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A long list of hearings on Quebec’s proposed charter of values and the controversial ban on religious symbols began on Tuesday with the prospects of the final debate concluding in a provincial election rather than a law any soon. The Parti Quebecois’ democratic institutions minister, Bernard Drainville, hosts the parliamentary commission set to hear from more than 250 witnesses, who are anticipated to mostly reiterate the claims.
In his opening remarks, the minister alleged that the legislation is aimed at uniting Quebecers based on common values, like equality of the sexes and secularism, and use it to define who is a Quebecer at a time when majority of the society is generally made up of foreign-born citizens. The first witness who got to testify at Quebec City hearings seconded those vows. Retired school teacher, Sam Haroun, applauded the government for holding such a difficult debate to curb the issues related to exemptions from normal practices in schools, the workplace, hospitals and the public service for reasons of religion once and for all.
Mr. Haroun alleged that “we’re talking about an area that is intentionally vague. We don’t know how to deal with this.” He added that “there are people who say that we have to deal with this on a case-by-case basis, where every two or three months we have a psychodrama … because no one knows what to do. There’s not a crisis. It’s not the end of the world, but there’s a malaise.”
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