Pearl Eliadis on the Risks of Quebec鈥檚 Secularism Report | CBC
August 28, 2025 | In a story reported by CBC, a Quebec government committee has issued 50 recommendations, including extending the religious symbols ban to subsidized daycares and requiring people to uncover their faces for public services. These proposals have drawn criticism from community leaders, who argue they discriminate against religious minorities, particularly Muslim women.
Pearl Eliadis stresses that the recommendations extend far beyond daycare policies, warning they amount to a fundamental shift in Quebec鈥檚 legal and constitutional framework. She describes many of the measures as 鈥渃lear violations鈥� that could only stand under the notwithstanding clause and cautions that defunding religious private schools may isolate communities and risk fueling the very radicalization the report claims to prevent.
