Pressure is mounting on the Liberal government to challenge Quebec’s Bill 21 after a teacher wearing a hijab was removed from her classroom earlier this month. Fatemeh Anvari, who taught in a Chelsea elementary school, part of the Western Québec School Board, was removed from her teaching position for wearing a hijab in the classroom and reassigned to administrative duties within the board. In the House of Commons on Dec. 15, Bloc Québécois leader Yves-François Blanchet asked Prime Minister Justin Trudeau if he was planning to fund challenges to Bill 21. “Would the Prime Minister have the courage of confronting Bill 21, after shying away from it in the federal election, and of saying that he will not have the courage to confront Bill 21 in the Quebec election?” Blanchet said during question period. “Does he have the courage to admit that it is because he is afraid of Quebec …
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