Some people are taking to social media and posting selfies of themselves with their faces nearly covered up as a protest against Bill 62, Quebec's contentious religious neutrality law.
In her Instagram picture, Montreal resident Samantha Perry is wearing a bright green tuque and a scarf with a red maple leaf motif that is wrapped around her nose and mouth, with only her eyes showing.
Her caption reads, "Dug out my winter clothing today, guess I won't be taking the bus/metro anywhere for a few months..." One of the hashtags was "#ludicrous."
"It's a ludicrous expectation, it's that combining, I think it's the best term I could come up with, the combination of how they're going to enforce this, the potential infringement on people expressing their religious identity," said Perry in an interview with CJAD 800 News.
Another picture on Twitter shows a woman's face nearly covered by her blue windbreaker hood and collar, saying, "Good thing I don't want to access public services in Quebec." Other Twitter and Instagram posts show women bundled up in wooly scarves and hats expressing similar sentiments.
On Friday morning, a few dozen Montrealers gathered together, faces covered, on Park Ave. to ride the 80 bus — something which is now technically illegal under Bill 62.
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