(CBC) On the final day of legislative hearings into a bill that will dictate who can wear religious symbols in Quebec, a young black woman wearing a hijab had a blunt message for the provincial government.
“I have the intention of breaking this glass ceiling you are in the process of creating and which will narrow my options and stigmatize me,” said Idil Issa.
“If it takes me five, 10, 15 or 20 years, I will break this glass ceiling, and any other glass ceiling that will prevent me from reaching my potential.”
Issa testified at the National Assembly Thursday, alongside Gabrielle Bouchard, the president of a prominent Quebec women’s rights organization, the Fédération des femmes du Québec.
