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Podcast: North Star with Ellin Bessner
Episode: Canada should stay out of Bill 21, Quebec Jewish leader warns
Description: Quebec’s Bill 21, which bars public employees such as teachers and police officers from wearing religious symbols on the job, has been in place for more than two years already. But the recent reassignment of Fatemeh Anvari, the third-grade public school teacher who was removed from her post for wearing a hijab, escalated the issue to an entirely different level.
Until now, political leaders have equivocated on the issue for fear of angering Quebeckers ahead of the federal election. After Anvari's reassignment, that attitude has changed. Politicians from the prime minister to community and political leaders have, mo...