Quebec to Expand Religious Symbol Ban and Require Students to Uncover Faces

Quebec to Expand Religious Symbol Ban and Require Students to Uncover Faces
Quebec Education Minister Bernard Drainville responds to the Opposition during question period at the legislature in Quebec City, on Oct. 22, 2024. The Canadian Press/Jacques Boissinot
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The Quebec government has tabled new legislation that would expand the province’s religious symbols ban to all school staff.

Introduced Thursday, the bill would prohibit anyone who works in schools or around students from wearing religious symbols on the job. The ban would also extend to people who are not school employees but who regularly offer services to students, such as volunteers at a school library.