Organizers criticized the provincial government's push to ban the wearing of religious symbols for public servants. Marlihan Lopez, vice president of the Quebec Women's Federation, said it's time for the province's discussion on systemic racism to move forward. Marlihan Lopez is the vice-president of the Quebec Women's Federation. Safa Chebbe, one of the protest's organizers, said racism doesn't just exist on an individual level, and that systemic racism poses a big challenge that can't be ignored. ​Chebbe said she hopes marches like this one will put pressure on the government to reconsider policies like the religious symbols ban that she feels target racial minorities in the province.

Source: CBC News March 24, 2019 23:26 UTC