Liberals Say Teachers with Chador Would Be ‘Unreasonable’

This article was last updated on April 16, 2022

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Point person for Quebec Liberal party on the controversial charter mentioned on Wednesday that a request by a teacher to allow to teach while wearing a chador would be refused. On the other hand, minister responsible for the charter, Bernard Drainville, alleged that the first day of hearings on Tuesday was a “good exercise in democracy.”

Though he completely refused to answer the question a day before, Marc Tanguay, who represents the Liberals at Bill 60 hearings, now made a statement while addressing reporters on his way into the committee room at the National Assembly on Wednesday. He mentioned that “a request of a teacher who would want to wear a chador would be unreasonable and would not be accepted in the light of the guidelines we want and we wanted in 2010.” A chador is a cloak covering a woman’s body and head.

Tanguay alleged that regardless of his straightforward refusal to answer the question yesterday, the Liberals have been pretty clear regarding the need for guidelines since 2010. He also pointed out that Liberals have proposed a legislation related to the matter, which was blocked by the Parti Québécois. Tanguay remarks mostly reciprocate those made by the chairperson of an internal Liberal party committee, Gilles Ouimet, who alleged that the party’s position on the issue will fall back on the concept of reasonable accommodation. The party is anticipated to make a final decision on the matter at a caucus meeting later this month.