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An association representing the gigantic network of Quebec’s hospitals and health-care centres has expressed its will to detach it from the Parti Québécois government’s proposed and highly controversial public-sector ban on religious headgear. The association has underlined the fact that such a prohibition is deemed to create problems where none exists. The minority government of Premier Pauline Marois has persistently asserted that Quebec needs a law to address conflicts with religious minorities in public workplaces even though it has provided no studies or statistics to back its case.
According to the group representing health-care establishments across the province, i.e. the Association québécoise d’établissements de santé et de services sociaux, it polled its members to inquire whether wearing religious symbols is a “significant problem” in their institutions. The group’s head, Diane Lavallée, boasted that “it was 100 per cent” saying that “there is no problem.” On the other hand, she pointed out that the institutions claim that banning religious symbols risked creating tensions and driving away talent. It was noted that 74 establishments, out of the total 125 institutions, responded to the survey.
During an interview after unveiling the findings at a press conference on Tuesday, Ms. Lavallée stated that “to be forced by law to forbid the wearing of religious symbols could cause problems were there aren’t any.” She added that “we want to attract the best. There is competition everywhere.” It was explained that “we have researchers of international renown in our research centres and they can go anywhere on the planet. We are honoured to have them.”
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