It wasn't until late on the second day of hearings into Quebec's secularism bill that lawmakers heard from someone who wears one of the religious symbols targeted by the legislation. 'This bill is actually institutionalizing discrimination,' said Haroun Bouazzi, a well-known anti-racism activist in Montreal, after presenting his brief on the second day of legislative hearings into Bill 21. He co-authored a landmark study in 2008 on religious symbols in Quebec. There is no evidence, he said, that religious symbols traumatize students or lead to radicalization. On Wednesday, the committee heard from two educators who argued that when teachers wear religious symbols, it harms gender equality.

Source: CBC News May 08, 2019 19:14 UTC