Category: Quebec Superior Court

Quebec Court Upholds Most of Province’s Controversial Secularism Law, Exempts English School Boards

MONTREAL—The Quebec Superior Court has largely upheld the province’s law that bans certain public sector workers from wearing religious symbols on the job. Justice Marc-Andre Blanchard did however rule that certain provisions of the law are unconstitutional as they pertain to English school boards. The judge also struck down a ban on members of the…


Quebec Judge Sides With Hasidic Jews, Changes COVID Rules on Religions Gatherings

MONTREAL—A Quebec Superior Court judge has ruled in favour of a group of Hassidic Jews who had challenged the province’s COVID-19 restrictions on religious gatherings. The ruling delivered today by Justice Chantal Masse says up to 10 people are allowed to gather in each room of a synagogue to pray—as long as each room has…