Premier François Legault has made affirming state secularism a central part of his Coalition Avenir Québec government. Bill 21 prohibits certain public sector workers, such as judges, police officers, teachers and prison guards, from wearing religious symbols at work and requires them to perform their duties with their faces uncovered.

The Supreme Court of Canada announced on Thursday that it will hear a landmark challenge to Quebec's secularism law, Bill 21. The law was passed in 2019 and prohibits certain public sector employees