On June 16, after Amrit Kaur attended her graduation ceremony in Ottawa, she drove with her parents and brother back to the family home in Vaudreuil, a suburb of Montreal, and, still in her graduation dress, sat down at the dining room table to upload photos.
On July 18, a Quebec judge rejected an injunction application sought by the National Council of Canadian Muslims and the Canadian Civil Liberties Association. On July 22, Kaur was among those who stood on the steps of the Quebec Court of Appeal in Montreal to announce an appeal of that decision. She and other religious minorities are increasingly feeling the result of that disrespect on the street. “After this bill, and while it was being talked about, I would walk down the streets of Montreal and people would look at me. And I was like, that never happened before. People just don’t talk about religion. It’s something I’m proud to say as a Quebecer, we don’t think like that. But this whole thing … people start believing it. And it’s the first time I feel uncomfortable in Montreal.
Kaur wants to hear more from Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, who, since the law passed, has only commented on this once, in Washington, where he promised to support the rights of people like Kaur. With an election coming in which the Liberals hope to make gains in Quebec, political observers believe Trudeau wants to avoid a showdown with Legault over the law, which has the support of many Quebecers, especially rural francophones. Legault has defended the law as “moderate.” “In 90 per cent of the jobs in Quebec, they can wear religious signs. So the message that we send them is that we are open, but we also made sure that, for people being in an authority position, we forbid those signs.
Rob_Fleming Come to BC and take a 30% salary cut
JustinTrudeau will join you. Happy teachings
It's what Quebec wants.
Bill 21 is an embarrassment. Come on, Quebec.
ramgreywall Si elle se croit au dessus des lois quebecoises peut-être que quitter est la meilleure chose qu'elle peut faire.
R. v. Stillman, SCC, no right to trial by Jury, Proper use of notwithstanding clause, Will of Parliament to deny Military members this right, no need for Judicial Review if notwithstanding clause is enacted properly when claiming s. 7 to 15 does not apply in National Defence Act
Pour certains, son départ est quelque chose à célébrer. Ce qui est encore pire que son départ.
'and Jews who wear skull caps,' are you kidding me? C'mon, Maclean's do your research...
You'll never get it, You'll never understand the purpose of the notwithstanding clause, You'll never understand a Constitutional Challenge, its not the Law which must be challenged, it's the Procedure the gov of Que used to implement the clause which violates the Charter
Quebec is losing Amrit Kaur but it's way more than her and all because of the bigotry of Bill21. It's lost its Charter of Human Rights and its sense of ethics; it no longer seems to have the compassion and open mind it once had. It's like it's turning into an old sexist fascist.
should sue at teh supreme court level
If someone as always driven 200 km/h on the Autobahn and decide to move here will he be allowed to drive 200km/h ? If it doesn’t please him there’s options for him ... on a race track here or go back to Germany ...! Am I a racist towards fast driver also now ?
Well I was born and raised here ... white male , heterosexual , christian ( I don’t practice ) my son was not baptized... I was not talking about religion prior to bil 21 and I’m not talking about it now either ... so I guess I’m not more racist then I was ...!
Yawn....
then move quit your bitchin
No racism there, eh JustinTrudeau telfordk gmbutts katepurchase ?
Private schools exist or not in Quebec?
she doesn't really want it or she would remove her religious symbol. or work at a private school.
More people leaving. Much like when the anti English language came into effect, people left the province in droves.
Psst, nobody cares.