Quebec’s Ban on Religious Symbols Will Be Tested at the Supreme Court
Canada’s highest court will decide whether a law that Quebec enacted in 2019, barring public-sector workers from wearing ...
Supreme Court of Canada will hear legal challenge on Quebec secularism law
The Supreme Court of Canada has agreed to hear a court challenge against Quebec's controversial secularism law, known as Bill ...
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Quebec bill bans head scarves and yarmulkes
MONTREAL (JTA) — Quebec has introduced a bill that bans some public employees from wearing religious symbols at work, including kippahs. The measure is intended to reinforce the separation of ...
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Canada politician says crucifix 'not religious symbol'
The newly-elected premier of Quebec in Canada has raised eyebrows by saying a crucifix hanging in the provincial legislature is not a religious symbol. François Legault's remarks come despite his ...
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Quebec to bar public servants from wearing religious symbols
Civil servants who currently wear religious symbols will be exempt from the bill. The Coalition Avenir Quebec (CAQ) government hopes to pass the legislation by summer. The CAQ was elected last ...
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After religious symbols law, Quebec eyes ban on public prayer: Where the province is headed on secularism
The main function of the 2019 secularism law, Lampron says, was to "expand the scope" of religious neutrality in Quebec to include religious symbols — which have little or nothing to do with ...
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Quebec court upholds law banning yarmulkes and other religious symbols in the workplace
MONTREAL (JTA) — A top Quebec court mostly upheld a provincial law banning Jews and other religious minorities who work in public from wearing religious symbols such as yarmulkes, crucifixes and ...