One Quebec-born teacher who wears a hijab says the bill makes her feel like 'a second-class citizen”
has long hung above the speaker’s chair in Quebec’s legislature. The first one was installed in 1936 to acknowledge the bond between the Catholic church and the government of Canada’s French-speaking province. It survived the “quiet revolution” of the 1960s against the church’s grip on public and private life. The church ceased to run the province’s schools, hospitals and social programmes.
Quebec’s worries about both religion in public life and about cultural diversity have deep roots. The quiet revolution was an expression of mounting anti-clericalism. Francophones surrounded by English-speakers, Quebeckers have had to struggle to preserve their language and culture. English-speaking Canada celebrates “multiculturalism”, encouraging minority groups to maintain their distinctive identities.
Like Mr Couillard’s ban, Bill 21 would bar public servants from covering their faces on the job. Current employees will be able to continue wearing religious garb, but only if they stay in the same job. Mr Legault told trainee teachers that those who want to wear religious clothing should choose a different career.
Hate crimes against Muslims in Quebec appear to be increasing. In 2017 the number of incidents reported to police nearly trebled, to 117. That year a white nationalist killed six worshippers at a mosque in Quebec City, the provincial capital. Charles Taylor, an author of Mr Charest’s report, accused Mr Legault’s government of spreading the idea “that there’s something problematic” about Muslims.
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