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By Marie-Yosie Saint-Cyr, LL.B. Managing Editor | < 1 Minutes Read December 23, 2010

Slaw: CSST services and website available only in French

The Office québécois de la langue française requires that all communications between the Commission de la Santé et de la Sécurité du Travail du Québec (CSST, Quebec’s workplace health and safety board) and employers, suppliers and partners take place in French only, to comply with...

Article by Marie-Yosie Saint-Cyr, LL.B. Managing Editor / Health and Safety / Charter of the French Language, Commission de la Santé et de la Sécurité du Travail du Québec, CSST, Office québécois de la langue française, Quebec, Slaw, slaw.ca, workplace health and safety board

By Marie-Yosie Saint-Cyr, LL.B. Managing Editor | < 1 Minutes Read April 23, 2010

Slaw: Can Quebec Bill 94 withstand any Charter challenge?

While Canada perceives it’s role as one of accommodating all forms of religious expression in a neutral manner, Quebec has decided to apply a more restrictive and formally secular approach. At a general level, this means the official separation of church and state. However, this proposed policy of secularity (bill 94) clashes with the religious traditions of many recent immigrants to Canada. To summarize, Bill 94 would require anyone providing or receiving government services to do so with their face uncovered for reasons of identification, security and communication. This includes services from hospitals, schools, universities, and daycare centres that receive provincial funding. Read the full article on Slaw.ca.

Article by Marie-Yosie Saint-Cyr, LL.B. Managing Editor / Human Rights / Bill 94, burqa, discrimination, gender equality, human rights, kirpan, niqab, Quebec, reasonable accommodation, religious freedom, religious symbols, slaw.ca

By Marie-Yosie Saint-Cyr, LL.B. Managing Editor | < 1 Minutes Read April 7, 2010

Slaw: Quebec government bill upholds gender equality and secularism

On March 24, 2010, the Quebec government tabled in legislature Bill 94, An Act to establish guidelines governing accommodation requests within the administration and certain institutions. The Bill would create rules on how departments or agencies of the government can provide reasonable accommodation to citizens, certain organizations and public servants. These departments and agencies include health agencies, schools, colleges and universities, and services from child care to nursing homes. To this end, the Bill defines the concept of accommodation, asserts that the government will make any compromise to respect the right to equality between women and men and the principle of religious neutrality of the state, and provides that an accommodation cannot be granted if it imposes an undue hardship on the government department or agency. If enacted, the Bill would come into force on proclamation. Premier Jean Charest and Justice Minister Kathleen Weil say the Bill upholds gender equality and secularism—the values that unite Quebecers. They said it, not me; but you’ve got to love it! Read the full article on Slaw.ca.

Article by Marie-Yosie Saint-Cyr, LL.B. Managing Editor / Human Rights / Bill 94, discrimination, gender equality, Quebec, reasonable accommodation, slaw.ca

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