Bernard Drainville

Bernard Drainville: The Parti Quebecois democratic institutions minister, Bernard Drainville, said that a compilation of the emails and telephone comments the government has received since introducing its plan to bolster the states religious neutrality shows nearly 70 per cent of the more than 26,000 respondents were generally in favour of the measures, according to The Star. In addition to banning doctors, judges, police officers, teachers, nurses and daycare workers from wearing conspicuous religious symbols or items of clothing, the so-called values charter would set legal guidelines for the consideration of demands for faith-based exemptions from normal work rules, a phenomenon known in human rights law as requests for reasonable accommodation and MONTREAL The Quebec government says it has received overwhelming support for its proposed new rules that would outlaw the wearing of religious symbols by public sector employees. I must say that I m proud of us today. We are capable of speaking to each other in Quebec while respecting the opinions of all despite out disagreements, Drainville said at a news conference. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.