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Québec’s Bill 9 doesn’t just ban symbols — it bans obligations
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Québec’s Bill 9 doesn’t just ban symbols — it bans obligations
Published: July 21, 2026 6.52am EDT
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As of Sept. 1, Muslim students at Québec’s post-secondary colleges, known as CEGEPs, will have no place to perform their daily prayers. Jewish, Christian and Muslim independent schools may lose provincial funding. And group prayer in parks will require municipal permission.
These are key provisions of Québec’s new secularism law, Bill 9. A challenge to Bill 2…
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