{"id":251764,"date":"2025-10-31T06:44:18","date_gmt":"2025-10-31T06:44:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/251764\/"},"modified":"2025-10-31T06:44:18","modified_gmt":"2025-10-31T06:44:18","slug":"quebec-government-adopts-secularism-bill-forcing-students-to-uncover-faces","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/251764\/","title":{"rendered":"Quebec government adopts secularism bill forcing students to uncover faces"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\n\t\t\t\tBy Staff<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tThe Canadian Press\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>\n\t\t\t\t\tPosted October 30, 2025 5:50 pm\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>\n\t\t\t\t1 min read\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\tDescrease article font size<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\tIncrease article font size<\/p>\n<p>The\u00a0Quebec\u00a0government has passed a law extending the province\u2019s ban on religious symbols to everyone who interacts with students in schools.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/1761814748_447_70c8fc80.png\" alt=\"\" style=\"position:absolute;width:1px;height:1px\" referrerpolicy=\"no-referrer-when-downgrade\"\/><\/p>\n<p>The law also prohibits students from wearing face coverings in a bid to strengthen secularism in schools.<\/p>\n<p>The new legislation expands on a secularism law from 2019 that banned religious symbols for public employees deemed to be in positions of authority, including teachers, judges and police officers.<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"170\" height=\"225\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/1761854947_61_national.jpg\" alt=\"For news impacting Canada and around the world, sign up for breaking news alerts delivered directly to you when they happen.\"\/><\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\tGet breaking National news<\/p>\n<p>For news impacting Canada and around the world, sign up for breaking news alerts delivered directly to you when they happen.<\/p>\n<p>The new legislation extends that ban to all school staff, including psychologists, janitors and cafeteria workers, as well as to people who offer services to students but who are not employees, such as library volunteers.<\/p>\n<p>\n\t\tTrending Now\n\t<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/globalnews.ca\/news\/11500061\/lotto-max-jackpot-ticket-sold-ontario-october-28\/\" class=\"c-posts__inner\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"c-posts__thumbnail\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/1761893057_524_20230628140636-649c7deb38278d1212f760d3jpeg.jpg\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"336\" height=\"224\" alt=\"\"\/><\/p>\n<p>\n\t\t\t\t\t$40M Lotto Max jackpot ticket sold in Ontario for 6th time this year\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/globalnews.ca\/news\/11502354\/stepfather-n-s-missing-kids-lilly-jack-sullivan-doubts-wandered-into-woods\/\" class=\"c-posts__inner\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"c-posts__thumbnail\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/lilly-jack-vigil-2.jpg\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"336\" height=\"224\" alt=\"\"\/><\/p>\n<p>\n\t\t\t\t\tN.S. missing kids: Stepfather believes Jack, Lilly \u2018didn\u2019t wander\u2019 into woods\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The bill was tabled following a government investigation of a\u00a0Montreal\u00a0elementary school last year, which found that a group of teachers, many of North African descent, had imposed autocratic rule at the school.<\/p>\n<p>Story continues below advertisement<\/p>\n<p>The government has also promised to extend the religious symbols ban to daycare workers.<\/p>\n<p>This report by The Canadian Press was first published Oct. 30, 2025.<\/p>\n<p>\n\t\t\tMore on Canada<br \/>\n\t\t\tMore videos\n\t\t<\/p>\n<p>\n\t\t&amp;copy 2025 The Canadian Press\t<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"By Staff The Canadian Press Posted October 30, 2025 5:50 pm 1 min read Descrease article font 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