{"id":842,"date":"2019-10-18T10:44:52","date_gmt":"2019-10-18T17:44:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sd41blogs.ca\/panesarj\/?p=842"},"modified":"2019-10-18T10:44:52","modified_gmt":"2019-10-18T17:44:52","slug":"first-trudeau-then-the-voter-and-dont-forget-bill-21","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sd41blogs.ca\/panesarj\/2019\/10\/first-trudeau-then-the-voter-and-dont-forget-bill-21\/","title":{"rendered":"First, Trudeau. Then, the Voter… and Don’t Forget Bill 21!"},"content":{"rendered":"

Somehow, just somehow, I am imagining someone in our class saying aloud: What? We are getting a new 21 dollar bill? No, we are not getting a new 21 dollar bill. So what is Bill 21 then? <\/p>\n

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Well, in June this year, Quebec Premier, Francois Legault, and his Coalition Avenir Quebec government passed the heavily criticised and controversial, Bill 21. At roughly 10:30 P.M. this bill was passed with 73 in favour and only 35 against. This bill bans public servants who are in positions of authority from wearing any religious ‘symbols.’ So if you are a judge, police officer, government lawyer, school teacher or principal you are not allowed to wear religious ‘symbols’ like a hijab, crucifix, turban or kippah.<\/p>\n

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A Muslim woman wearing a hijab.<\/p><\/div>\n

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A Christian crucifix or cross.<\/p><\/div>\n

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A Sikh turban.<\/p><\/div>\n

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A Jewish kippah.<\/p><\/div>\n

Why did they do this? Well, the party says that they would like Quebec to remain truly secular. This means that there is no interference of religion in the public space. If you were wondering what happens to the the people who have these jobs and wear symbols, well the answer is this: employees can keep them as long as they do not change the school they are working at or take a promotion.  \"Image<\/p>\n

Some people argue that this is racist and that in Canada we have the freedom to dress however we would like to. We also have religious freedom and are allowed to peacefully practice any religion we choose to. This law would jeopardise people’s relationship with their religion as well as their job if they were a public servant. <\/p>\n

The below link is Legault’s reasoning behind the bill: <\/p>\n

https:\/\/www.iheartradio.ca\/cjad\/news\/premier-francois-legault-defends-secularism-bill-as-moderate-1.9044425<\/a><\/p>\n

This article speaks about the impact that Bill 21 is having on Muslim women as well as a young lady named Amrit Kaur. She just graduated from university and wants to become a teacher… but she has a turban. <\/p>\n

https:\/\/www.macleans.ca\/opinion\/quebecs-unthinkable-bill-21\/<\/a><\/p>\n

This article shows the protest rallies that are occurring in Montreal because of Bill 21.<\/p>\n

https:\/\/globalnews.ca\/news\/5997737\/protest-bill-21\/<\/a> <\/p>\n

So now it is your turn to weigh in on this Bill. What are your thoughts on Bill 21? Do you think that it is a racist bill which goes against our rights as Canadians? Or, does it help Canadians keep religion out of the public sector. After all, Canada is made up of many religions so what happens if someone wishes to do something in the name of their religion but it goes against Canadian laws? Remember to treat this issue with the respect and compassion that it deserves. Grade 5 a response of 20 sentences and Grade 6 a submission of 25 sentences, please. Try to go as deep with your critical thinking as you can!  <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Somehow, just somehow, I am imagining someone in our class saying aloud: What? We are getting a new 21 dollar bill? No, we are not getting a new 21 dollar bill. So what is Bill 21 then?  Well, in June this year, Quebec Premier, Francois Legault, and his Coalition Avenir Quebec government passed the heavily … Continue reading First, Trudeau. Then, the Voter… and Don’t Forget Bill 21!<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7549,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sd41blogs.ca\/panesarj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/842"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sd41blogs.ca\/panesarj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sd41blogs.ca\/panesarj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sd41blogs.ca\/panesarj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/7549"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sd41blogs.ca\/panesarj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=842"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/sd41blogs.ca\/panesarj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/842\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":843,"href":"https:\/\/sd41blogs.ca\/panesarj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/842\/revisions\/843"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sd41blogs.ca\/panesarj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=842"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sd41blogs.ca\/panesarj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=842"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sd41blogs.ca\/panesarj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=842"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}