quebec's bill 21 is important in canada's constitutional rights framework because it ensures that the non-religious, who are the vast majority of canadians, have the right to exist in true freedom from any kind of religious coercion and are not being forced by state dictate to interact with people they would otherwise choose not to associate with. i don't want to have to tolerate religious people, i have no legal or moral obligation to tolerate them and i expect the legal and constitutional framework of the country i live in to uphold my right to not be forced to tolerate them.

i would like to see bill 21 enacted federally and applied to the federal work force, as well as encted provincially and applied to the province of ontario.

i do think that the government of quebec made a mistake in enacting the notwithstanding clause as it frames the question in the wrong terms. there are already strong restrictions on political activity in the public service, and there is no discernible difference between a political party and a religion in a secular society. they really didn't need a new law to ban religious symbols in the workplace, as it falls under the prohibition on political activity.

as an atheist, i feel extremely uncomfortable interacting with religious people in any way at all, for any reason, and insist i have the right to receive services by people that do not believe in any kind of god, at all times. this is about my rights to live free of religious coercion, which are important. the supposed, so-called right to believe in imaginary nonsense is not important, it's utterly retarded, and the idea should be done away with entirely in any advanced, modern, secular, enlightened society looking to the future instead of the past.