(Global News) After a Quebec Superior Court judge rendered a decision upholding most of the Legault government’s religious symbols ban for public employees, a new chapter in the legal battle over Bill 21 is set to begin.
Coalition Inclusion Quebec, a group that backed hijab-wearing teachers during the Superior Court hearings, has announced it will challenge the ruling at the Quebec Court of Appeal. The group had hoped Judge Marc-André Blanchard would strike down the entire law banning public workers from wearing religious symbols on the job, and will continue to pursue that end.
“When we launched our case we knew we were embarking on a long legal journey that is likely to end up in the Supreme Court,” said Rev. Diane Rollert, president of Coalition Inclusion Quebec.
