Quebec Will Allow Jail and Courthouse Guards To Wear Hijab

Canadian Press reported yesterday that Quebec's Public Service Department has reached a settlement with the province's human rights commission that will allow female Muslim correctional officers who guard jails and courthouses to wear a hijab (headscarf). The government will provide the head covering to those officers who request it. The settlement grew out of a discrimination complaint filed in 2007.  The opposition  Parti Quebecois strongly criticized the settlement.