Quebec’s Bill 94 overwhelmingly affects Muslim women like me

A reminder of the perverse effects of Bill 94:

…If I can be barred from volunteering at my own children’s school, what guarantees do I have that tomorrow my profession won’t be questioned too? When I see women whose dreams of becoming teachers, lawyers, or educators have been shut down by legislation, I have to ask: Where does this end?

Let me be clear: Secularism is an important value for us in Quebec, and I support it. We do not send our children to public school to receive religious instruction. But preventing mothers from volunteering at their children’s schools – that is not secularism; it is outright exclusion. Creating this fear that children might be threatened by a mother simply practising her religion is both illogical and harmful – and it sows division instead of fostering cohesion.

Aisha Khan is an occupational therapist based in Quebec

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