{"id":7568,"date":"2020-11-04T23:10:14","date_gmt":"2020-11-05T03:10:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/bambisafkar.ca\/?p=7568"},"modified":"2020-11-05T09:58:11","modified_gmt":"2020-11-05T13:58:11","slug":"why-cant-mr-trudeau-respect-quebec-namely-its-bill-21-on-the-states-secularism","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bambisafkar.ca\/index.php\/2020\/11\/04\/why-cant-mr-trudeau-respect-quebec-namely-its-bill-21-on-the-states-secularism\/","title":{"rendered":"Why can\u2019t Mr. Trudeau respect Qu\u00e9bec, namely its Bill 21 on the state&#8217;s secularism?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter is-resized\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/bambisafkar.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/Quebecflag-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-7569\" width=\"303\" height=\"201\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bambisafkar.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/Quebecflag-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/bambisafkar.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/Quebecflag-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/bambisafkar.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/Quebecflag-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/bambisafkar.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/Quebecflag.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/bambisafkar.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/Quebecflag-720x480.jpg 720w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 303px) 85vw, 303px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Bill 21 came after 10 years of public debate in Qu\u00e9bec about reasonable accommodations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Bill 21 is moderate, compared to other bills in secular countries in\nEurope.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Bill 21 is mainly about public servants in positions of authority, including all the following: <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>\u201c<\/em><em>the President and\nVice-Presidents of the National Assembly, administrative justices of the peace,\nspecial clerks, clerks, deputy clerks, sheriffs and deputy sheriffs, clerks and\ndeputy clerks respecting municipal courts, and bankruptcy registrars, members or\ncommissioners who exercise their functions within the Comit\u00e9 de d\u00e9ontologie\npolici\u00e8re, the Commission d\u2019acc\u00e8s \u00e0 l\u2019information, the Commission de la\nfonction publique, the Commission de protection du territoire agricole du\nQu\u00e9bec, the Commission des transports du Qu\u00e9bec, the Commission municipale du\nQu\u00e9bec, the Commission qu\u00e9b\u00e9coise des lib\u00e9rations conditionnelles, the R\u00e9gie de\nl\u2019\u00e9nergie, the R\u00e9gie des alcools, des courses et des jeux, the R\u00e9gie des\nmarch\u00e9s agricoles et alimentaires du Qu\u00e9bec, the R\u00e9gie du b\u00e2timent du Qu\u00e9bec,\nthe R\u00e9gie du logement, the Financial Markets Administrative Tribunal, the\nAdministrative Tribunal of Qu\u00e9bec or the Administrative Labour Tribunal, as\nwell as disciplinary council chairs who exercise their functions within the\nBureau des pr\u00e9sidents des conseils de discipline, commissioners appointed by\nthe Government under the Act respecting public inquiry commissions, and lawyers\nor notaries acting for such a commission, arbitrators appointed by the Minister\nof Labour whose name appears on a list drawn up by that minister in accordance\nwith the Labour Code, the Minister of Justice and Attorney General, the\nDirector of Criminal and Penal Prosecutions, and persons who exercise the\nfunction of lawyer, notary or criminal and penal prosecuting attorney and who\nare under the authority of a government department, the Director of Criminal\nand Penal Prosecutions, the National Assembly, a person appointed or designated\nby the National Assembly to an office under its authority (or a body referred to\nin paragraph 3 of the bill), persons who exercise the function of lawyer and\nare employed by a prosecutor (Code of Penal Procedure), unless the prosecutor\nare persons acting in criminal or penal matters for such a prosecutor before\nthe courts or with third persons, lawyers or notaries acting before the courts\nor with third persons in accordance with a legal services contract entered into\nwith a minister, the Director of Criminal and Penal Prosecutions, the National\nAssembly, a person appointed or designated by the National Assembly to exercise\na function under its authority (or a body referred to in paragraph 3 of the\nbill), or lawyers acting in criminal or penal matters before the courts or with\nthird persons in accordance with a legal services contract entered into with a\nprosecutor, peace officers who exercise their functions mainly in Qu\u00e9bec; and\nprincipals, vice principals and teachers of educational institutions under the\njurisdiction of a school board established under the Education Act or of the Commission\nscolaire du Littoral established by the Act respecting the Commission scolaire\ndu Littoral.\u201d<\/em><em><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Bill 21 includes a \u201cgrandfather\u201d clause, which allows\nexisting public servants to keep serving.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Bill 21 also has a section on the necessity to have\none\u2019s face uncovered whilst receiving public services for safety concerns. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Here is Mr. Legault explaining this bill (video taken from the <em>Government of Qu\u00e9bec<\/em> website):<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed-youtube wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe title=\"La la\u00efcit\u00e9 de l&#039;\u00c9tat\" width=\"840\" height=\"473\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/q_cLoEcgMxU?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Bambi has posted extensively on this bill in the past. When she started thinking about it, she saw the logic behind having police officers and judges representing the state not showing any religious symbol whilst on duty. It took her more time to understand the inclusion of teachers. It surely did not take her much time to respect the will of the majority of the population of Qu\u00e9bec (thank you Mr. Legault for the bill). <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Why can\u2019t Mr. Trudeau respect Qu\u00e9bec? Is it too much to expect from him?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Bambi finds it sad that his government is funding and leading the legal\nchallenge of this bill. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Wasn\u2019t it enough to impose the Canadian Constitution on Qu\u00e9bec in 1982 (by\nMr. Trudeau\u2014his dad)? Qu\u00e9bec did not even sign it. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Why are we imposing the multicultural vision of secularism on Qu\u00e9bec? Why can\u2019t we accept its own approach to secularism? This would respect its history, culture\u2026 thus its spirit!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>As for Mr. Legault, to be fully congruent, when will the government stop funding private religious schools in his province? There is a contradiction between public institutions and the reality of private, religious schools in Qu\u00e9bec?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Now, concerning all the media in English-Canada and the propaganda machine of the French <em>CBC (Radio-Canada<\/em>) and English <em>CBC<\/em> about this topic, it is getting ridiculous. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>What is extremely odd for Bambi is to hear young women in Qu\u00e9bec featured in those articles telling us that the \u201chijab\u201d is a symbol of freedom and empowerment. Wow! <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Did those young women forget about their peers forced to wear the hijab in their birth countries? By whom? By Islamist forces? <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Of course, when you are an adult in a free society, like ours, choosing\nto wear whatever you wish, including a hijab and even a burqa, it is one thing.\nHowever, when you are threatened or literally killed if you do not do so, it is\nanother story.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>If you are an adult, chances are you know what you are doing. You are free to wear what you want. However, if you are a child who has not even reached puberty, the hijab is not a symbol of empowerment, but rather of a potential sign of authoritarian parenting or even abuse.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Anyhow, the above thoughts do not apply to Bill 21. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Bill 21 is about the state\u2019s secularism, period.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Below, you can watch a few women expressing their disagreement with this bill. The video is called: <em>&#8220;Me and my hijab&#8221;<\/em>. It comes from a 2019 <em>Montreal Gazette<\/em> article. Of course, these women are free to think what they want\u2026 Bambi is also free to still think that the video of Mr. Legault above, explaining bill 21, makes much more sense to her logic than their words, especially when they talk about \u201cprejudice\u201d against them in Qu\u00e9bec because of their hijab. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Bambi has lived in Qu\u00e9bec for 15 years. This society is one of the most welcoming in the world!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This society also knows how to stand up for its language, culture, and values (of secularism, in this case). For that, Bambi has the utmost respect.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Yes, there will always be some individuals who may feel excluded or think it is unfair. Sorry for them. Luckily, they can work in the private sector. At the end of the day, as needed, a society has all the right to chose to live as it wishes. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This must be respected by all citizens, that is including Mr. Trudeau himself. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed-youtube wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe title=\"Me and my hijab: 5 Montreal Muslim women speak for themselves\" width=\"840\" height=\"473\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/_5nN2D7LYhU?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Bill 21 came after 10 years of public debate in Qu\u00e9bec about reasonable accommodations. Bill 21 is moderate, compared to other bills in secular countries in Europe. 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