There is an absence of "social acceptability" for Bill 21 among the
elected representatives of the people most directly concerned by it.
https://montrealgazette.com/opinion/columnists/macpherson-quebec-versus-montreal?fbclid=IwAR37idaU8WKggMom71bArYCAW8N2HkUuhTAyb6z2cWjxJbqKxAGY7c8W5SY
No, there has been no 35th-anniversary re-enactment of the “Good Friday Massacre,” the epic playoff free-for-all between the Quebec Nordiques and Montreal Canadiens, when Quebec City was still in the NHL, and Montreal still made the playoffs.
Now it’s not hockey that is pitting Quebec’s capital and its metropolis against each other, but Bill 21. That’s the Legault government’s proposed anti-hijab-and-kippah legislation, which would forbid some public employees, including teachers, from wearing religious symbols while on duty.
This week, Montreal city council unanimously adopted a bipartisan declaration of opposition to the bill. And while it stopped short of threatening defiance of the legislation or demanding an exemption from it, the declaration suggests that the city’s enforcement of it might be less than zealous.
https://montrealgazette.com/opinion/columnists/macpherson-quebec-versus-montreal?fbclid=IwAR37idaU8WKggMom71bArYCAW8N2HkUuhTAyb6z2cWjxJbqKxAGY7c8W5SY
No, there has been no 35th-anniversary re-enactment of the “Good Friday Massacre,” the epic playoff free-for-all between the Quebec Nordiques and Montreal Canadiens, when Quebec City was still in the NHL, and Montreal still made the playoffs.
Now it’s not hockey that is pitting Quebec’s capital and its metropolis against each other, but Bill 21. That’s the Legault government’s proposed anti-hijab-and-kippah legislation, which would forbid some public employees, including teachers, from wearing religious symbols while on duty.
This week, Montreal city council unanimously adopted a bipartisan declaration of opposition to the bill. And while it stopped short of threatening defiance of the legislation or demanding an exemption from it, the declaration suggests that the city’s enforcement of it might be less than zealous.
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