Lionel Perez

Lionel Perez: In a letter published in Le Devoir , the mayor of Montreal's C te-des-Neiges-Notre-Dame-de-Gr ce borough called this part of the government's proposed secular charter "rigid and selective." Q A: Quebec's religious garb debate intensifies, according to CBC. Perez, who wears a kippa a Jewish skullcap while serving as mayor, says nobody should be forced to make a choice between being an elected official and wearing a religious symbol on the job and Lionel Perez, the mayor of one of Canada's most multi-cultural neighbourhoods, has spoken out against the Parti Qu b cois government following reports earlier this week about plans to impose a widespread ban on religious symbols in the public sector. "What should concern us is the vision and how the government wants to implement this secularism. These positions show a willingness to define secularism in a way that is rigid and selective," wrote Perez. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.