(CBC) Daycares and other public institutions in Quebec that serve halal or kosher food are wondering how the province’s new secularism bill will affect them. The bill, tabled last month, says no public institution can “offer exclusively a diet based on a […]
(Montreal Gazette) The National Council of Canadian Muslims says it is considering legal action after the Quebec government tabled a new secularism bill Thursday. Quebec’s minister for secularism, Jean-François Roberge, presented the Bill 9, which builds on Quebec’s existing legislation, Bill 21, […]
(CBC) The Quebec government wants to place limits on praying in public and extend a ban on wearing religious symbols to daycare workers as part of a sweeping new secularism bill tabled Thursday. Bill 9, titled An Act Respecting the Reinforcement of […]
(Canadian Press) Quebec’s secularism minister says the province needs tighter rules to keep religion out of the education system — and even out of public places. More than six years after the Quebec government passed its religious symbols ban, Jean-François Roberge will […]
(CBC) The Quebec government plans to enact a series of measures expanding its secularism rules across public institutions, including a ban on prayer rooms in universities and CEGEPs and restricting the offering of religion-based meals. Radio-Canada confirmed the contents of the province’s […]
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