The Quebec government has announced it will ban the wearing of religious symbols in daycare centres.
Secularism Minister Jean-François Roberge said the new legislation would apply to all staff working at early childhood centres and subsidized daycare facilities, with an exemption for those already employed at such centres.
He added that there is a “broad consensus” among Quebecers that secularism should be strengthened.
“Quebecers want us to strengthen secularism. It is part of our identity. We will make no compromise on our values,” Roberge said in an Oct. 23 X post.
The move comes a few weeks after Quebec Premier François Legault said in a speech before the National Assembly that the province was under threat from “radical Islamists” seeking to undermine Quebec’s values. The premier had said Islamists are attempting to impose their own values on Quebecers, and cited women’s equality as an example….