A legal challenge against Bill 21, Quebec’s secularism law, began on Monday morning in Montreal and expects to last up to five weeks.
Bill 21 effectively bars public-sector workers from wearing religious symbols at work, which opponents argue infringes on a person’s basic human rights. Police officers, teachers and judges are among the people directly impacted by the law.
Jean-François Therrian, spokesperson for the Cultural Islamic Association of Eastern Townships (ACIE) in Sherbrooke, spoke to The Record about the court proceedings. The government needs to listen right now, he said, they can’t tighten their grip on this issue.
