(Canadian Press) The Quebec government says it will ban religious symbols for daycare workers in its latest bid to tighten secularism rules across the province. Secularism Minister Jean-François Roberge said Thursday the government is acting in the best interests of children. “I […]
(Canadian Press) The Quebec government says it is planning to ban prayer in public places as part of a move to strengthen secularism in the province. The announcement makes good on an idea first mentioned last winter by Premier François Legault, who […]
(Canadian Press) The Quebec government should phase out public funding of religious private schools and extend the religious symbols ban to daycare workers, says a committee tasked with advising the province on how to strengthen secularism. A nearly 300-page report published Tuesday […]
(Canadian Press) Prayer rooms, political student groups and controversial course content are fuelling a climate of tension and mistrust at two of Quebec’s junior colleges, according to a new government report. The report, published Friday by Quebec’s Education Department, says prayer rooms […]
(Canadian Press) The Quebec government has announced a new committee to make recommendations on how to strengthen secularism in the province, including by possibly restricting public prayer. Amid a flurry of concern over religious practices emerging in Quebec public schools, Secularism Minister […]
(Canadian Press) The Supreme Court of Canada’s decision to hear a challenge of Quebec’s secularism law sets up a final legal battle between the provincial government and minority and civil rights groups — and possibly a showdown between Quebec and Ottawa. The […]
(Canadian Press) Quebec’s Catholic bishops have come out against Premier François Legault’s desire to end prayer in public places, saying it would violate people’s constitutional rights. Martin Laliberté, president of the assembly of Catholic bishops of Quebec, says he was “stunned” by […]
(Canadian Press) The federal government is expanding a measure that bans tens of thousands of Iranian officials from entering Canada as part of an effort to hold the regime accountable for human-rights violations. On Sunday, Public Safety Minister Dominic LeBlanc announced that […]
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