(CBC) City councillors have voted down a motion that would have urged Montreal police to allow officers to wear religious symbols on the job.
Councillors voted Tuesday 32-19 against the motion, debated on the same day Mayor Valérie Plante testified at Quebec’s Bill 21 hearings.
Coun. Marvin Rotrand, who represents the district of Snowdon, asked that city council advise the SPVM to “revise its uniform policies so as to allow qualified candidates to serve wearing hijabs, turbans, kippas and other religious coverings.”
Rosannie Filato, a member of Plante’s executive committee, echoed the mayor’s earlier comments that the proposal didn’t contribute to the debate around Bill 21 and would merely add “fuel to the fire.”
