MONTREAL — Let’s talk first about the old dog that has so far failed to bark.
Meanwhile, other Canadians — mobilized against the bill by various opinion leaders — would apply increasingly irresistible pressure on Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and his main opposition counterparts to oppose the provincial law more proactively. Forty-eight per cent feel the municipal politicians involved should have stuck to their own knitting. But that’s significantly less than the proportion that supports Quebec’s right to legislate on the matter of secularism, whether they approve of the resulting law or not.
The teacher’s reassignment for wearing a hijab was the first since the law came into effect and it seems to have softened support for the ban on religious symbols, at least as it applies to teachers. The imposition of a secular dress code on teachers was always the most contentious section of Bill 21.
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