Bill 21

NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh said on Tuesday, October 8, 2019, he is trying to fight support for Bill 21, Quebec's controversial secularism law, among Quebecers by proving to them that a man who wears a turban does in fact share their values.

It was the first time Liberal Leader Justin Trudeau faced his rivals directly in this federal election campaign, but Conservative Leader Andrew Scheer spent a great deal of time in the hot seat during the first French-language debate.

The English Montreal School Board will be the latest group to attempt a legal challenge of the application of Quebec's religious symbols legislation.

Quebec's human rights commission is calling on the provincial government to come up with a plan to fight racism and discrimination in the wake of a new report on abuse against minorities.

An election campaign sure to feature plenty of pocketbook promises got underway amid deeper questions of ethics and values on Wednesday, September 11, 2019, as federal leaders challenged Canadians to consider the kind of country they want to vote for 40 days from now.

A prominent federal Green party candidate told an internet radio show on Tuesday, September 10, 2019, he wants Quebec to separate from Canada as soon as possible.

A Quebec school board says it refused to hire two teachers who wear religious symbols because they would not comply with the province's new secularism law.

People from various faiths gathered in a downtown Montreal church on Thursday, September 5, 2019, to declare their intention to keep battling the province's secularism law, which prohibits some public servants from wearing religious symbols on the job.

The dean of a Quebec law school has a message for those students whom Bill 21 seeks to exclude from the province's public life.

As Quebec students return to school this week, many are heading into classrooms without a full-time, qualified teacher to learn from, two Montreal-area school boards say.

The Quebec government is saying no to some parents who want to pull their children out of classrooms taught by teachers wearing religious symbols.

Job postings at Quebec's largest school board have begun including the requirement that new teachers not wear religious symbols or face coverings on the job, in accordance with the province's new secularism law.

The federal Conservative leader openly disagreed with Bill 21 and was clear that he would never support a similar bill banning religious symbols at the federal level if he were prime minister. So, why now support an Ontario candidate who seems to uphold the banning of religious pluralism in secular society?

Quebec's highest court agreed on Thursday, August 1, 2019, to hear an appeal on behalf of groups seeking to suspend the central parts of the province's secularism law.

Groups opposed to Quebec's secularism law are seeking to appeal a court decision that found it wasn't necessary to suspend certain provisions of the law.