Canada’s Supreme Court must strike down Quebec’s Bill 21
Al Jazeera
Under the guise of preserving secularism, this law allows the exclusion of people based on their religious identity.
On Monday, the Supreme Court of Canada will begin a four-day hearing for one of the most consequential constitutional cases in the country’s recent history. At issue is Quebec’s so-called “secularism law”, known as Bill 21 – a law enacted in 2019 that prohibits certain public sector workers from wearing visible religious symbols at work.
It bars many public sector employees, including teachers, prosecutors, police officers, and judges, from wearing religious symbols such as hijabs, turbans, kippahs, and other visible expressions of faith while at work.
Under the guise of preserving secularism, this law allows the exclusion of people based on their religious identity.
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