'...some students say the passing of the bill has already changed their perception of a province they'd once considered moving to in pursuit of post-secondary education.'

Is it not possible that some students might regard the opportunity to study in Quebec as having been enhanced? Isn't it fair to say that some Muslims might see it as a welcome counter to religious or familial pressures they must otherwise face alone?

Are the opinions of 15 year olds in such matters really indicative of how all Muslims think? Perhaps the author might try polling - quietly, off the record - a handful of 50 year old Muslim women. There are many here and in Europe who oppose the niqab. We have university friends who, as Muslim women, regard it as terribly oppressive. Nor, in their view, is it a genuine article of their faith.