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Neutres comme l'oxygène, le soleil, les plantes,les animaux, la Terre et l'univers


IL EST TEMPS POUR LA CHARTE DES VALEURS À MONTRÉAL ET DANS CHAQUE VILLE AU QUÉBEC!
 
Nous devons avoir un état neutre, comme l'oxygène.

L'oxygène est neutre et il est également disponible pour tout le monde. Le soleil est neutre et elle brille pour tout le monde, indépendamment de leur foi ou leur religion.

Les plantes sont neutres et sont disponibles pour tout le monde indépendamment de leur foi.

 Les animaux sont neutres et sont gratuits pour tous, indépendamment de leur religion


La Terre et l'univers sont pour toute l'humanité et aucune religion ne peut mettre son symbole religieux sur la terre ou le ciel.

 L'État doit être neutre pour tous comme l'oxygène, la terre, le soleil et l’univers.

 
Les contribuables ne devraient pas être obligés de "voir" d'énormes symboles religieux dans un bureau ou un bâtiment payés par l'Etat. Parce que «voir»est équivalent à prosélytisme, équivalent à d’être prêché parce que « une image vaut mille mots». Ces énormes symboles religieux parlent plus que des milliers de mots sur la croyance personnelle d'une personne.

 Les enfants dans de garderies (payé par les contribuables) ne devraient pas être subliminale endoctrinés par ceux en position d'autorité.Ils ne doivent pas être victimes de "prosélytisme indirect" par leurs soignants, lisez plus ici "Pourquoi le peuple philippins du Québec doivent soutenir la Charte des valeurs" à Filipina nannies caregivers blog http://filipina-nannies-caregivers.blogspot.ca/2013/05/why-filipinos-support-quebec-charter-of.html

 
L'état doit être séparé de toute religion et tous les serviteurs de l’État ne devraient pas manifester leur religion dans les travaux parce qu'ils sont payés et salarié par l'État.

 
Il a fallu plusieurs siècles pour parvenir à " la liberté de l'oppression de la religion». Il a fallu beaucoup de batailles d’être libéré de la religion. Il a fallu plusieurs décennies pour finalement atteindre la «séparation entre l'Église et l'État», lire la suite ici comment la religion accabler la population http://popecrimes.blogspot.ca/2013/01/boycott-oratory-of-saint-joseph-candles.html.

 
Justin Trudeau est un gros zéro et très ignorant de l'histoire pour comparer le Québec à l'époque de Martin Luther King. Quelle honte! Nous espérons que Justin Trudeau ne deviendra jamais premier ministre du Canada.

il y a de «liberté de pensée» et la liberté de religion au Québec. Mais les contribuables devraient pouvoir respirer l'air frais dans un état neutre.

 

J'espère que les Montréalais en particulier tous les maires et les politiciens vont se réveiller et soutenir la Charte des valeurs…avant que nous sommes colonisés par une autre religion après nous nous sommes débarrassés et fermé avec succès 95 pour cent des églises catholiques !

 

Neutral as oxygen, the sun, plants, animals, the earth and the universe


 
IT IS TIME FOR THE CHARTER OF VALUES IN MONTREAL AND IN EACH AND EVERY CITY IN  QUEBEC!

  
We need a neutral state such as oxygen.  Montreal and all cities in Quebec should be neutral like oxygen.

 Oxygen is neutral and it is also available for everyone.

The sun is neutral and it gives light to everyone, regardless of their faith or religion.

 The plants are neutral and are available to everyone regardless of their faith.

  Animals are neutral and are free for all, regardless of their religion


Earth and the universe are for all humanity and no religion can put his religious symbol on the ground or the sky.

 
 The state should be neutral for all such as oxygen, the earth, the sun and the universe.


Taxpayers should not be forced to "see" huge religious symbols in an office or a building paid for by the state. Because "seeing" is equivalent to proselytizing, equivalent to be preached upon because "a picture is worth a thousand words." These huge religious symbols speak louder than a thousand words about the personal beliefs of a person.

 
Children in day care (paid by taxpayers) should not be subliminally brainwashed by those in positions of authority. They should not be victims of " indirect proselytizing «by their caregivers, read more here " Why Filipino people of Quebec must support the Charter of values ​​" Filipina nannies caregivers blog http://filipina-nannies-caregivers.blogspot.ca/2013/05/why-filipinos-support-quebec-charter-of.html

  
The state must be separated from all religions and all the servants of the State should not manifest their religion in the work because they are paid and employed by the state.


It took several centuries to achieve «freedom from the oppression of religion." It took a lot of battles to be free from religion. It took decades to finally achieve «separation of church and the State», read more here how religion overwhelm the people http://popecrimes.blogspot.ca/2013/01/boycott-oratory-of-saint-joseph-candles.html  .

 
Justin Trudeau is a big zero and ignorant of history to compare Quebec at the time of Martin Luther King. What a shame! We hope that Justin Trudeau will never become Prime Minister of Canada. Read more about him here http://pourlachartedesvaleurs.blogspot.ca/2013/10/justin-trudeau-est-un-gros-zero-et-tres.html


There is "freedom of thought" and the freedom of religion in Quebec. But taxpayers should be able to breathe fresh air into a neutral state. 

I hope that Montrealers, in particular all the mayors and politicians will wake up and defend the Charter of Values ​​... before we colonized by another religion ... after we got rid and successfully closed 95 percent of Catholic churches !  (Most Catholic churches were empty and sold to developers of condominiums).

Vingt Janettes pour la charte des valeurs

video - L'entrevue de Janette Bertrand et des Janettes à 24 heures en 60 minutes

L'auteure Janette Bertrand, une personnalité de longue date de la télévision au Québec, se prononce pour l'adoption d'une charte des valeurs québécoises.
  
Dans une lettre publiée dans les journaux mardi, cosignée par une vingtaine de femmes bien connues dans les milieux culturel et féministe, Mme Bertrand rappelle qu'elle s'est battue toute sa vie pour l'égalité entre les hommes et les femmes.
  
« En ce moment, le principe de l'égalité entre les sexes me semble compromis au nom de la liberté de religion », écrit Mme Bertrand au nom des 20 signataires, qui empruntent toutes le prénom « Janette » pour l'occasion et dont la plupart se présentent d'abord comme mères de famille, en annexe de la lettre.
  
« J'aimerais vous rappeler que les hommes ont de tout temps et encore de nos jours utilisé la religion dans le but de dominer les femmes, de les mettre à leur place, c'est-à-dire en dessous d'eux. »
Extrait de la lettre des « Janette »
 
Janette Bertrand affirme donc qu'elle appuie le gouvernement de Pauline Marois dans son intention de légiférer pour créer la Charte des valeurs québécoises, « souvent appelée à juste titre la charte de la laïcité », souligne-t-elle.
  
« À ce propos, nous n'aurions jamais eu le droit de vote, nous serions encore sous la domination des hommes et du clergé si le gouvernement du temps [celui du libéral Adélard Godbout, en 1940] n'avait pas légiféré », ajoute l'auteure de 88 ans. « En ce temps-là, je me souviens, beaucoup d'hommes et même des femmes ne voulaient pas de cette loi et, pourtant, sans ce droit de vote, où serions-nous aujourd'hui? »

En entrevue à l'émission C'est pas trop tôt, Janette Bertrand explique qu'elle a senti le besoin, dans ce débat sur la charte, de prévenir les jeunes femmes des dangers de perdre des acquis chèrement gagnés.
  
« Je veux dire aux femmes musulmanes que jamais l'évolution des femmes n'a avancé par les hommes. Les hommes ont fondé des religions, et toutes ces religions faites par les hommes ne sont là que pour rabaisser les femmes. Il faut faire attention, il faut juste être vigilant. Ce que je dis c'est :
 
"Réveillez-vous, c'est dangereux". » — Janette Bertrand à ICI Radio-Canada Première
 
Janette Bertrand ne croit pas que l'interdiction de porter des signes religieux ostentatoires comme le voile va nécessairement priver des femmes de travail. Elle explique qu'elle a entendu beaucoup de femmes musulmanes dire que si on le leur demandait, elles enlèveraient leur voile. Elle ajoute que plusieurs lui ont dit, avec un clin d'œil : « et mon mari ne pourra plus s'y opposer... ».
  
« Il y a un danger que les femmes retournent à ce qu'on était avant. Et ça, je ne le veux pas. J'ai trois arrière-petites-filles, je me suis battue pour mes filles, et je ne veux pas que mes arrière-petites-filles retournent vers la domination de l'Église. » — Janette Bertrand à ICI Radio-Canada Première
 
Les 20 signataires

  • Janette Bertrand, auteure dramatique
  • Abla Farhoud, écrivaine
  • Brigitte Poupart, metteure en scène et réalisatrice
  • Chantal Renaud, scénariste
  • Denise Filiatrault, actrice, metteure en scène et réalisatrice
  • Denise Robert, productrice
  • Djemila Benhabib, écrivaine
  • Édith Cochrane, comédienne
  • Evelyne Rompré, comédienne
  • Isabelle Le Pain, enseignante en travail social, auteure
  • Joëlle Morin, actrice et activiste
  • Julie Snyder, animatrice
  • Louise Mailloux, professeure de philosophie
  • Marie-Anne Alepin, comédienne et productrice
  • Michelle Blanc, conférencière et auteure
  • Naïma Lamghoupi
  • Rakia Fourati, membre de la Ligue pour la défense de la laïcité et des libertés en Tunisie
  • Rivkah Katz, étudiante
  • Stéphanie Crête-Blais, comédienne
  • Valérie Vennes, travailleuse sociale
En entrevue à C'est pas trop tôt, l'écrivaine et ex-candidate du Parti québécois Djemila Benhabib explique que cette lettre s'adresse particulièrement aux femmes québécoises, pour leur rappeler une longue tradition de lutte pour l'égalité: « Ce n'est pas fini. Donc, Janette attend de nous d'être vigilantes, mais aussi de continuer un long combat pour l'égalité entre les hommes et les femmes ».
  
Une autre signataire, la conférencière et auteure Michelle Blanc, estime que le gouvernement « doit légiférer sur l'espace public que prend la religion ». Elle ajoute que tout comme les autres signataires, elle est convaincue que « malheureusement la religion a toujours eu comme mauvaise habitude de placer les femmes sous la domination des hommes ».

Un « bel appui », dit Drainville

Le ministre responsable des Institutions démocratiques et de la Participation citoyenne, Bernard Drainville, voit dans la lettre des Janettes un bel appui au projet de charte des valeurs. Il précise que son gouvernement ne veut pas remettre en question « l'égalité juridique » au Québec entre les hommes et les femmes :
  
« On ne veut plus reculer là-dessus. C'est un fait qu'il y a eu des reculs sur l'égalité homme-femme à cause d'accommodements déraisonnables qui ont été accordés ces dernières années. Alors nous, on veut s'assurer que ça ne se reproduise plus. » — Bernard Drainville
 
Pas question d'exclure la santé de la Charte, dit Drainville

Le ministre Drainville a répété mardi qu'il n'a jamais été question d'exclure le réseau de la santé de l'application de la charte des valeurs quant à l'interdiction du port de signes religieux ostentatoires.

Il a répété que la Charte va s'appliquer à l'ensemble de l'État et a nié l'existence de dissensions à ce sujet au sein du Conseil des ministres.
   
Un clin d'œil aux Yvettes

Les signataires disent être des Janettes, en référence aux Yvettes, ces femmes qui avaient milité pour le non lors de la campagne référendaire de 1980. Les Yvettes se sont formées en réaction aux propos controversés de la ministre péquiste Lise Payette, qui avait comparé les adeptes du non à la petite Yvette des manuels scolaires. La ministre avait aussi déclaré que le chef du camp du non, Claude Ryan, était marié à une Yvette.

http://www.radio-canada.ca/nouvelles/societe/2013/10/15/001-charte-valeurs-quebec-appui-20-femmes-janette-bertrand.shtml  

Justin Trudeau est un gros zéro et très ignorant de l'histoire pour comparer le Québec à l'époque de Martin Luther King. Justion Trudeau is a big zero and ignorant about Quebec history!.

Justin Trudeau est un gros zéro et très ignorant de l'histoire pour comparer le Québec à l'époque de Martin Luther King. Quelle honte! Nous espérons que Justin Trudeau ne deviendra jamais premier ministre du Canada.

Il y a de «liberté de pensée» et "la liberté de religion" au Québec. Mais les contribuables devraient pouvoir respirer l'air frais dans un état neutre, lire  http://pourlachartedesvaleurs.blogspot.ca/2013/10/montreal-et-quebec-devraient-etre_19.html.


Pendant l'époque de Martin Luther King et son célèbre "I have a Dream" discours, les noirs n'étaient pas autorisés à utiliser les mêmes toilettes que les personnes de race blanche.
Les Noirs n'avaient pas le droit de s'asseoir dans le même bus que le blanc. Sur quelle planète et dans quel siècle donc vit Justin Trudeau ? Dans quelle l'histoire de l'Amérique et le Québec sont dans le cerveau vide de Justin Trudeau?   What planet are you living in, Justin?  You are babbling false comparison. ...ignorant comme un imbécile
Justin devrait ouvrir ses yeux quand il est venu à Montréal aujourd'hui au Québec, les personnes noires ont les mêmes droits que les blancs.
Les Noirs ici sont les médecins, les enseignants, les chauffeurs, ils ont les mêmes droits que tous les Québécois et les Canadiens.
Honte à vous, Justin Trudeau, nous espérons que vous ne deviendra jamais premier ministre du Canada!

English

Justin Trudeau is a big Zero!

Justin Trudeau is a big zero and is very ignorant about history to compare Quebec at the time of Martin Luther King 50 years ago. What a shame! We hope that Justin Trudeau will never become Prime Minister of Canada.


There is "freedom of thought" and complete “freedom of religion” in Quebec. But taxpayers should be able to breathe fresh air within a neutral state, read why here http://pourlachartedesvaleurs.blogspot.ca/2013/10/montreal-et-quebec-devraient-etre_19.html  .


During the time of Martin Luther King’s famous "I Have a Dream" speech , black people were not allowed to use the same toilet as Caucasians or Americans.


Blacks were not allowed to sit in the same bus as white Americans. What planet is Justin Trudeau living in? It shows how ignorant about the history of America and Quebec is in the empty brain of Justin Trudeau.  What planet are you living in , Justin ? You are babbling false comparison.

Justin should open his eyes when he comes to Montreal - after all he grew up here and represents a district in the city in Montreal, is he all that blind? because all over in Quebec today, black people have the same rights as whites.


Blacks here are doctors, teachers, drivers; they have the same rights as all Quebecers and Canadians.


Shame on you, Justin Trudeau, we hope that you will never become Prime Minister of Canada!
 
Even a grade school kid know Montreal better than you!  Shame! Shame no more Trudeau as Prime Minister...





 

Coalition supports Charter of Quebec Values

Pro-Charter rally in Montreal draws hundreds in favour of 'values' legislation
Sidhartha Banerjee, The Canadian Press
Published Sunday, September 22, 2013 4:37PM EDT
Last Updated Monday, September 23, 2013 12:12AM EDT
MONTREAL -- Supporters of Quebec's charter of values numbered in the hundreds as they descended on downtown Montreal calling for a secular state and urging the government to go forward with its plan to push state employees to leave their religious garb at home.

The Parti Quebecois government formally announced its plan earlier this month, one that would prohibit state employees from wearing overt religious symbols. That would include everyone from judges and police officers to daycare and health care workers and school teachers.

Several hundred gathered in a Montreal square on Sunday and marched to voice their support for the Parti Quebecois' controversial secular plan for public sector employees.



"If we don't have religious symbols, I think it's easier to accept each other for all societies," said Robert Carrier, one of those on hand.

Polls commissioned in recent weeks have suggested a deep divide among Quebecers over the controversial charter. Those same polls have also suggested that support for it has been dropping.

But those who gathered under a light rain on Sunday said it's necessary to have such rules to be able to live together. They argue that religion is creeping into everyday Quebec society and it causes strife between citizens.

Daphne Poirier said she has friends who are Jewish and Arab and they all have different views on their own religion -- some are more observant while others have a more lax attitude. In the end, it has little impact on her personal dealings with them.

"My friendship goes beyond their system of values," said Poirier, a translator who defines herself as an atheist. She says she doesn't push her beliefs on anyone and doesn't think others should be able to on her.

"I respect everybody and what they do when they go to the synagogue or when they go to a mosque, that's their (business)," she said. "But I don't think it belongs in the public space."

Sunday's rally was the first one in favour of the charter and came on the heels an anti-charter rally in the provincial capital on Saturday and a significantly larger anti-charter march in Montreal a little over a week ago.

Marchers carried cutout fleur-de-lis and Quebec flags. They carried signs that read "'we're born naked and everything else is superfluous" and "secularism that's open to closed religions doesn't work."

The group included very few visible minorities.

But it also included those who feel the charter doesn't go far enough, namely when it comes to the cross that hangs in the Quebec legislature above the Speaker's chair. That one was spared under the PQ plan, with the reason that they are key to Quebec's cultural history.

"If we really want to separate church and religion, then we have to go all the way and the cross at the national assembly doesn't have its place (today)," said Olivier Chantraine, who said he's much more in favour of the charter than opposed, although he has issues with the way it's being proposed.

"For me the freedom of religion should not surpass liberty of expression and if we can't have political badges at work, why should we be allowed religious symbols?," Chantraine said. "It should be the same for everyone."

And that's why the crucifix should go from the legislature, Chantraine added, calling it hypocritical to keep the crucifix. "That's how it can be seen as racist and xenophobic," he added.

The minority PQ government is expected to table the charter this fall after hearing from the public and has continued to defend it publicly in the last week.

But the charter is unlikely to pass in its current form. The opposition Liberals are against the charter altogether and the second opposition party that has the swing vote in legislature, the Coalition, has denounced it as too radical.

The Coalition has offered to endorse a watered-down version, but the PQ has suggested it will listen to public input and might negotiate with opposition parties after it has been tabled.

Bernard Drainville, the minister in charge of the charter, said he expected the debate to last weeks and hoped for civilized, constructive debate.

That was echoed by another demonstrator, who called for an end to what he calls "chartophobia."

"Yes, the state can make compromises and religions should too," said Fabrice St-Pierre. "From my end, I'm in favour of the ban ... I don't think it's excessive to ask people to remove religious symbols while they work for the state."

Organizers said they're pleased with the turnout, given the event was organized at the last minute using social media. They expect a loud pro-charter movement to take shape in the coming weeks.

"It's just the beginning, continue the debate!," the crowd chanted to end the march.
Two men argue during a demonstration in support of a proposed Quebec values charter in Montreal, Sunday, Sept. 22, 2013. (Graham Hughes / THE CANADIAN PRESS)
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If we don't have religious symbols, I think it's easier to accept each other for all societies,"said Robert Carrier,

Coalition supports Charter of Quebec Values



CTV Montreal
Published Tuesday, September 24, 2013

Supporters of the proposed Charter of Quebec Values are banding together in an umbrella group to voice their support for a secular Quebec.

The Rassemblement pour la laïcité, or the Gathering for Secularity, is composed of many groups which have already publicly declared their support for the Charter including the union of public and parapublic workers (SFPQ), SPQ Libre and the Quebec Secular Movement, and notable individuals such as Martine Desjardins, former president of FEUQ, and ex-Supreme Court Justice Claire L'Heureux-Dubé.

At a news conference on Tuesday members reiterated their desire that Quebec alter the existing Quebec Charter of Rights to include the right to be free from religion, especially for all aspects of the government.

The group said the proposal made by the Parti Quebecois government was actually too lax, and demanding that the crucifix given to the province of Quebec in 1936 be removed from the National Assembly, and that the proposed exemption clause be eliminated and replaced with a phase-in period for all government-paid employees.

Hijabs: a symbol of male oppression

Leila Bensalem, a teacher with the Commission scolaire de Montreal (CSDM), said the province needed to have a discussion about what was reasonable and rational in terms of making accommodations for religion. (See video in the link)

She said that demands from students and teachers for halal meat in cafeterias, and for days off to celebrate religious holidays, should no longer be dealt with on an ad-hoc basis but instead be subject to strict regulation.

Bensalem also spoke strongly against women who wear hijabs, saying that headscarves were the first symbol of patriarchal oppression.

"Just think of the fundamentalists when they establish an Islamic republic. The first thing they ask of Muslim women is to wear the veil, when it's not the burqa or the niqab or whatever. It's like the flag they want their women to wear and they represent that mentality," said Bensalem.

Many women in Quebec who wear hijabs say that may be the case in other countries, but not in Canada, where the hijab is almost always a personal choice made by a woman to show her devotion to her faith.

Is Quebec historically secular?

Members of the coalition showed some division when it came to the history of the province, with some saying that secularism is a historic Quebec value, one that was actually fought for by the Patriotes revolution in the 1800s.

Other speakers disagreed, and said what was important was that Quebec was a society that had been dominated by the Catholic church for many years, only to finally throw off the yoke of quasi-religious rule within living memory.

Ex-Supreme Court judge expected to back Quebec values charter

Claire L’Heureux-Dubé claims she sees more veiled women in Quebec than in her travels to Muslim countries.

A former Supreme Court of Canada judge, who claims she sees more veiled women in Quebec than in her travels to Muslim countries such as Pakistan and Morocco, is expected to line up behind the Parti Québécois’ charter of values and lend her legal credibility to the proposed ban on religious clothing in the public service.
The province’s minority government argues that its initiative will bring to heel a growing wave of unreasonable faith-based exceptions from societal and workplace rules, guarantee equality of the sexes in the province and reinforce the religious neutrality of the state.
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The many critics in the political, legal and academic arenas warn the proposal would violate religious freedoms already enshrined in Canadian and Quebec charter rights and inevitably be ruled unconstitutional.
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But Claire L’Heureux-Dubé, who sat on the country’s top court from 1987 until 2002, argued in a lengthy May 2013 radio interview that some rights are more fundamental than others and that, in Canada, the right to equality trumps religion.
“My vision is that there are fundamental rights. The right to live is fundamental. There is no accommodation . . . . Equality is the same thing,” she told Radio-Canada host Michel Lacombe.
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“There are also civil liberties that are extremely important, but they’re not on the same level. Freedom of expression and freedom of religion are another thing. They are civil liberties that can be reduced by what is reasonable in a free and democratic society.”
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L’Heureux-Dubé said that in travels abroad for legal conferences, she has noticed that the face of females in the Muslim world is increasingly one that is uncovered.

“There are more uncovered faces in Pakistan and Morocco and all those places than there are here.”
L’Heureux Dubé did not respond to an interview request Monday but she is confirmed as a member of Rassemblement pour la laïcité (Rally for Secularism), which will present itself Tuesday morning as a diverse group of union leaders, academics, politicians and activists in support a strictly secular Quebec.
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A spokesperson for the group said the retired judge was out of the country.
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The organization spokesperson, Michèle Sirois, would not discuss the details of their position, though many members have long-held positions in favour of a ban on religious clothing for police officers, teachers, doctors, daycare workers and any others who receive a paycheque from the provincial government.
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Others have also argued that the crucifix that hangs in the Quebec legislature should be removed — a position that the PQ government has rejected by arguing that the symbol of Catholicism is a reminder of the province’s heritage.
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The legal reasons underpinning L’Heureux Dubé’s position on secularism would seem to be in line with that of the legal advice provided to the PQ government last spring that sections of both the Canadian and Quebec charters of rights and freedoms allow for laws that make a reasonable infringement on certain constitutional rights.
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But her support for more strict rules around religious neutrality in the public sector and the equality between men and women is a lifetime in the making for the first female Supreme Court justice from Quebec, who has a reputation as a staunch advocate of social justice that often put her at odds with her fellow judges.
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She held nothing back in the May interview, saying that complete face covering for Muslim women was a sign of “oppression” and that explicit rules on what is unacceptable in the name of secularism will ensure that immigrants “become like us.”
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L’Heureux-Dubé praised France for fighting so long and hard to instill its secular state where freedom and equality are the founding motto. She said the laissez-faire approach taken in the United Kingdom would be a disastrous model for Quebec.
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Quebec Premier Pauline Marois put forward a similar pro-France justification in a recent interview defending her government’s values charter, controversially saying that in England, “they argue and throw bombs at each other because it’s multiculturalism and people are no longer able to see themselves in that society.”

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provincial government website about the charter

the provincial government website about the charter, go to http://www.nosvaleurs.gouv.qc.ca/en#faqwww.nosvaleurs.gouv.qc.ca/en#faq

ESTABLISHING THE RELIGIOUS
NEUTRALITY OF THE STATE

The state has an obligation to be neutral, which is an essential condition to ensure freedom of conscience and religion.

The best way to respect everyone’s beliefs is for the state to remain neutral and have no religion. This principle promotes pluralism by ensuring fair and equal treatment of all beliefs.


Affirming
values
Quebec

Contributions by Quebecers of all origins have enabled us to build an open society that shares fundamental values. These values defining Québec society and constituting a form of social contract are, among others, equality between women and men, religious neutrality of Québec’s public institutions, and recognition of a common historic heritage.

By affirming these values, we are proposing to build a strong Québec identity, whether one was born here or elsewhere.


Quebec politician proposes government ban on religious headwear


The proposal, which would forbid public employees from wearing hijabs and turbans, will be introduced for debate later this year

Tuesday 10 September 2013
http://www.theguardian.com/world/2013/sep/10/canada-proposed-religious-headwear-ban



Religious ornaments that could be worn by public employees under the proposal. Photograph: Quebec government website www.nosvaleurs.gouv.qc.ca

Quebec is proposing a law that would forbid government workers from wearing religious headwear such as hijabs, turbans, and kippas.

The separatist Parti Québécois government said Tuesday the so-called "values charter" will be introduced for debate later this year.

The plan has revived a debate in Quebec over religious accommodation and has been widely criticized in the rest of Canada.
Bernard Drainville, the minister responsible for the proposal, says the goal is to ensure the complete neutrality of the state on religion.

The ban would apply to every public worker, including teachers and police. It would not apply to elected officials because people have a right to choose their representative, Drainville said.

Smaller religious symbols, such as a Christian cross on a necklace or the Star of David on a ring, will be allowed.

The federal government has said it will seek the advice of the Department of Justice and suggested it could go to court if the proposal violates fundamental rights.

Examples of 'ostentatious' religious headwear that would be banned for public employees under the proposal. Photograph: Quebec government website/nosvaleurs.gouv.qc.ca
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Brother Andre's Chapel at Oratory of St. Joseph
The ladies of Femen Quebec https://www.facebook.com/FemenQuebec
http://www.vice.com/en_ca/read/chatting-with-femen-quebec-about-nudity-the-crucifix-and-the-charter-of-values


Chatting with Femen Quebec about Nudity, the Crucifix, and the Charter of Values

Quebec’s mind-numbingly boring legislative National Assembly was recently treated to a lot more toplessness than the usual Jesus Christ—who is known for hanging out on the cross at the front of the room with his shirt off—when three women stormed the parliamentry proceedings, ripped off their shirtsand yelled out “Crucifix, décalisse” or “Crucifix, get the fuck out,”for those of you not familiar with sacrilegious Quebecois slang.

As you’ve probably figured out by now, the three women are members of the controversial feminist movement Femen. This time, the women went topless to protest the presence of the crucifix inside the National Assembly in contrast to the supposed “religious neutrality” of the controversial Quebec Charter of Values.

One of the spokespeople for Femen Quebec, which is the first active Femen branch in all of North America, is Ukrainian-born, Northern-Quebec-raised Xenia Chernyshova.This event marked the first time in the history of Femen where members were able to enter and protest inside a parliament building, but this isn’t Xenia’s first time making history with her politically involved breasts.

Xenia was part of a small group of women, alongside Inna Shevchenko, who chainsawed a four-meter high wooden crucifix in Kiev, as the Moscow court was about to release the verdict on the Pussy Riot case.

I decided to call up this topless protester to talk about this week’s action at the National Assembly and her take on the Quebec Charter of Values.


Praying topless is all the rage ia Facebook.

VICE: Hi Xenia. First off, I want to ask you what consequences are you and the other girls facing right now?

We were charged with nudity, indecent exposure and disrupting public order. According to the criminal code, I don’t think we are going to be formally accused of anything because we can contest that our body can be used as a political tribune. When we were there, even the security agents seemed to understand our action better than anybody else. You could see it in their eyes.
What has been the impact so far of your action at the National Assembly?

Politicians have reacted saying people should completely dismiss it. They want to keep their eyes shut. There’s been a media storm surrounding this story and now people are talking about it. That’s the goal of Femen, to get people’s attention. We use methods that are extremely crude. Nowadays, to get a message across and break through the constant flow of information, we need to go hard. Then we have to work to explain the meaning behind our performance.

Let’s get to that. Why did you choose to show up and protest bare-chested at the National Assembly?

We decided to focus on the crucifix. Ever since the debate over the Quebec Charter of Values has sprung, there seems to have been a great lack of coherence. The crucifix is inside the parliament, a place synonymous with neutrality. The government wants the state to be neutral. If the government is not willing to compromise, there is no reason why individuals from different religions should be willing to compromise on their religious affiliations. The charter brings along a complete incomprehension between “old stock” Quebecers and immigrants.

Would you say the government is being hypocritical by saying that the crucifix inside the Assembly is part of our “cultural heritage”?

In previous demonstrations, we have criticized the fact that the crucifix was put in place by Maurice Duplessisin 1936. It represents a seal between the state and the Roman Catholic Church. This seems a bit ridiculous. The National Assembly existed before 1936, which means that it was able to operate without the crucifix. It seems like they’re trying really hard to justify this so-called “cultural heritage.” Why would this symbol dominate all the other ones? This is the question we are asking. Femen is against religious institutions, we are basically fighting religions. Feminism and religion don’t quite seem to get along. Every religion has oppressed at one point or another and continues to oppress women.