(Canadian Press) Manitoba Premier Brian Pallister says he will be seeking a joint response to Quebec’s new religious symbols law when western premiers meet on Thursday in Edmonton.
“That is, certainly to my mind, dangerous and un-Canadian and deserves to be opposed,” Pallister said in an interview.
“We are not a two-tier rights country.
“We’re not a country that celebrates sameness. We celebrate diversity and we need to make sure that we don’t restrict people’s freedoms, whether it’s speech or movement or religion.”
The Quebec law prohibits teachers, police officers and other public servants in positions of authority from wearing religious symbols, and critics say it unfairly targets Muslims, Sikhs and other religious minorities.
