The teachers were suspended with pay. How they must be laughing at the weakness of Montreal authorities. “Minister suspends licences of 11 teachers at Montreal’s Bedford school after allegations of mistreatment,” by Sidhartha Banerjee, Canadian Press, October 22, 2024: Quebec Premier François Legault promised on Tuesday to toughen secularism measures in schools, saying he was […]
Quebec Muslim leaders ‘outraged’ over school prayer room ban as part of province’s secularism policy
Quebec’s education minister has declared prayer rooms forbidden in the province’s schools, since they are not compatible with Quebec’s official policy of secularism. Education Minister Bernard Drainville stated: There are all kinds of ways to pray…I can’t ban prayer. I ban prayer in classrooms. Now, if someone wants to pray silently, that’s their basic right. […]