Andrew Coyne: Are we going to do anything to protect Quebec's minorities?

It is cowardice to look the other way as jobs for teachers and police officers are posted with the unstated rider that no Sikhs or Muslims need apply

https://nationalpost.com/opinion/andrew-coyne-are-we-going-to-do-anything-to-protect-quebecs-minorities

Let us dispense with the obvious off the top. As the duly elected premier of Quebec, in possession of a majority of the seats in the provincial legislature, François Legault has the indisputable authority to pass legislation banning the display of religious symbols by persons employed in certain “positions of authority” in the public service: judges, prosecutors, police officers, prison guards, teachers, principals, and so on.

His Coalition Avenir Québec having campaigned on the promise, what is more, he has a mandate. It will no doubt prove to be popular. And since Bill 21 includes a provision invoking the constitution’s notwithstanding clause, exempting it from judicial review under the Charter of Rights (a similar provision exempts it from the province’s own Charter of Human Rights and Freedoms), it is most likely legal, as well.