Renowned philosopher Charles Taylor will be among the first to speak during legislative hearings into Quebec's secularism bill that begin today in Quebec City.
The Coalition Avenir Quebec government has set aside six days for public consultations on the controversial legislation, which is strongly supported by the province's francophone majority but criticized by civil rights advocates. Bill 21 seeks to prohibit some public sector workers from wearing religious symbols on the job.
The report served as a blueprint for Bill 21 for the government of Premier Francois Legault, which went further by adding teachers to the list of workers in positions of authority. Taylor has since reversed his position on state secularism and has described Bill 21 as discriminatory.
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