Quebec’s Bill 21 and Bill 96 have been strongly condemned for discriminating against religious and ethnic minorities in that province. But all of that has been overshadowed by the English-language debate moderator’s pointed question to Bloc Quebecois Leader Yves-Francois Blanchet, writes John Miller.
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Liberal leader Justin Trudeau walks back on his post-debate indignation hinting at possible federal intervention to kill Quebec’s discriminatory law.
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Anti-racism advocates say the federal leaders have missed an opportunity to denounce racism by choosing to play politics instead.
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Anti-racism advocates are calling on key political leaders in Canada to publicly renounce Quebec’s Bill 21 “secularism” law during this election campaign. Last April, the Quebec Superior Court ruled that although the secularism law violated the basic rights of religious minorities in the province, those violations are permissible because of the Constitution’s notwithstanding clause.
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The final four candidates vying for the leadership of Conservative Party of Canada traded barbs during separate English and French debates this past week.
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Muslim men, Sikh women, Christians, and most Jews are not required by their religions to display any religious symbols
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The bill states that 18,000 skilled-worker applications submitted before August 2, 2018 are void
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On July 1st, we Canadians celebrate Canada Day, the day which memorIalizes the act of confederation, the day Canada became its own nation. It was snowing and bone-chillingly cold when I arrived in Canada in…
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Quebec’s secularist Bill 21, which bans public workers from wearing religious symbols, dredges up memories of a similar ban France initiated in 2004. In 2004, the French government banned the display of “conspicuous” religious symbols…
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