Is Law 21 Still Happening?

Samuel Miriello created the Sam Miriello Show (SMS) in early 2021 to fill the need for a gap in coverage towards community initiatives. In Sam’s coverage, he usually focuses on activism, issues facing our community, and organizations aiding different people and communities in the Montreal area. With experience as a student, having organized demonstrations, creating a media outlet and striving to make various changes in the community, Sam has good connections with various people in the greater Montreal area and aims to highlight underreported events and actions in the community.

What's going on with Law 21? Is it still being considered? Community Organizer Sarah Ragab shares her thoughts! Sarah helped organize this event in relation to activism around anti-Islamophobia and Law 21.

Since Bill 21 became a law in the summer of 2019 some people in a government job, including lawyers and teachers, are barred from wearing a religious symbol, including but not limited to the hijab, niqab, kippa, and turban.

The judgement on whether the secular law, Law 21, is constitutional or not will be soon released. The Quebec government is using the notwithstanding clause to allow Law 21 to exist around freedom of religion within the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms. 

Sarah helps us understand what is currently happening in regards to Law 21 and activism around the Law, with a recent event she was apart of organizing, that also was hosted as a vigil to remember the victims of the massacre of the Quebec City mosque that happened in January 2017.

This interview was filmed live on February 18, 2021.