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Though it’s only January, the July 1, 2022 deadline for Regional Development Grants (up to $4000) is just around the corner!
Bill 21 aims to enforce the religious neutrality of the state by forbidding government employees to wear visible religious signs.
Opposing Quebec’s Bill 21
Statement of the AAR Board of Directors
June 28, 2019
On June 16, 2019, the National Assembly of Quebec approved new legislation, Bill 21, An act respecting the laicity of the State, that prohibits certain civil servants (including public school teachers) from wearing any item deemed a “religious symbol” during the performance of their official duties. It also imposes new restrictions on those seeking to deliver or access public services. As Premier François Legault explained, the purpose of the new law is to promote a secular public square and to affirm that “in a secular society...religion must not interfere with the affairs of the state.”