[j15e]

public worker in a position of authority

So it applies only to specific subsets of public roles (police, judge, etc).

It also applies to teachers, but I am not sure this was a good idea.

Switzerland has a similar law too https://www.swissinfo.ch/eng/church-and-state_geneva-secular...

[brianpgordon]

AFAIK the best-known example of this is France.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/French_law_on_secularity_and_c...

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/French_ban_on_face_covering

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Islamic_scarf_controversy_in_F...

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/La%C3%AFcit%C3%A9

[tomjakubowski]

France's laws are a lot more universal I thought, not limited to certain jobs.

[thooranpoyi]

Following the footsteps of the mother country I guess.

I wonder why does rest of Canada allows Québec to act as a rogue province.