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Quebec’s Ban on Religious Symbols Will Be Tested at the Supreme Court
Canada’s highest court will decide whether a law that Quebec enacted in 2019, barring public-sector workers from wearing religious symbols, violates their rights.
Quebec’s Bill 21: Canadian Supreme Court will hear challenge over secularism law
The Supreme Court of Canada is set to announce Thursday morning whether it will hear a challenge of Quebec's controversial secularism law, known as Bill 21.
Bill 21 at the Supreme Court: Five things about Quebec’s contentious secularism law
Quebec’s secularism law, known as Bill 21, was challenged in court as soon as it was adopted more than five years ago. With the Supreme Court of Canada announcing Thursday it will hear arguments on the validity of the law,
Supreme Court of Canada will hear challenge of Quebec’s Bill 21 secularism law
Premier François Legault has made affirming state secularism a central part of his Coalition Avenir Québec government. Bill 21 prohibits certain public sector workers, such as judges, police officers, teachers and prison guards, from wearing religious symbols at work and requires them to perform their duties with their faces uncovered.
Supreme Court of Canada to hear challenge to Quebec secularism law
The Supreme Court of Canada announced on Thursday that it will hear a landmark challenge to Quebec's secularism law, Bill 21. The law was passed in 2019 and prohibits certain public sector employees
Supreme Court of Canada to hear appeal on Quebec’s Bill 21 secularism law
The law prohibits certain public sector employees from wearing visibly religious attire while at work. The government of Quebec continues to defend the bill.
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Supreme Court of Canada upholds verdict of NL man found not guilty of sexual assault
The country’s top court has dismissed the Crown’s appeal in the case of a Newfoundland man acquitted of sexual assault. A ...
Shopping on Sundays was illegal until this Calgary drug mart fought a $40 fine to the Supreme Court
Calgary’s Big M Drug Mart challenged the Lord’s Day Act, sparking a Supreme Court case that redefined religious freedom and ...
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Canada Supreme Court dismisses Indigenous appeal and paves way for McGill construction
The Supreme Court of Canada dismissed an appeal led by Indigenous elders who claimed that an under-renovation McGill ...
A new generation of judges is redefining what Canada’s top courts look like
Among 1,180 federally appointed judges, 47 per cent are women and 6 per cent are racialized, according to data from the Office of the Commissioner of Federal Judicial Affairs ...
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Supreme Court certifies B.C.'s class-action lawsuit against opioid providers
British Columbia's attorney general says the Supreme Court of Canada has certified the province's class-action lawsuit against opioid manufacturers and distributors.