Support pours in for Quebec teacher reassigned because her hijab is banned under province's Bill 21

An elementary school teacher in western Quebec has been reassigned from her teaching job because the hijab she wears contravenes the province's controversial Bill 21, which forbids teachers from wearing any sort of religious symbols.

The teacher has seen support pour in from not only her students and their parents, but people in and outside the province. Supporters have taken to hanging green ribbons on a fence in support of the teacher, and a letter-writing campaign is being organized urging parents to denounce the situation.

The school board in charge of the school says its position is clear it does not approve of Bill 21, but had no choice but to uphold the law. But the move has prompted a wave of political reaction, with at least one federal MP calling it a "disgrace" and Indigenous-Crown Relations Minister and Quebec-area MP Marc Miller saying it is "cowardly."

Gloria Henriquez has the story.

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