Conservatives clarify opposition to Quebec’s Bill 21 following vote for notwithstanding clause

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Conservatives clarify opposition to Quebec’s Bill 21 following vote for notwithstanding clause
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Deputy Conservative Leader Tim Uppal says Poilievre has been clear he is against the Quebec law which bans some public servants from wearing religious symbols at work

The federal Conservatives are trying to reassure the World Sikh Organization of Canada that the party remains opposed to Quebec’s secularism law after its MPs voted in support of a provision the province used to make it into law.

In a letter to the Sikh association Tuesday Deputy Conservative Leader Tim Uppal says the Liberals are trying to spin a narrative that the Conservatives explicitly support the “pre-emptive use” of the clause.

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