Charter of Quebec Values would ban ‘overt’ religious symbols

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22. Rural Quebec is spectacularly, transparently bigoted

Has been for decades, will be for some time. In terms of tolerance the place is Mississippi. Including large crosses is only in the legislation to make it look like they aren't specifically targetting non-Christians, which is exactly the case; the legislation explicitly excludes the legislature itself from the law, on top of the ostentatious Catholic imagery in said legislature, prayers as part of the day-to-day operations, etc.

I work at a Canadian museum that focuses on immigration; the stories of newcomers who end up settling in rural Quebec, especially in the northern towns, are consistently appalling; if they aren't shunned, micromanaging town councils or neighborhood associations go very far out of their way to try to drop a bunch of individual-specific regulations on them, if they aren't doing even dumber stuff like making them sign a pledge to, e.g., not keep slaves or murder Christians.

It's pathetic, but they're still voters, and the PQ's only a little more classy on that front, so they've got no problems abasing themselves like this.