Santa Claus

Santa Claus: Well, perhaps not Santa Claus. Or kids and teachers in nurseries either, according to CBC. Just before Christmas last year Santa Claus got his walking papers from a kindergarten in Montargis, 113 kilometres south of Paris. This year, in order to respect different beliefs and the values of the secular state, le P re No l wont be visiting the school, the principal wrote to parents. RELIGION IN QUEBEC How citizens of the two major cities identify themselves Christians and non-religious people make up largest groups: Statistics Canada Ah, secularism. The division of church and state, a rock of republican France, a motor of its revolution, enacted into law in 1905, a principle as unifying as motherhood, love of toddlers and Santa Claus. Despite what the Quebec premier may think as the province toys with a Charter of Values, secularism and its laws have led France into thickets of controversy. Charter of Quebec values on collision course with Constitution? Quebec's charter of values would be challenged, Kenney vows (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.