Quebec Has Banned Face Coverings In Schools
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The French-speaking province of Quebec in eastern Canada has finally cracked down on radical Islam. Let s take a look at that. The Quebec government has passed a law extending the province s ban on religious symbols to everyone who interacts with students in schools. The law also prohibits students from wearing face coverings in a bid to strengthen secularism.
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The French-speaking province of Quebec in eastern Canada has finally cracked down on radical Islam.
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Let's take a look at that. The Quebec government has passed a law extending the province's ban on
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religious symbols to everyone who interacts with students in schools. The law also prohibits
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students from wearing face coverings in a bid to strengthen secularism. The new legislation expands
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on a secularism law from 2019 that banned religious symbols for public employees deemed
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to be in positions of authority, including teachers, judges, and police officers. The new
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legislation extends that ban to all school staff, including psychologists, janitors, and cafeteria
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workers, as well as to people who offer services to students but are not employees, such as library
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volunteers. The bill was tabled through a government investigation of a Montreal elementary school last
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year, which found that a group of teachers, many of them from North Africa, had imposed autocratic
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rule at the school. And that's unacceptable. The government has also promised to extend the
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religious symbols ban to daycare workers. And I, for one, I'm proud of Quebec for doing this.
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Radical Islam has been the elephant in the room in Canada for many years, so I'm glad that Quebec
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took some initiative and decided to push back against this evil, destructive force. And Quebec was
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not the first place in the Western world to try something like this. Not at all. France actually
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banned face coverings over 10 years ago, as did many other European nations. Let's take a look at
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that. Before we get into this, I want to say I'm being censored. So if you see this video, let me
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know in the comment section. Like and make sure you're still subscribed. Thank you. First, two and a
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half years ago, the French government introduced a law imposing a ban on face coverings in public
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places. The ban included masks, helmets, and balaclavas. But by far the most controversial element
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was its effect in outlawing the niqab. It's been a source of contention ever since, with many
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Muslim women now openly flaunting the ban. Parika Ryan reports from Paris.
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This is Manu. This is her committing an offence. On camera, in public. She could be fined for this.
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Two months ago, she was. And we're going with her as she pays that fine. Here is the offence. Two years ago,
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the French introduced a ban on face coverings in public. Two months ago, Manu was fined for the
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first time. With the ban, how did it change how people reacted to you?
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Soon, we'll leave to pay the fine. Manu, though, can't afford it. Cue the man the French press have
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dubbed the niqab Zorro. How many fines have you paid for now? I have paid 699 fines for two years.
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Property tycoon, Algerian, a libertarian. For him, the niqab ban is as bad as women being forced to wear
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it. He's now paid for the majority of niqab fines in France. And how much does that all cost you?
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It's 127,000 euros. Really? Yes, really. We're outside the Elysée Palace because he has an
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appointment to hand back his French passport in protest. But the police put paid to publicity stunt.
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Can we walk down the road? No. What? Why not? About 2,000 women wear the niqab in France. Over 700 fines
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have been issued. Polls show the vast majority of French people in favour of the ban. Back at the cafe,
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Manu explains that since the ban, she stopped going out in public and stopped going to college.
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You sacrificed your future and a career because of this?
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That seems like a huge choice, doesn't it? And almost a sad choice that you decided to do that.
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But it was a choice. So to what extent was it some sort of statement on your behalf?
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This 20-year-old statement is part political, part religious, lacks clarity.
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The man who proposed the ban in the first place says the niqab is an assault on equality.
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If she wants to wear a veil, she can go to any Islamic countries in which many ban the veil.
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So your message to her is leave France and go back?
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Yes, of course. Leave it. Because if you don't like the rules and the habits of this country,
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I'm sorry, this is a social convention. This is a social pact. If you bridge this social pact,
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For the time being, though, she's just going to the tax office to pay her fine with the niqab Zorro.
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So that little road test of the niqab ban in France was an eye-opener.
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Manu almost walked into those four officers on the street and all she got was a prolonged stare.
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The red-hot niqab controversy has to take a ticket and wait its turn.
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There were only a handful of people who actually wear the niqab in France.
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The point is that the issue runs along false lines. False lines between liberty, equality,
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Now, of course, that was an older clip. However, it does show that there is a precedent
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to ban face coverings in public in Western countries. You can wear your niqab or burka at home,
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you can wear it at the mosque, but you can't wear it in public and you definitely cannot wear it at school.
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I also want to clarify, partially because I want to make it clear where I stand but also
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because I want to follow YouTube's rules. I don't hate Muslims and I don't want you
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or anyone else to hate Muslims. However, I want to clarify that newcomers to any country,
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whether it be France or Canada, shouldn't force the religion down people's throats.
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That's not acceptable and that should not be tolerated and that's why I'm glad Quebec is doing this.
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Schools are for learning, not for religious indoctrination. Kids go to school to learn
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about fractions, reading, writing, physical education, all of that stuff that's going to
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make them better people and tomorrow's leaders. They're not there to be radicalized. They're not
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there to be told that women are not real people. They're not there for that and that's why I'm
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really glad Quebec is doing this. And one thing I really like Pauliev to do once he gets into office,
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which might be soon, is have a nationwide ban on face coverings and praying in public.
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I think that's great and a lot of people would really like that.
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Like I've said a million times, I have faith that Pauliev will be in office soon
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and our country will start to heal from this woke madness.
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Have a bit of patience. Have a little bit of faith. Talk to you next time. Happy Halloween.