(CBC) The Quebec government’s new guidelines to help public bodies decide whether to grant religious accommodation requests are coming into effect today.
However, the union representing 8,000 teachers at English-language school boards across the province says it needs more information about what resources are in place to respond to such requests.
The government’s criteria must be clear and objective, said Sébastien Joly, president of the Quebec Provincial Association of Teachers, which represents teachers at nine English-language school boards, as well as the Commission scolaire du Littoral on Quebec’s North Shore.
Joly said the decisions should be made by a designated official at each school board, and not by teachers or other staff members.
