(CBC) Civil rights groups fighting Quebec’s religious symbols law have filed new evidence which, they say, demonstrates without a doubt it has “caused and continues to cause irreparable harm.”
Lawyers submitted affidavits last week from Muslim women who were denied employment opportunities or internships by Montreal school boards because they wear a headscarf.
The testimony, which the plaintiffs hope will sway the courts, describes how the ban leaves aspiring teachers with a narrowing scope of career options.
“This is causing them immediate financial hardship, but also enormous uncertainty about their ability to pursue the careers they have spent years training for, as well as stress and the sense of being singled out among their peers,” the plaintiffs said in a court document, submitted Sept. 20.
