Quebec Representative: Official Request and Canadian Muslims

quebec representative: A woman with five children who wears the niqab and wants to go to the library won't be able to take the bus, won't be able to have access to a place of learning to go with her family, and it will take an official request for her to have a reasonable accommodation, said Eve Torres, the Quebec representative of the National Council of Canadian Muslims, according to Metro News. It makes no sense. The proposed law has been vigorously opposed by Muslim advocacy groups in the province who say that it will unfairly target women who wear Islamic face coverings such as the niqab, which leaves only the eyes uncovered. Debate on the final draft of the bill starts Tuesday and a vote is likely sometime this week. function set Cookie related path / ; Related Jagmeet Singh calls out NDP opponents for 'inconsistent' positions on niqab ban Fading NDP in Quebec could give breath of life to Bloc Quebecois Hebert Many more apologies are owed to Canada's Muslim community Quebec's Liberal government says the legislation strikes a balance between the status quo and the more extreme solution put forward by the previous Parti Quebecois government to legislate a ban on public servants wearing any religious symbols on the job. Opposition parties say the proposed law won't do enough to stop religious minorities seeking to put their faith ahead of the common obligations of the state and their responsibilities as citizens. The bill specifically exempts any measures that might affect displays of Quebec's own Catholic heritage, which are considered cultural artifacts and testify to the province's history. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.