Parliamentary Commission: Opposition Parties

opposition parties: A budget vote in late winter or early spring would likely be the first opportunity for opposition parties to defeat the government and spark a campaign, according to The Star. The heightened awareness of a possible campaign cast a pall over the first day of hearings at a parliamentary commission into the PQ values charter that would ban conspicuous symbols of faith such as Jewish kippas, Muslim veils, Sikh turbans and Christian crucifixes for doctors, police, daycare workers, bureaucrats and others who draw their salary from the public purse and MONTREAL Intended as a giant step forward for secularism in Quebec, hearings on a bill to ban government workers from wearing religious symbols may end up being a long shuffle toward the next provincial election, the minister responsible for the charter of values says. Even as Parti Qu b cois Leader Pauline Marois declared her party was absolutely not thinking about an election, her minister of democratic institutions spelled out the political realities that are pushing parties onto a war footing. If they decide to defeat us and the charter of values is not voted into law, one of the consequences is that the charter will become one of the issues of the election, Bernard Drainville told reporters in Quebec City. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.