Winnipeg Free Press
By: Morgan Lowrie, The Canadian Press
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Last Modified: 3:41 PM CDT Tuesday, Apr. 20, 2021
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MONTREAL - Quebec’s secularism law is largely legal, a Superior Court judge ruled Tuesday, even as he acknowledged it violates the rights of Muslim women and has cruel and dehumanizing consequences for those who wear religious symbols.
A Quebec Superior Court justice is set to issue a ruling Tuesday on the constitutionality of the province's secularism law, known as Bill 21. People hold up signs during a demonstration against Bill 21 in Montreal, Sunday, Oct. 6, 2019. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Graham Hughes
MONTREAL - Quebec’s secularism law is largely legal, a Superior Court judge ruled Tuesday, even as he acknowledged it violates the rights of Muslim women and has cruel and dehumanizing consequences for those who wear religious symbols.