Students in Quebec will now have to attend school with their faces uncovered.

The Legault government passed Bill 94 on Thursday, aimed at strengthening secularism in the Quebec school system.

The elected members of the CAQ government voted in favour, as did the elected members of the Parti Québécois, while the members of the official opposition Liberal and Québec solidaire voted against.

Related: • CAQ members want to ban people from covering their faces in public in Quebec • PQ plans to ban wearing of religious symbols for elementary school students, if they come into power • Quebec to ban religious symbols in CPEs and subsidized daycares

The law was sanctioned shortly afterwards by the lieutenant governor.

The new law notably extends the ban on wearing religious symbols to stu

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