Montreal’s largest school board has lost more than 100 support staff because they refused to remove religious symbols to comply with the province’s new secularism law.
The law, known as Bill 94, expanded a ban on wearing religious symbols, like crosses and hijabs, to include support staff workers in schools — lunchroom monitors and special education technicians, for example.
Several school service centres told Radio-Canada in February that dozens of staff had already been fired, suspended or decided to resign because of Bill 94.
Now, the Centre de services scolaire de Montréal (CSSDM), says it, too, has had to let staff go.
Laicite should be a loanword, instead of getting translated to secularism. Keeping your religion private is not the same as keeping it a secret.
I understand the motivation. And for a little necklace, meh, tuck it in. But other cultural indicators create bizarre demands - like ‘You can’t serve school lunch unless we see your hair.’