January 23rd, 2025 | In an interview on Let’s Go with Sabrina Marandola on CBC, Pearl Eliadis discussed the Supreme Court of Canada’s decision to hear a legal challenge against Quebec’s Bill 21. Eliadis emphasized the significance of the Court’s move, stating, “It’s the Supreme Court saying that it’s important and an issue of national significance.â€


January 23, 2025 | On the Montreal Now with Aaron Rand podcast,ÌýPearl Eliadis discussed Quebec’s Bill 21 and its Supreme Court challenge. She highlighted the months-long legal process ahead, with both sides submitting extensive documentation before a decision is reached. Eliadis called the case a key opportunity for Canada to reflect on how the Charter of Rights and Freedoms is applied.

January 25, 2025 | The SupremeÌýCourt of Canada will decide whether a law that Quebec enacted in 2019, barring public-sector workers from wearing religious symbols, violates their rights. Professor Pearl Eliadis saidÌýthat while one of the main tenets of Quebec’s secularism was the idea that the state should be a neutral actor, she thought the law had imposed the government’s viewpoint of what nonreligion ought to look like in the public service.

January 24, 2025 |ÌýThe Supreme Court of Canada has agreed to hear a challenge against Quebec's controversial secularism law that prohibits certain public workers from wearing religious symbols while performing their duties. ProfessorÌýPearl EliadisÌýjoined for an interview with the CBC to discuss the nature of the issues at stake, by the very fact that the court has agreed to hear the case.Ìý

January 24, 2025 | The Supreme Court of Canada has agreed to grant permission to appeal in the Bill 21, Quebec’s controversial secularism law. The decision marks a significant development in the ongoing legal battle, which has raised concerns among minority communities over religious freedoms and equality in the province.

February 29, 2024 | Pearl Eliadis speaks on "Breakaway with Alison Brunette" and "Let's Go with Sabrina Marandola" on the upholding of Bill 21 and what the ruling means.ÌýThe law bans certain employees in the public sector from wearing religious symbols while on the job.

François Legault has been elected for a second mandate as Quebec premier with a majority government. Addressing supporters at his campaign headquarters, Legault told a large crowd that some of his key priorities will be the economy and tackling inflation. ().Ìý
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Researchers from º«¹úÂãÎè and Concordia universities haveÌýÌýto examine how Quebec's secularism law, Law 21, is affecting the career choices and experiences of discrimination of students, particularly in the province's faculties of law and education. The law, which bans some public servants, including teachers in the public system and prosecutors, from wearing religious symbols at work, was implemented in June 2019.

More than half of students who took part in survey on Law 21 say they will leave Quebec to find work
Researchers from º«¹úÂãÎè and Concordia universities have teamed up to examine how Quebec's secularism law, Law 21, is affecting the career choices and experiences of discrimination of students, particularly in the province's faculties of law and education. The law, which bans some public servants, including teachers in the public system and prosecutors, from wearing religious symbols at work, was implemented in June 2019.

April 21,Ìý2021Ìý|Ìý“The decision touches on virtually every aspect of the Canadian political landscape as it affects fundamental human rights. I cannot think that this will not go to the Supreme Court of Canada.â€ÌýPearl Eliadis, human rights lawyer andÌýprofessor at the Max Bell School, is quoted in this article concerning the recent ruling by the Quebec Court of Appeal to uphold Bill 21.
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Legislative hearings into Quebec's secularism bill started yesterday and will run until May 16. Here's an expert from º«¹úÂãÎè that can provide comment on that issue: