Political Opinions: Lucie Martineau

Lucie Martineau: The SFPQ union, which has 42,000 members, applauds the government for "finally" tabling a policy that would ensure the religious neutrality of government offices, according to Huffington Post. "We're obliged to keep our political opinions to ourselves," union president Lucie Martineau said Wednesday and QUEBEC - The Parti Quebecois' controversial charter of values has received the staunch support of an influential backer: a union representing the province's civil servants. The PQ plan would forbid Quebec's public employees from wearing more visible religious symbols including hijabs, turbans, yarmulkes and larger-than-average crucifixes. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.