Poll: Challenge Quebec Law?
Castanet staff – May 25, 2022 / 19:30 | History: 369942
Photo: The Canadian Press
The Minister of Justice of Canada, David Lametti
Federal Justice Minister David Lametti says his government will join a legal challenge to Quebec’s religious symbols law if it reaches the Supreme Court.
Lametti told reporters in Montreal today that the challenge will be a federal issue once he is in high court.
Both the Quebec government and groups opposed to the law are appealing a decision by the Quebec Superior Court in April 2021 that upheld most of the law, while overturning the related provisions. with school boards in English and a ban on members of the provincial legislature wearing masquerades.
The case is currently before the Quebec Court of Appeal, the highest court in the province.
The law, commonly known as Bill 21, prohibits public sector workers who are considered to hold positions of authority, including teachers, judges, and police officers, from wearing religious symbols at work.
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said in December that he was opposed to the law and that his government had not ruled out participating in a legal challenge.
“When it comes to the Supreme Court of Canada, by definition it’s a national issue, and we’ll be there,” Lametti said.
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