MONTREAL — In a story April 13 about Quebec’s religious symbols ban, The Associated Press reported erroneously that the ban on religious symbols extends to nurses and bus drivers. The measure introduced late last month would prohibit civil servants in positions of authority such as teachers, police officers, prosecutors and others like prison guards from wearing symbols of religion while at work. Meanwhile, other kinds of public workers, such as bus drivers and nurses would be allowed to wear religious symbols so long as their faces are uncovered. “I think at this point in Quebec in 2019, people who are in an authority position, which includes teachers (shouldn’t wear religious symbols), I think it’s reasonable. In 2007, a provincial commission studied the issue and suggested that only people yielding coercive power, such as judges, police officers and prison guards, should abstain from wearing religious symbols.

Source: Washington Post April 17, 2019 21:11 UTC