19 January 2025

2022: Allison Hanes: Ottawa finally decides to stand up to François Legault

And a good ol’ fashioned war of words broke out between Quebec and Ottawa on Wednesday. Federal Justice Minister David Lametti indicated he will join the challenge of Bill 21 , Quebec’s secularism law, after all, once it reaches the Supreme Court of Canada. And hey, he’ll be keeping an eye on how the newly minted language law is implemented, too.

2015: Supreme Court sides with Quebec Catholic school on religious freedom

http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/top-court-rules-on-catholic-schools-right-to-opt-out-of-quebecs-ethics-course/article23533643/

The decision Thursday handed a victory to Loyola High School, which went to court over a Quebec program that sought to teach ethics and world religions from a neutral standpoint. At the same time, the top court helped define some of the boundaries of Quebec’s goal of state secularism ...
 "A secular state respects religious differences; it does not seek to extinguish them," the court said ...
Constitutional lawyer Julius Grey says Thursday’s ruling strikes a blow against “strident secularism” in Quebec.