Tabled in March, Bill 21 will bar public teachers, government lawyers and police officers from wearing religious symbols at work. (Jonathan Montpetit/CBC)The bill has already attracted widespread criticism from minority groups and anti-racism advocates in Quebec, who fear it will, among other things, significantly limit work opportunities for Muslim women. Quebec Premier François Legault has said the secularism legislation is moderate and represents the desires of a majority in the province. It closes with a series of questions about how minority rights will be protected once the legislation is passed. The rapporteur also wants to know how minority groups will be consulted in the legislative process.

Source: CBC News May 22, 2019 19:53 UTC