January 23rd, 2025

CP NewsAlert: Supreme Court agrees to hear appeal of Quebec’s secularism law

By The Canadian Press on January 23, 2025.

The main courtroom at the Supreme Court of Canada is pictured in Ottawa, Nov. 28, 2022. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Sean Kilpatrick

OTTAWA – The Supreme Court of Canada has agreed to hear a challenge of Quebec’s secularism law, known as Bill 21.

The 2019 law prohibits civil servants in positions of authority, including teachers and police officers, from wearing religious symbols on the job.

More coming.

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