What could possibly go wrong? Quebec investigating 17 schools for possible violations of secularism law
According to its statement Thursday morning, the ministry is sending auditors to those schools after receiving several complaints and reports regarding violations of the secularism law, commonly referred to as Bill 21.
The ministry says the information it received pertains to the secularism law's "four principles": the separation of the state and religions, religious neutrality, equality and the freedom of conscience and religion.
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The decision came in the midst of a controversy involving Bedford elementary school, which is located in Montreal's Côte-des-Neiges neighbourhood. The school was the subject of a 90-page government report looking into the conduct of teachers accused of creating a toxic environment for both students and staff.
Those teachers, 11 in total, were suspended and had their teaching licences suspended.
The government report looked at their competence level, the effects of their behaviour on students and staff and the role religion may have played in their behaviour and the tensions at the school.
The situation is more complicated and nuanced than I can summarize here. Suffice it to say it isn't as simple as you may assume.
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