Sun Apr 19 – [Online] Quebec’s Secular Law Bill 21

This will be our fifth online meeting. Please review our online meeting instructions at: https://torontooasis.org/online-meeting-instructions

Our program will run from 11 am to 12:30 pm but you can join in to the meeting starting at 10:45 am. Volunteers please join by 10:30am.

Our featured speaker will be Catherine Francis. Her presentation will be a discussion of the background and implications of Quebec’s Bill 21 banning certain government employees (including judges, lawyers, police and teachers) from wearing religious symbols.

Catherine Francis

Catherine Francis holds Bachelor of Arts (1981) and Bachelor of Law (1985) degrees from the University of Toronto and was called to the Ontario Bar in 1987. Catherine is a long-time partner at Minden Gross LLP, a mid-sized downtown Toronto law firm, practicing principally in the areas of commercial and insolvency litigation. Catherine was raised in a secular household with a strong belief in equality rights and is keenly interested in legal issues affecting the interests of non-believers and the separation of Church and State. Her website is: https://www.mindengross.com/our-people/details/catherine-francis

Please RSVP on meetup:
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Looking forward to seeing familiar faces and perhaps some new ones!