(CTV) Hundreds of Montrealers linked arms to form a human chain around the Palais de Justice on Sunday to express opposition to Bill 21, days before hearings about the legislation take place.
Canadian Council of Muslim Women spokesperson Shaheen Ashraf was among the protesters. She called Bill 21, which would ban certain public sector employees from wearing religious symbols, “discriminatory, dividing and horrible.”
“It’s suppression and oppression,” she said.
Public hearings on the bill are set to begin on Tuesday. Among those set to testify is Charles Taylor, the philosopher who was co-author of a landmark report on reasonable accommodation 10 years ago. Taylor also spoke at Sunday’s protest.
