Montreal English School Board Seeks Leave to Appeal Bill 21 Ruling to Supreme Court

Montreal English School Board Seeks Leave to Appeal Bill 21 Ruling to Supreme Court
The offices of the English Montreal School Board are seen in Montreal on Nov. 6, 2019. The Canadian Press/Ryan Remiorz
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The English Montreal School Board says it will seek permission to appeal to the Supreme Court of Canada a recent decision upholding Quebec’s secularism law, known as Bill 21.

Quebec’s Court of Appeal ruled in February that Bill 21 is constitutional, overturning a lower court ruling that exempted English school boards from applying some of the law’s key elements.