(Canadian Press) Quebec Premier Francois Legault defended the province’s controversial secularism bill on Thursday after yet another municipal council passed a motion this week condemning the legislation.
Toronto city councillors passed the motion at their meeting on Wednesday, making the Ontario capital the largest city yet to jump into the fray against the controversial legislation.
The motion tabled by Coun. Kristyn Wong-Tam proposes a nationwide campaign to denounce what she calls “the harmful widespread impacts of Bill 21.”
It also encourages the federal government to condemn the law, which came into effect in June and “disproportionately impacts Muslims, Sikhs, and Jews,” according to a summary of the Toronto motion.
