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Enacted in 2019, Law 21<\/a> revoked the right to wear religious symbols at work for certain public servants in Quebec, including teachers, police officers, and prosecutors. Quebec\u2019s religious communities have been disproportionately impacted<\/a> \u2013 most significantly, women who wear headscarves commonly referred to as \u201chijabs\u201d. These women\u2019s career prospects have now been severely restricted in Quebec. The effects of the law have also reverberated outward, shaping Canadian public debates<\/a> on Islamophobia<\/a>, rights, freedoms, and national identity<\/a>. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Read LEAF’s factsheet summarizing some of the key impacts on communities across the province.<\/a> <\/p>\n\n\nLaw-21-Infosheet<\/a>","protected":false},"featured_media":0,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":true},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-24749","factsheet","type-factsheet","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\nImpacts of Quebec's Law 21 Factsheet - LEAF<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.leaf.ca\/fr\/factsheet\/impacts-of-quebecs-law-21-factsheet\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"fr_FR\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Impacts of Quebec's Law 21 Factsheet - LEAF\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Enacted in 2019, Law 21 revoked the right to wear religious symbols at work for certain public servants in Quebec, including teachers, police officers, and prosecutors. Quebec\u2019s religious communities have been disproportionately impacted \u2013 most significantly, women who wear headscarves commonly referred to as \u201chijabs\u201d. 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