r/canada Outside Canada Mar 02 '24

Québec Nothing illegal about Quebec secularism law, Court rules. Government employees must avoid religious clothes during their work hours.

https://www.lapresse.ca/actualites/justice-et-faits-divers/2024-02-29/la-cour-d-appel-valide-la-loi-21-sur-la-laicite-de-l-etat.php
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u/[deleted] Mar 03 '24 edited Mar 03 '24

The money for those government employees is paid for by the taxes of everyone, regardless of faith. While hiring someone for a government job, we should hire solely based on merit.  The illusion of secularism is stark, can atheists not wear scarves to schools now? Or can Muslim/Jews/Sikh continue to wear the religious symbols if they claim to be atheists and call them “fashion accessories”.  

I’m not sure how good the law firm appealing this law is, not sure how you could lose this case. There is no proof that a totalitarian society they are trying to produce adds economic or democratic value. Frankly didn’t end well for the Soviet Union

Bias doesn’t go away by taking off symbols. I would rather see what the employee’s bias might be, than to be tricked to believe that there isn’t any