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Quebec’s face-covering law heads for constitutional challenge

These violations cannot be justified in Quebec's free and democratic society,' plaintiffs say By Benjamin Shingler CBC News | November 7, 2017 Civil liberties advocates have launched a legal challenge over the constitutionality of Quebec's face-covering ban, arguing it "directly infringes on the freedom of religion of individuals." The law passed last month requires people to uncover their face to receive public services under certain circumstances. The legal challenge, filed Tuesday in Quebec Superior Court, contests a section of the province's religious neutrality law under both Quebec's Charter of Human Rights and Freedoms and the ...

Quebec’s face-covering law heads for constitutional challenge

These violations cannot be justified in Quebec's free and democratic society,' plaintiffs say By Benjamin Shingler CBC News | November 7, 2017 Civil liberties advocates have launched a legal challenge over the constitutionality of Quebec's face-covering ban, arguing it "directly infringes on the freedom of religion of individuals." The law passed last month requires people to uncover their face to receive public services under certain circumstances. The legal challenge, filed Tuesday in Quebec Superior Court, contests a section of the province's religious neutrality law under both Quebec's Charter of Human Rights and Freedoms and the ...

NCCM and CCLA launch legal challenge against Quebec’s Bill 62

Le texte français suivra -For Immediate Release- Constitutional lawsuit filed in Quebec Superior Court seeks stay order against bill's Section 10 (Montreal - November 7, 2017) The National Council of Canadian Muslims (NCCM) and the Canadian Civil Liberties Association (CCLA), two prominent civil liberties & advocacy organizations, today filed a lawsuit in Quebec Superior Court challenging the constitutionality of Bill 62. On October 18, 2017, the Quebec National Assembly enacted Bill 62, An Act to foster adherence to State religious neutrality, and, in particular, to provide a framework for requests for accommodations on religious grounds ...

NCCM and CCLA launch legal challenge against Quebec’s Bill 62

Le texte français suivra -For Immediate Release- Constitutional lawsuit filed in Quebec Superior Court seeks stay order against bill's Section 10 (Montreal - November 7, 2017) The National Council of Canadian Muslims (NCCM) and the Canadian Civil Liberties Association (CCLA), two prominent civil liberties & advocacy organizations, today filed a lawsuit in Quebec Superior Court challenging the constitutionality of Bill 62. On October 18, 2017, the Quebec National Assembly enacted Bill 62, An Act to foster adherence to State religious neutrality, and, in particular, to provide a framework for requests for accommodations on religious grounds ...

Bill 62: The European experience shows us it’s a bad idea

By Mihad Fahmy The Globe and Mail | October 25, 2017 To understand the effects of Quebec's Bill 62, it is important to understand what is going on in Europe. Driving the wedge deeper into an already divided society, Quebec politicians are copying policies that produce predictable results: rising xenophobia, violence against minorities and discrimination. Historically, Canada has had a more accommodating approach to individual liberty than European countries, where the case law and legal discourse is built on the premise that public spaces and, by extension, public institutions and actors must be made to be religiously "neutral" in both form and ...

Bill 62: The European experience shows us it’s a bad idea

By Mihad Fahmy The Globe and Mail | October 25, 2017 To understand the effects of Quebec's Bill 62, it is important to understand what is going on in Europe. Driving the wedge deeper into an already divided society, Quebec politicians are copying policies that produce predictable results: rising xenophobia, violence against minorities and discrimination. Historically, Canada has had a more accommodating approach to individual liberty than European countries, where the case law and legal discourse is built on the premise that public spaces and, by extension, public institutions and actors must be made to be religiously "neutral" in both form and ...

Nine months after mosque killings, Quebec Muslims still waiting for promised change

By Graeme Hamilton National Post | October 20, 2017 MONTREAL — After a gunman killed six worshippers inside a Quebec City mosque in January, the outpouring of support for the Muslim community was immediate. The attack would be “a turning point” in the strained relationship between Quebec and its Muslim minority, Premier Philippe Couillard promised. “Let us think about Quebecers of the Muslim faith, our fellow citizens,” Couillard said at a vigil the night after the attack. “It must be said again: We are all Quebecers. The whole world is watching us.” But the ensuing nine months have seriously undercut Couillard’s message of ...

Nine months after mosque killings, Quebec Muslims still waiting for promised change

By Graeme Hamilton National Post | October 20, 2017 MONTREAL — After a gunman killed six worshippers inside a Quebec City mosque in January, the outpouring of support for the Muslim community was immediate. The attack would be “a turning point” in the strained relationship between Quebec and its Muslim minority, Premier Philippe Couillard promised. “Let us think about Quebecers of the Muslim faith, our fellow citizens,” Couillard said at a vigil the night after the attack. “It must be said again: We are all Quebecers. The whole world is watching us.” But the ensuing nine months have seriously undercut Couillard’s message of ...

Women are tweeting scarf selfies to condemn Quebec’s Bill 62

By Natalie Stechyson Huffington Post Canada | October 19, 2017 As a new Quebec law that will force Muslim women to uncover their faces before they can ride the bus is being denounced by human rights groups and politicians, a handful of Canadian women are posting pointed selfies to show their own condemnation. The Quebec government passed Bill 62 Wednesday, which bans Muslim women who wear a niqab or burqa from obtaining government services — including public transportation — without showing their faces. The bill infringes on the religious freedom of Quebecers, the National Council of Canadian Muslims (NCCM) said in a news release. "This ...

Women are tweeting scarf selfies to condemn Quebec’s Bill 62

By Natalie Stechyson Huffington Post Canada | October 19, 2017 As a new Quebec law that will force Muslim women to uncover their faces before they can ride the bus is being denounced by human rights groups and politicians, a handful of Canadian women are posting pointed selfies to show their own condemnation. The Quebec government passed Bill 62 Wednesday, which bans Muslim women who wear a niqab or burqa from obtaining government services — including public transportation — without showing their faces. The bill infringes on the religious freedom of Quebecers, the National Council of Canadian Muslims (NCCM) said in a news release. "This ...