(CTV) The debate over the constitutionality of Quebec’s secularism law is poised to go to the Supreme Court of Canada.
On Wednesday evening, the English Montreal School Board (EMSB) voted in favour of asking Canada’s top court to rule on Bill 21 after a Feb. 29 Quebec Court of Appeal ruling that upheld the law.
In a unanimous decision, the province’s highest court upheld the law that prohibits public sector workers in positions of authority — including teachers, judges and police officers — from wearing religious symbols on the job.
The National Council of Canadian Muslims was one of many groups that had intervenor status in the previous legal challenge of the law.
