Anti-niqab law brings Trumpism to Canada

A new law, known popularly as Bill 62, makes it illegal for Quebec public services to be given or received by people wearing face coverings.

Thomas Walkom writes that the real aim of recently passed Bill 62 is to pander to anti-Islamic prejudice by singling out those Muslim women who, for religious reasons, veil their faces. Among other things, the law would prevent women wearing niqabs, pictured, and burkas in Quebec from using public transportation—unless they receive special authorization. Ji-Elle/Wikimedia Commons photograph

Opinion

BY THOMAS WALKOM

October 23, 2017

The worst of Trumpism has come to Canada. It has come in the form of a Quebec law that, under the guise of promoting religious neutrality and accommodation, blatantly discriminates against Muslims. And it has met with only the most minimal of resistance from federal politicians—even those like Pr...

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