‘Realistic’ chance that SCC ruling on Bill 21 inspires violent extremist rhetoric: Intelligence assessment

National Post: In a March intelligence brief, Canada’s Integrated Threat Assessment Centre (ITAC) said it was “very unlikely” that violent extremists would target the court’s four days of hearings later that month on the challenge of the law known as Bill 21.

But, ITAC noted, “it is a realistic possibility that the Court’s decision — whether the law is found to be constitutional or not — will inspire violent extremist rhetoric.”

Quebec’s controversial secularism law Bill 21 prohibits certain Quebec public sector workers, such as judges, police officers, teachers and prison guards, from wearing religious symbols at work. It also requires them to perform their duties with their faces uncovered…

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