21 January 2014

Liberals clarify stance on charter: No niqabs, burkas or chadors for authority figures

.... Drainville described the Liberal position Tuesday as “convoluted, confused, complicated and incomprehensible.”

“The fundamentalists want an unreasonable, religious accommodation and we say, ‘Oh no, we are going to set guidelines for accommodations to avoid abuse.’

“The best way to fight fundamentalism is to adopt the Charter of Quebec Values,” the PQ minister said. “It is very, very clear because it states the state is non-religious, while the fundamentalists want a religious state.”

“Is there anyone in Quebec who thinks we have a religious state?” Couillard said in response. “No. We do not have a religious state in Quebec and we don’t want one.” [MONTREAL GAZETTE] Read more