Bill 62: Face-covering ban will be challenged in court

Bill 62 is unconstitutional, says a coalition of Muslim groups and civil liberties advocates, who have launched a court challenge of the Quebec legislation that bans face coverings from public services.
Filed on behalf of the National Council of Canadian Muslims and the Canadian Civil Liberties Association, the application for judicial review also names as a plaintiff Marie-Michelle Lacoste, a Quebec woman who converted to Islam and now goes by the name Warda Naili.
The 25-page document filed in