Quebec’s Jewish General Hospital (JGH) has pledged to launch a court challenge against a proposed secular values law, if it is passed.
The secessionist Parti-Québécois government legislation, Bill 60, bans public employees from wearing kippot, turbans and hijabs at work. JGH director Lawrence Rosenberg wears a kippah.
The 80-year-old non-sectarian hospital said the law — also known as the Quebec Charter of Values — is divisive, discriminatory, contravenes human rights charters and could even threaten the hospital’s ability to serve kosher food.
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