Canadian province to ban kids from wearing turbans, other religious symbols in schools

The new education minister of Canada's Quebec, Joel Arseneau, has said that the province's government plans to ban schoolchildren from wearing religious symbols including turbans, hijabs, kippahs and crucifixes. The announcement drew criticism from Sikh, Muslim, Jewish and Christian leaders. "We were elected on this base, and it's on this base that we are going to work," Arseneau said.