nearly five years ago, with the Quebec Court of Appeal the latest to weigh in.
#globalnews #Canada #Politics #Bill21 #QuebecBill21
https://globalnews.ca/news/10326918/bill-21-five-things-about-quebec-secularism-law/
I have a feeling the #CAQ is going to regret how transparent they were in drafting #Bill21 to specifically target Muslim women who covered their heads by this afternoon.
The previous court ruling in a separate, unrelated litigation determined that the law was unambiguously and specifically targeted against Muslim women.
That last word is what matters.
Gender discrimination in application of the #Charter cannot be shielded by a notwithstanding clause.
The #Legault gov intends 2 renew use of controversial #NotwithstandingClause 2 override #FundamentalRights & shield its #StateSecularism law, #Bill21, from court challenges
Bill 21 was adopted in June 2019. The gov invoked the clause, valid for 5 yrs, in order 2 override fundamental rights & impose ban on persons in positions o authority like judges, police officers & teachers from wearng #ReligiousSymbols such as a #hijab, #crucifix, #turban or #kippah while on the job
My latest column for Alberta Views - on the misuse of the notwithstanding clause, the current anti trans witch hunt, and the role we ALL play in defending minority rights. https://albertaviews.ca/stripping-away-rights/ #Alberta #abpoli #ableg #saskatchewan #Moe #ScottMoe #saskpoli #trans #notwithstandingclause #Canada #CharterOfRightsAndFreedoms #cdnpoli #Bill21 #Vriend #lgbtq #Quebec #islamaphobia #eugenics #antisemitism
