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The Canadian Press
Posted October 23, 2025 2:54 pm
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The Quebec government says it will ban religious symbols in the province’s daycare centres.
Secularism Minister Jean-François Roberge says there is a “broad consensus” that Quebecers want secularism to be strengthened.
The announcement follows a recommendation to extend the ban to daycares made this summer by a committee tasked with advising the province on how to enhance secularism.
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Quebec has already banned public sector workers in positions of authority, like teachers and judges, from wearing religious symbols on the job.
Roberge says the new legislation will include a grandfather clause for people already employed in daycare centres.
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The government has already tabled legislation to extend the religious symbols ban to all public school staff, and Roberge has also promised to ban prayer in public places.
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This report by The Canadian Press was first published Oct. 23, 2025.
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