The Quebec government is planning to table legislation this week to impose new restrictions on religious symbols, public prayer, and funding for religious schools.
Quebec Secularism Minister Jean-François Roberge is expected to table the new secularism bill on Nov. 27, more than six years after the province passed its ban on religious symbols.
Roberge told reporters in Quebec City on Nov. 25 that the province’s secularism rules are due for an upgrade since the passage of Bill 21 in 2019, which banned teachers, judges, and police officers from wearing religious symbols at work.
“Quebecers have advanced since 2019, which means it is necessary to strengthen our model of secularism,” Roberge told reporters. He said the bill would be “ambitious, but moderate.”…