Montreal City Dept: The proposed law Bill 94 was tabled earlier this year following a controversy over a Montreal woman who refused to uncover her face while attending publicly funded French-language classes for new immigrants, according to CBC. The controversy was sparked by Na ma Atef Amed, who is of Egyptian origin and wears a niqab and there was little consensus on Tuesday as hearings began in Quebec's legislature on a draft law that would force Muslim women who wear full face coverings for religious reasons to remove them before receiving certain public services. A woman wearing a niqab at a protest against Bill 94 in front of Montreal City Hall in April. The proposed bill would require Muslim women to remove their face coverings in order to receive some government services. Peter McCabe/Canadian Press The bill does not specifically mention any particular religion but says anyone seeking a public service related to security, communication or identification must show their face. As
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