Montrealers protest removal of hijabi teacher from classroom due to Bill 21

Montrealers protest removal of hijabi teacher from classroom due to Bill 21

December 15, 2021 11:42 pm EST.

“We have stood against this law since it was a project,” said protest organizer Ehab Lotayef on Quebec’s secularism law after a hijab-wearing teacher was removed from her classroom in Chelsea, Quebec. Brittany Henriques reports.

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