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Controversial title, I know, and i'm not sure it's 100% accurate, but looking to get a sense of the CP take on this issue.

I'm sure many remember the dispute between the province and FIFA about players not being allowed to wear traditional or religious headdress while playing soccer. The Provincial government has taken it a step further with potential new legislation.

I know many people here are very secular, which is fine, but I think most if not all are for free speech and freedom of religion and hold that in the highest regard. Does this legislation override the Quebec Charter of Human Rights and Freedoms afforded Quebecers?

Quebec Premier Pauline Marois says her party's planned "Charter of Quebec Values," which would include a ban on religious headwear for public employees, will be a uniting force for the province.

Instead, Marois said the charter will help bring Quebec together, much like Bill 101, the province's landmark legislation aimed at protecting the French language.

The charter will affirm, once and for all, the equality between men and women, she said, and it will reflect not only "universal" values, but Quebec values as well.

"It will become, I'm certain, a strong uniting element between Quebecers," Marois said Sunday at a gathering of young PQ members in Quebec City. "We're moving forward in the name of all the women, all the men, who chose Quebec for our culture, for our freedom and for our diversity.

Leaked details, published in a media report last week, include a plan to prohibit people like doctors, teachers and public daycare workers from donning turbans, kippas, hijabs and visible crucifixes.

http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/montre...ec-values.html

CHAPTER I
FUNDAMENTAL FREEDOMS AND RIGHTS

3. Every person is the possessor of the fundamental freedoms, including freedom of conscience, freedom of religion, freedom of opinion, freedom of expression, freedom of peaceful assembly and freedom of association.

1975, c. 6, s. 3.

CHAPTER I.1
RIGHT TO EQUAL RECOGNITION AND EXERCISE OF RIGHTS AND FREEDOMS
10. Every person has a right to full and equal recognition and exercise of his human rights and freedoms, without distinction, exclusion or preference based on race, colour, sex, pregnancy, sexual orientation, civil status, age except as provided by law, religion, political convictions, language, ethnic or national origin, social condition, a handicap or the use of any means to palliate a handicap.

Discrimination exists where such a distinction, exclusion or preference has the effect of nullifying or impairing such right.

1975, c. 6, s. 10; 1977, c. 6, s. 1; 1978, c. 7, s. 112; 1980, c. 11, s. 34; 1982, c. 61, s. 3.

http://www2.publicationsduquebec.gou..._12/C12_A.html