(CBC) The largest school board in Quebec says three teachers have been directly affected by Quebec’s secularism law, formerly known as Bill 21.
On Tuesday afternoon, the Commission Scolaire de Montréal (CSDM) revealed the teachers took off their religious symbols in order to be able to sign a contract.
“They took off their religious symbol to have a contract with the CSDM, because we have, by law, the obligation with the government to be sure that the law is in place in our school board,” said CSDM president Catherine Harel Bourdon.
The board would not specify what kind of symbols the teachers wore.
The secularism law forbids certain civil servants in positions of authority, including teachers, from wearing religious symbols.
