Quebec introduced legislation to ban public servants from wearing religious symbols, but critics say the proposed law disproportionately targets Muslim women
The bill, which was unveiled in the provincial legislature by François Legault’s conservative Coalition Avenir Québec government on Thursday, seeks to prevent those in positions of authority, including public-school teachers, police and judges, from.
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