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Couillard Bill and Daycare Workers

face: The controversial legislation would effectively ban public workers including doctors, nurses, teachers and daycare workers as well as those receiving a service from the government, from wearing the niqab, burka or any other face covering, according to CBC. Amendments introduced in August extended the proposed rules to services offered by municipalities, including public transit. The Couillard government's Bill 62 on religious neutrality could be put to a vote as early as Tuesday, two years after it was tabled. As long as the service is being rendered, the face should be uncovered, Quebec Justice Minister St phanie Vall e said Monday in an interview with Daybreak host Mike Finnerty. The legislation, she said, is necessary for communication reasons, identification reasons and security reasons. This is a bill about levivre ensemble living together in harmony it's a bill about guidelines and clearly establishes neutrality of the state. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.