The occasion is an appeal from Quebec dealing with Bill 21, which prevents some civil servants, most notably teachers, from wearing religious symbols at work. Bill 21 also includes the use of Section 33 of the Charter, which states that a law “shall operate notwithstanding a provision included in section 2 or sections 7 to 15 of this Charter.”***TO READ THE FULL ARTICLE, VISIT THE NATIONAL POST HERE***F.L. (Ted) Morton is an Executive Fellow at the School of Public Policy and professor emeritus at the University of Calgary. His book, The Charter Revolution and the Court Party, won a Donner Foundation book prize in 2002.
