Toronto City Council Approves Funds for Legal Challenge to Quebec’s Secularism Law

Toronto City Council Approves Funds for Legal Challenge to Quebec’s Secularism Law
Toronto Mayor John Tory speaks during a press conference in Toronto on Feb. 29, 2020. Cole Burston/The Canadian Press
Isaac Teo
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Toronto city council has unanimously voted in support of a motion proposed by Mayor John Tory to provide $100,000 for a legal challenge against Quebec’s secularism law, Bill 21.

A statement from the council said the move reaffirmed the city’s opposition to the bill, which prohibits public servants in positions of authority from wearing religious symbols while at work.