English-speaking community disagrees profoundly with government on secularism bill
Montreal – May 23, 2019 – A clear majority of English-speaking Quebecers do not support restrictions on religious symbols worn by public officials. That conclusion stood out in a recent poll that surveyed Quebecers’ attitudes towards the Coalition Avenir Québec government’s proposed secularism bill.
An oversample of English-speaking Quebecers taken from an Association for Canadian Studies-Léger Marketing poll shows that a significant majority of Anglophones believes Bill 21 contravenes the Quebec Charter of Rights and Freedoms and that the courts are the proper forum to determine whether it violates Quebecers’ basic civil rights.
“These numbers certainly shatter the government’s claim that many English-speaking Quebecers support the bill,” commented Geoffrey Chambers, president of the Quebec Community Groups Network. “We are asking the government to reconsider adopting legislation that will create deep divisions in Quebec.”
