05 April 2019

What's in Quebec's secularism bill: Religious symbols, uncovered faces and a charter workaround

We've highlighted key points in the bill, tabled on Thursday by the CAQ government

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/montreal/quebec-laicity-secularism-bill-1.5075547

The Quebec government has tabled its long-awaited secularism bill, laying down proposed ground rules it says will ensure the religious neutrality of the state.
Bill 21, entitled "An Act respecting the laicity of the State," is 16 pages long. Here are some key points and passages:
The preamble to the bill explains the Coalition Avenir Québec government's motivation. The Quebec nation, it says, "has its own characteristics, one of which is its civil law tradition, distinct social values and a specific history that [has] led it to develop a particular attachment to state laicity."



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