Secularism is often presented as a pillar of Quebec identity. And yet, in practice, secularism for some politicians is not ...

Just 60 years ago the Roman Catholic Church held such sway in the Canadian province of Quebec that Protestant ... dramatically in what is now a fiercely secular province. The parents in 48 percent ...

Most onlookers were not religious, for France is a fiercely secular nation ... In one case, students were invited to redesign the Quebec flag, replacing the cross with a more “inclusive ...

Since the “Silent Revolution” of the 1960s, a decade in which the then dominant Roman Catholic Church lost her power in Quebec, the state as secular has become the Canadian political norm.

Conversely, Canada's constitution makes no mention of a secular state, and, in fact, its preamble expressly makes reference to the supremacy of God. In other words, because Quebec is – for ...

Quebec Premier and CAQ founder François Legault is cynically promoting the discriminatory ban on religious symbols as the cornerstone of a “secular Quebec charter,” ostensibly aimed at ...

A Quebec flag flaps in the wind at a walk-through installation to celebrate St-Jean-Baptiste Day in Montreal on June 24, 2021. Graham Hughes The Canadian Press On the 76th anniversary of the ...

With public hearings now underway into Bill 60, the PQ minister responsible for the proposed secular charter, Bernard Drainville, called it a moderate document that offers made-in-Quebec secularism.

After months of controversy, the Quebec government tabled its secular charter this morning at the national assembly, legislation that would make religious neutrality the law for public employees.