4 hours agoPublic servants would be banned from holding religious symbols in this country
Periskopi(7 years ago)
(7 years ago)In Quebec, a province in Canada will soon be introduced a new law against state officials who will be prohibited from holding religious symbols. This project includes judges, prosecutors, policemen, teachers and several other positions, Periscopi broadcasts. This is not the first time Quebec has pushed the legislation forward for [...]
This procedure includes judges, prosecutors, police officers, teachers and several other positions, Periscopi broadcast.
This is not the first time Quebec has pushed ahead legislation to re-develop the state's religious neutrality.
Several groups are preparing to fight the proposed legislation.
This law will prevent civil servants from bearing symbols such as head coverings as Kippah, turban, and hyzabs.
Civil servants currently bearing religious symbols will not be involved in this bill.
The coalition government Avenir Quebec (CAQ) hopes to pass this legislation by summer.
It is not yet clear what kind of response the law could promote by the federal government, though Prime Minister Justin Trudeau criticised it Thursday morning.
The “is unimaginable to me that in a free society we would legitimise discrimination against citizens based on their faith”, he told reporters at Halifax.
We remember that Canada is not the first country to make such religious stops.
France was the first to ban the use of religious symbols in schools, such as veil and crosses. Belgium, Austria, and Denmark followed suit. /PERISCOP/
