Bill 21: a return to Quebec’s dark past

My fear is the bill will encourage the worst elements of Quebec society to attack Muslim, Sikh, and Jewish citizens.

Quebec Premier François Legault's government has introduced Bill 21, which purports to ensure the neutrality of the government by insisting no one in a position of authority be allowed to wear ‘religious symbols’ while exercising their functions.Photograph courtesy of CAQ/Instagram

Opinion

BY ANDREW CADDELL

April 10, 2019

In the 1930s, the start of a time referred to in Quebec as “la grande noirceur” (the great darkness), the government of premier Maurice Duplessis passed the Padlock Law...

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