Federal government would join Supreme Court challenge of Quebec’s Bill 21, Justice Minister says

The federal government will participate in a challenge of Quebec’s controversial religious symbols law, known as Bill 21, should the case end up at the Supreme Court, Justice Minister David Lametti said Wednesday, prompting swift pushback from Quebec’s Premier.

While speaking to reporters in Montreal, Mr. Lametti said that if the case arrives at the country’s top court, it will be, by definition, “a national issue” – adding that “we will be there.”

Since the beginning, he said, the federal government has had concerns about the bill but it left space for Quebeckers to express themselves before the courts on the matter.

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