Quebec: Quebec Charter

Quebec charter: It comes down to a question of competing values: freedom of religion on the one hand, a neutral state and freedom from religion on the other, according to CBC. Should the Quebec proposal eventually become law and then get to court, constitutional law professor Daniel Turp says the main legal issue will be whether the limitation is reasonable according to both the Quebec charter, which came into effect in 1976, and the Canadian charter, which came into effect in 1982. Competing values The Quebec government's controversial plan for a new charter of values that separates church and state threatens to suck the province into a legal maelstrom. The Parti Qu b cois government is proposing "to entrench the religious neutrality of the state and the secular nature of public institutions" in Quebec's Charter of Human Rights and Freedoms. That neutrality principle is not part of Canada's Charter of Rights and Freedoms. Read about 5 things Quebec's values charter would do, and 5 it wouldn't Read a Q A with philosopher Jocelyn Maclure about Quebec's religious symbols debate (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.