(CBC) Quebec’s Education Ministry is trying to find out how many people its plan to ban teachers from wearing religious symbols will affect.
The ministry has asked school boards whether they have a record of how many staff wear a religious symbol to work.
The English Montreal School Board, Lester B. Pearson and the Commission Scolaire de Montreal all confirmed having received the request.
“Our answer was short and sweet,” said Mike Cohen, spokesperson for the EMSB.
“We don’t keep such statistics.”
The request comes as the CAQ prepares legislation that would block public workers in positions of authority, including teachers, from wearing religious symbols.
