Quebec Passes Law Obliging Citizens to Uncover Their Faces

Quebec Passes Law Obliging Citizens to Uncover Their Faces
File photo of a woman wearing a niqab as she walks in a street in Montreal. Quebec lawmakers have passed a religious neutrality bill that obliges citizens to uncover their faces while giving and receiving state services. The Canadian Press/Ryan Remiorz
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QUEBEC—The Quebec national assembly has passed a controversial religious neutrality bill that obliges citizens to uncover their faces while giving and receiving state services. Members voted 66-51 in favour of Bill 62 on Oct. 18.

Tabled by Justice Minister Stephanie Vallee in 2015, it is the governing Liberals’ response to the Bouchard-Taylor report on religious accommodation from more than a decade ago.