Asalamu alaikum / Peace be upon you
Let’s be clear: this is just the beginning of the attacks on our kids – the PQ, another party in Quebec, has also promised that if elected, they will ban girls from wearing hijab in school, using the notwithstanding clause.
If you care about our kids, and you care about their future in this country, you must join us today to help fight back against the unchecked use of the notwithstanding clause to dissolve our constitutional rights.
Quebec has also just tabled legislation, under threat of using the notwithstanding clause, that would make it illegal for doctors to leave the province without getting massive financial penalties against them.
For years, NCCM has been warning that unchecked use of the notwithstanding clause (the quasi-emergency power in our Charter) would plunge our country into a constitutional crisis. That moment has arrived.
When Quebec first used this clause to pass Bill 21, banning hijabi women, Jewish men, and Sikhs who wear religious symbols from serving as teachers or prosecutors, NCCM stood up and fought back. And we’re still fighting that case, now headed to the Supreme Court of Canada.
But today, the danger has only deepened. The notwithstanding clause is no longer the rare emergency tool it was meant to be. It’s being used to silence teachers, doctors, workers – and now, once again, Muslim women and girls.
This is not the Canada we believe in.
We can’t sit on the sidelines while governments strip away rights one province at a time. NCCM is leading the legal, public, and political fight – but we need your help to keep going.
Donate now to defend our rights.
Every dollar you give helps us challenge these laws in court, mobilize communities, and hold governments accountable.
If we don’t act now, we risk becoming a country where rights are not guaranteed, but only granted by permission.
Let’s fight back. Together.
Wasalam,
The NCCM Team