CanadaImmigrants.com Quebec Desk - A woman joins approximately 60 others in front of Montreal City Hall to protest Bill 94. About 60 women, a third donning the Muslim veil, demonstrated Saturday in front of Montreal City Hall and demanded the province scrap legislation that would require anyone receiving public services to show their face. But protesters described the legislation as being discriminatory. Government officials have said the bill is a solution to the need to balance individual freedoms with the values of Quebec society, including the equality between men and women and secular public institutions. Bill 94 was proposed last month amid Quebec's public debate over how far governments should go to accommodate religious customs. As
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