“Guaranteeing a truly religion-free school environment.”
Those were the words used by François Legault’s potential successor, Bernard Drainville, to describe Bill 94, which bans the wearing of religious symbols in the public education sector.
It is estimated that, in the coming months, up to 500 school staff in Greater Montreal alone could be laid off as a result of the law's enforcement.
But as Raphaël Melançon points out, is it really a “religion-free environment” when your school still bears the name of a Catholic saint?
