Identity Politics: Order Paper and Institutions Bill

identity politics: Its most controversial proposal was banning ostentatious religious symbols — such as the hijab — in public institutions, according to CBC. Bill 60 died on the order paper when the 2014 election was called, calming tensions in the province. The sense of déjà vu recalls the fractious debate over Bill 60, better known as the "charter of values," which the Parti Québécois tabled in the fall of that year. Now, three years later, the province appears headed again towards an episode of identity politics. CAQ wants to let fewer immigrants into Quebec Quebecers worry about burkini debate The governing Liberals, as well as one prominent editorial cartoonist, have lampooned party leader François Legault by comparing him to U.S. presidential candidate Donald Trump. In recent weeks, the Coalition Avenir Québec has taken stands against the burkini, against police officers wearing the hijab and proposed a 20 per cent cut in the number of immigrants the province lets in each year. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.