Pauline Marois

Pauline Marois: The PQ leader said on Monday that private companies would be welcome to adopt similar policies to her party's proposed secular charter, which would only apply to government-run institutions. Quebec Votes Pauline Marois gets grilled on charter during mall visit Breaking down Quebec's secular charter Quebec's secular charter: Bill 60 , according to CBC. On Tuesday, Marois clarified her stance, emphasizing that no private businesses would be obliged to comply with the charter. Parti Quebecois Leader Pauline Marois has clarified her comments on how the secular charter would apply to the private sector, acknowledging that if private businesses adopted it they could face legal action from employees. Bill 60, which died when the provincial election was called nearly two weeks ago, would have banned public-sector workers from wearing overt religious symbols such as hijabs, kippas, turbans or ostentatious crucifixes. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.