Quebec minister accused of hypocrisy after tweeting photo with Malala Yousafzai

Quebec’s education minister Francois Roberge posed for a photograph with human rights activist Malala Yousafzai. (Jean-F. Roberge / Twitter) Montreal:Quebec’s education minister is being accused of hypocrisy after tweeting a picture of himself with Nobel Prize-winning human rights activist Malala Yousafzai.
Francois Roberge met Yousafzai while in France, and said on Twitter that they discussed education and international development.
But he was quickly reminded that Yousafzai, who wears an Islamic head scarf, wouldn’t be legally permitted to teach in Quebec schools under his government’s Bill 21.
Roberge was roundly criticized on Twitter, and was asked what he would say if Yousafzai wanted to teach in the province.
Roberge responded: “I would certainly tell her it would be an immense honour and that in Quebec, as in France … as well as in other open and tolerant countries, teachers can’t wear religious signs while performing their duties.” Quebec’s legislature adopted Bill 21 last month; it bans public sector workers such as teachers, police officers and Crown prosecutors from wearing visible religious symbols on the job.