Montreal school board says it will ignore Quebec's latest law barring religious symbols in public places
But even before the text is made public, one school board has declared its intention to disobey a law that it says will violate the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms.
Quebec Premier Francois Legault has said today's secularism legislation will target teachers, judges, police officers, prison guards and other public servants in what the government considers to be positions of authority. The government counters that it won a mandate last October to introduce the legislation, which it says is supported by a majority of Quebecers. Civil rights groups and religious organizations argue the bill is primarily aimed at Muslim women who wear the hijab.
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