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1/7. NCCM and the CCLA (@cancivlib), alongside allies, are at the #Quebec Court of Appeal today to challenge #Bill21, the law that bars certain public servants from wearing religious symbols at work.
It must be struck down!
It must be struck down!
2/7. This law has demonstrated that as of right now, minorities in this country effectively don’t have rights. They only have permissions. Our government can take away our rights without any justification.
3/7. Bill 21 has devolved Quebec’s religious minorities into second-class citizens.
It must be repealed. #Bill21
It must be repealed. #Bill21
Love & solidarity from our Hijabi WOC PwD hearts to yours❣️ 🧕🏾✊🏾♿️
"Even if you hate it, I still wrap my Hijab"
- @mona_haydar
#Hijab #WorldHijabDay #WOCinLeadership #NDRAAI #EndHate #EndVAWG2S #AntiMuslimHate #Islamophobia #Racism #Bill21
"Even if you hate it, I still wrap my Hijab"
- @mona_haydar
#Hijab #WorldHijabDay #WOCinLeadership #NDRAAI #EndHate #EndVAWG2S #AntiMuslimHate #Islamophobia #Racism #Bill21
@mona_haydar Video Description 1/x: Colour music video of Mona Haydar’s “Hijabi (Wrap My Hijab)”. Begins with translucent text on flowing teal cloth reading, “Mona. Hijabi”.
Video Description 2/x: Scenes of Racialized Indigenous, Black, Brown, Asian Muslim Women in Hijab sit in wood lined room and on a staircase with expressions of strength while Mona raps. Mona is a Brown Arab Hijabi Muslim Woman.
I’m tired of Quebec politicians pretending that legal challenges to #Bill21 or the assertion that it’s discriminatory legislation are de facto #Quebec bashing. That implies that a) there’s unanimity in Qc regarding Bill 21 (there most certainly isn’t) & b) sidesteps that the
Qc gov’t recognized that its discriminatory by using the notwithstanding clause & preemptively shielding it from a legal challenge precisely because it violates both Qc & Cdn Charters of Rights & Freedoms. Saying a Qc law is discriminatory isn’t akin to saying Qc is racist.
Whether Bill 21 supporters want to acknowledge it or not, the END RESULT of this law is discrimination & marginalization. Judge Blanchard said as much in his recent ruling & there’s a reason it’s going to the Supreme Court. In a free and democratic society people have the right
What's at stake? Only a generation of young physicians!
The government has introduced legislation that will allow it to restrict entry to Alberta. The conditions for entry will be managed by Alberta Health: where the doctor practices, with whom and how. #physiciansupply 1/6
The government has introduced legislation that will allow it to restrict entry to Alberta. The conditions for entry will be managed by Alberta Health: where the doctor practices, with whom and how. #physiciansupply 1/6
Because there is no contract, healthcare decisions are being made solely by politicians & not #healthcare practitioners. A torn up contract means there are no limits on what conditions the Minister can put in place for doctors, clinics & patients. @shandro @jkenney 2/6
Because of #Bill21 & this legislation #Albertamedicalstudents no longer want to practice in #Alberta - a direct result of govt actions.
The vast majority had seen their future in Alberta (over 80%). Now over 75% feel they need to plan for practice elsewhere. #albertajobs 3/6
The vast majority had seen their future in Alberta (over 80%). Now over 75% feel they need to plan for practice elsewhere. #albertajobs 3/6
1)At Resistance #yeg Townhall. Told deficit caused by over reliance on resource revenue, not overspending. We spend less of our GDP on services than other provinces. Before #UCP, economy best in Canada. Alta has the lowest debt to GDP ratio in Canada.
2) Public sector wages paid less than private workers. Reality public sector workers already shared the pain, not the gain. In Alta both private & public sector workers earn more than in other provinces. #ableg #abresistance #UCP
3) Corporate tax cuts do•not•create wealth & have•not•worked anywhere in Canada. AB has revenue, not spending, problem. If we taxed at rate of next lowest tax province, we would have $11.2 billion more in revenue & there would be no need to gut services. #ableg #abresistence
New post by @MarkPMancini: can a school board choose not to apply #Bill21, aka the Québec Dress Code, due to constitutional concerns? doubleaspect.blog/2019/04/04/can…
I should say that I'm not sure Mark is right about school boards not having the power to decide questions of law. I think that clause 12 of #Bill21 does give school boards (among others) the power to decide questions of law under the bill.
That said, as a matter of positive law, I agree with Mark that so long as the "notwithstanding clause" is in effect, it precludes the consideration of Charter rights or "values" by the administration, as well as the courts.
Short (?) thread on Québec's #Bill21, "An Act respecting the laicity of the State". (The bill is available here: assnat.qc.ca/en/travaux-par…. By the way, @AssnatQc, you shouldn't force people to download PDFs to read bills!)
The problems start with the title. "Laicity" a calque, not an accurate translation, of "laïcité". It means something else in English (namely: "the status or influence of the laity", per the OED).
This makes me wonder whether this is a good occasion for the @BarreauduQuebec's abandoned challenge to the non-bilingualism in the legislative process to be revived, as part of an attack on Bill 21. 3/
