Proposed Law: Religious Minorities

religious minorities: The revival this fall of the provinces long-running debate on the reasonable accommodation of religious minorities has been promised for months. But the scope of the proposed law, which was hinted at in a Journal de Montr al article Tuesday, is setting off alarm bells, according to The Star. While there is some relief in the province that such a far-reaching law has little likelihood of being implemented in the current minority-government situation, where the provincial Liberals and Coalition Avenir Qu bec have staked out more moderate ground, others are concerned about re-launching a debate that has been regularly flaring up since 2007 and MONTREAL Quebecs Muslims, Jews, Sikhs and other religious minorities are on alert after reports that the Parti Qu b cois government intends to introduce legislation that would ban veils, kippas, turbans and other symbols from government offices, hospitals, schools and any other place that receives public funding. The newspaper, citing sources, said the legislation would slap a ban on religious symbols like head coverings for publicly funded employees as well as those seeking government services like hospital treatment going after individuals rather than sticking to government institutions, as fellow sovereigntist party Qu bec Solidaire noted in a statement denouncing the proposed law. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.