Federal antisemitism envoy Cotler says Quebec's secularism law is discriminatory

Jan 4, 2021

OTTAWA -- Canada's special envoy on combating antisemitism says Quebec's law banning teachers and some other public-sector workers from wearing religious symbols at work is "discriminatory" and authorizes state interference in religion.

Prof. Irwin Cotler, a former justice minister and attorney general, says the law that has come to be known as Bill 21 also breaches both Canada's and Quebec's charters of rights and freedoms.

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