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Former Premier of Quebec, Jacques Parizeau, has openly opposed the proposal of a new Charter of Quebec Values, labeling it as too extreme, divisive, and mostly unnecessary. In a column authored by Mr. Parizeau and published in the Journal de Montreal, he alleged that Quebec is already a secular society, while pointing out the changes that took place in the province’s culture during his tenure, for example the gradual relinquish of control by the Catholic Church and those associated with it.
Parizeau mentioned in his column that “most of the classical colleges were purchased and turned into CEGEPs while universities gave up their pontifical charter… The prayer in the National Assembly was replaced with a ‘moment of reflection.’ He further added that the most visible signs of religion, including habits worn by nuns, are already fading progressively in Quebec, though still some nuns wear head coverings, including many Jews.
In the end, he rhetorically asks that why the PQ government wants to pass an unprecedented law banning religious symbols and comes up with only one reason: Islamism. In the column he has written that “the only contact most Quebecers have with the Islamic world are violent images repeated ad infinitim: wars, riots, bombs, the World Trade Center attack and the Boston Marathon; it’s also the image of female subordination to the male and the violence inflicted if women refuse to submit. The reflex is clear: We don’t want that here!” He also highlighted that in Montreal these reflexive views are tempered with day-to-day reality, while in rural Quebec the first notion is to cheer the government’s move.
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