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Secularism Law and Cent

ban: Nationally, 49 per cent of respondents said they would not favour such a ban, but 37 per cent said they would support it, according to CTV. The proposed ban would not extend to elected officials, but a question about whether it should was included among questions about how Canadians in different provinces feel about religions and religious signs. A majority of Quebecers canvassed in the survey agreed that federal, provincial and local politicians shouldn't be allowed to wear hijabs, crucifixes or turbans on the job. The Leger Marketing poll was done to gauge public sentiment in light of a proposed secularism law in Quebec that would ban public servants in positions of authority from wearing religious symbols. Because online panels aren't fully random samples of the population, no margin of error for the results can be calculated. The survey of respondents, drawn from an online panel, canvassed the opinions of 2,215 adults across Canada between May 3 and 7. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.