Tag: Bill 21

Laïcity in the State, a delicate balance

March 5, 2024

Benoît Pelletier. The author is a lawyer emeritus, has a doctorate in law and is a distinguished professor at the Faculty of Law of the University of Ottawa. March 5, 2024, published in Le Devoir The recent ruling by the Quebec Court of Appeal marked an important victory for the Quebec government in its defence […]

Why civil servants representing the State to the public may not advertise their political or religious personal beliefs.

June 13, 2021

There has been a hotly debated shock of ideas regarding civil servants displaying ostentatious religious signs. What Humanist should think about it? What does the Charter of Rights (Canada) says about it? How the neutrality of the State should be interpreted according to the Supreme Court of Canada (SCC)? I have the conviction most people […]