(Montreal) The Supreme Court of Canada will announce next week whether or not it will hear a challenge to Quebec’s Secularism Act, also known as Bill 21.
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The groups seeking permission to appeal say they have been informed that the country’s highest court is expected to release its decision on Thursday.
In 2024, the Quebec Court of Appeal upheld the law, which prohibits certain public sector workers, such as teachers and police officers, from wearing religious symbols at work.
Groups including the National Council of Canadian Muslims, the Canadian Civil Liberties Association and the English Montreal School Board have requested permission to appeal the decision to the Supreme Court.
-The Quebec government has long maintained that the 2019 law is reasonable. The province’s justice minister has indicated he intends to vigorously defend it against any challenge.
Bill 21 preemptively invokes section 33 of the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms to protect the legislation from any legal challenge regarding violations of fundamental rights.
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