The most contentious rule is that any new police officers, judges, lawyers and teachers are banned completely from wearing any religious symbols while on duty. Other public sector workers, including doctors, bus drivers and social workers, can wear symbols that don’t cover their faces. ADThe religious symbols law means she can’t represent the state as long as she wears a hijab. The Quebec provincial government, for its part, intends to take its religious neutrality bill to the Supreme Court if necessary. ADThe French-speaking province of Quebec has struggled for years with the question of religious accommodations for minorities.

Source: Washington Post November 18, 2019 19:41 UTC