Video - Religious freedom fight hits YouTube.(TOI).
Video filmed at Montreal’s Jewish General Hospital puts positive spin on opposition to pending Charter of Values.
Ari Grunzeweig says that although he is not a very political person, he does know right from wrong. For him, the right thing to do was to make a video opposing Bill 60, the proposed “Charter of Values” that would ban the wearing of religious symbols by public employees in the Canadian province of Quebec.
Grunzeweig, a professional video producer, knew he had to disseminate the video before hearings on the bill began in Quebec’s National Assembly on January 14. He made it just under the wire, posting “Quebecers Care” on January 13. To date, it has received over 15,000 views on YouTube, and traditional media has begun to pick it up, as well.
The minute-and-a-half-long video shows healthcare providers in a hospital setting — many of them wearing religious symbols and clothing items — going about their regular business caring for patients.
“When the charter was first put out there, I decided I had to take action against it,” Grunzeweig, 32, a lifelong Montrealer, told The Times of Israel.
He knew he would make a video, but he wasn’t sure at first exactly what it would be about. Then last November Montreal’s Jewish General Hospital issued a statement that it did not intend to comply with the proposed legislation. As soon as Grunzeweig learned of the hospital’s position, he knew what he wanted to do.Read the full story here.
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