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Quebec Soccer Federation: International Headlines

international headlines: Their missteps have even made international headlines. First, last winter, when Quebec language police found "too much Italian" in an Italian restaurant menu, and now with the ban on turbans on Quebec soccer fields, according to CBC. The association cited safety concerns as its rather dubious justification; no dangers are known and none proven and Since assuming office last fall, Quebec's Pauline Marois and her minority government have been taken to task repeatedly for improvising and backtracking on some pretty big issues. The debate began earlier this month when the Quebec Soccer Federation, the association responsible for organized leagues of all ages, banned Sikh headwear from its competitions. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.