US EditionQuebec to table new bill to strengthen secularism in schools
- Quebec has introduced a bill to expand its ban on religious symbols to all school staff, prohibiting any employee from wearing religious symbols while on duty.
- The proposed law will require both students and staff in schools to keep their faces uncovered.
- The bill invokes the notwithstanding clause to protect it from constitutional challenges, similar to Quebec's earlier secularism law, Bill 21.
- The recent legislation aims to strengthen secularism in schools after reports of religious practices impacting educational content.
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LifeSiteNewsNew Quebec bill would prohibit teachers, school staff from wearing a crucifix
From LifeSiteNews By Anthony Murdoch ‘In Quebec, we made the decision that the state and the religions are separate and today we say the schools, the public schools are separate from religion’ The Canadian province of Quebec is moving ahead to expand its so-called religious symbols ban to now include all school staff, meaning no one who works at a school would be allowed to wear crucifixes or crosses of any kind. On March 20, the Quebec provinc…
In an interview with Le Bilan, Minister Drainville, fiercely defended his bill to strengthen secularism in schools.
The Seimas will decide whether to amend the law, according to which parents could decide whether to refuse to teach their children about sexuality during life skills lessons. According to the initiator, Ignas Vėgėlė, the current procedure violates the Constitution. However, the ministry objects and insists that all students should be educated equally.
Quebec to Table New Bill to Strengthen Secularism in Schools
The Quebec government has tabled new legislation that would expand the province’s religious symbols ban to all school staff. Introduced Thursday, the bill would prohibit anyone who works in schools or around students from wearing religious symbols on the job. The ban would also extend to people who are not school employees but who regularly offer services to students, such as volunteers at a school library. Quebec’s legislation would be a signif…
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