The challenges of a secular Quebec : Bill 21 in perspective / edited by Lucia Ferretti and François Rocher ; translated by George Tombs.

Other author Ferretti, Lucia, editor.
Other author Rocher, François, editor.
Other author Tombs, George, translator.
Format Book
PublicationVancouver ; Toronto : UBC Press, 2023.
Copyright Date©2023
Descriptionxiii, 310 pages ; 24 cm
Subjects

Uniform titleEnjeux d'un Québec laïque. English.
Contents Putting Things in Perspective: The Many Varieties of Secularism / François Rocher -- Beyond Defending Religious Symbols: The Desire to Put Quebec In Its Place / Lucia Ferretti -- Quebec: Under the Rule of its Two Cities / Marc Chevrier -- The Difficult Search for a Quebec Model of Laicity / Micheline Labelle -- Some Muslim Quebec Women and Men Are in Favour of Bill 21 / Yasmina Chouakri -- The Laicity of the State: The Cornerstone of Individual Civil and Political Rights / Julie Latour -- Arguments Relating to the Unconstitutionality of the Act Respecting the Laicity of the State: A Massive Rebuttal / Daniel Turp -- Rights Guaranteed Equally to Both Sexes, the Notwithstanding Clause, and the Act Respecting the Laicity of the State: Overview and Contribution to the Debate from a Quebec Perspective / Guillaume Rousseau -- Laicity in the Light of Institutional Dialogue in Canada / Patrick Taillon -- The Medium is the Message: There's No Point Cluttering Educational Communication / Charles-Étienne Gill -- Thinking About Laicity Today with Ferdinand Buisson / Normand Baillargeon -- Secularism and the Symbolic: The Quebec School as a Place of Immanent Knowledge / Paul Sabourin -- Conclusion: The Fate Of Bill 21 in the Courts and in Public Opinion in English Canada / Lucia Ferretti and François Rocher.
Abstract "In 2019, the Quebec National Assembly passed Bill 21. It prohibits, among other things, certain state employees in positions of authority (teachers, prison guards, police officers, justices of the peace, etc.) from wearing religious symbols when providing public services. Many political commentators in English Canada denounced the law as running counter to Canadian multiculturalism and human rights. Why did the Quebec government adopt this particular form of state secularism? And why did it garner public support? The Challenges of a Secular Quebec analyzes the statute from different angles to provide a nuanced, respectful discussion of its intentions and principles that recognizes the province's singular history in North America."-- Provided by publisher.
General noteTranslation of: Les enjeux d'un Québec laïque.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references and index.
Other formsIssued also in electronic format.
Issued in other formOnline version: Challenges of a secular Quebec. Vancouver ; Toronto : UBC Press, 2023 0774868449 9780774868457
ISBN9780774868426
ISBN0774868422 hardcover
ISBN9780774868433 paperback
ISBN0774868430 paperback

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