In a rare show of unity, all three major Ontario political parties have denounced Quebec’s controversial new law, which targets Muslim women. One day after Quebec’s Liberal government passed a law prohibiting anyone from getting or performing a public service with their face covered, MPPs at Queen’s Park expressed their collective outrage. “The law brought in by the Liberal government in Quebec has no place in Ontario — indeed, it has no place in Canada,” MacLeod said. “All Canadians have a legal right to their religious beliefs, including in the province of Quebec,” she said. “Despite the guise of religious neutrality, Quebec’s legislation appears to be targeted primarily at Muslim women wearing the niqab or burka.

Source: thestar October 19, 2017 17:48 UTC