Teachers Union Joins Bid to Have Supreme Court Rule on Quebec Religious Symbols Ban

Court documents are rolled into the Court of Appeal on the first day of hearings on the appeal of Bill 21 in Montreal, on Nov. 7, 2022. The Canadian Press/Paul Chiasson

A major Quebec teachers union says it will follow the lead of the English Montreal School Board and seek to challenge the province’s secularism law before the Supreme Court of Canada.

The Fédération autonome de l'enseignement, or FAE, says in a statement on April 29 that in particular it opposes the Quebec government’s use of the Constitution’s notwithstanding clause to shield the law from Charter challenges.