Prayer rooms in schools will have to close under secularism law, Roberge says

Read the full story: https://montrealgazette.com/news/provincial_politics/quebec-plans-to-ban-street-prayers-as-it-moves-to-beef-up-secularism-law The Coalition Avenir Québec government has presented sweeping and far-reaching new secularism legislation that ventures into areas it has never touched in the past. Six years after adopting Bill 21 barring people in position of authority from wearing religious symbols, the minister responsible for laicity, Jean-François Roberge, rose in the National Assembly on Thursday to present Bill 9, “An Act respecting the reinforcement of laicity in Quebec.” (Via Assemblée nationale du Québec) Subscribe to The Gazette on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@UCiiiXY1ue6nb7iqY8o8f62w You can also find The Gazette on: X: https://twitter.com/mtlgazette TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@mtlgazette LinkedIn: https://ca.linkedin.com/company/the-montreal-gazette Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/mtlgazette.bsky.social The Montreal Gazette is the oldest daily newspaper in Quebec, founded in 1778, and publishes in English, serving the greater Montreal area. It covers local, national, and international news with a focus on politics, culture, and community issues relevant to Quebecers.