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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.

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.

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 disciplinary case against a Quebec judge who refused to allow a Muslim woman to appear before her wearing a hijab more than four years ago was put on hold again on Friday, June 7, 2019.

Feminist analyst Alexa Conradi says some Quebec legislators are operating under false assumptions that women who wear head coverings need saving.

Quebec's secularism bill is a frontal attack on women's rights and primarily targets Muslims, the head of a major feminist organization said on Thursday, May 16, 2019, during the final day of legislative hearings into the proposed law.

Hearings into Quebec's secularism bill veered off track on Thursday, May 9, 2019, when a former senator drew a connection between the Muslim head scarf, female genital mutilation and forced marriage.

Immigrants and visible minorities are noticing how some of the most significant pieces of legislation introduced by the Coalition Avenir Quebec government since it took power last October have something in common: the bills disproportionately affect them.

Thousands of Montrealers chanted for solidarity and loudly denounced Premier Francois Legault on Sunday, April 7, 2019, as they took to the streets to oppose the Quebec government's proposed secularism bill.

The Coalition Avenir Quebec government will table its secularism bill today, March 28, 2019, fulfilling an election promise to prohibit many public sector employees, including teachers, from wearing religious symbols at work.

Quebec's new minister responsible for the status of women faced criticism on Wednesday, February 6, 2019, after saying she considers the hijab to be a symbol of oppression.

Quebec's Education Department admitted on Tuesday, February 5, 2019, it began surveying schools months ago about how many employees wear religious symbols on the job.

Premier Francois Legault said on Thursday, January 31, 2019, there is no Islamophobia in Quebec, closing the door on the idea of designating a national day to combat the problem.

Quebec Premier Francois Legault says his government wants to collect information on public servants wearing religious symbols to counter opponents who maintain proposed secularism legislation will lead to extensive firings.

Members of Quebec's most prominent women's group are divided over whether to acknowledge prostitution as a freely chosen career and whether to support all Muslim female public servants who choose to wear a hijab at work.