Tag Archive: Quebec

Doctors in Quebec Told They Must Perform Euthanasia

QUEBEC CITY – The government of Quebec is forcing doctors to comply with assisted suicide, whether they like it or not. According to OneNewsNow, doctor-assisted suicide in the province must have the cooperation of… Continue reading

No more religious exemptions: Quebec schools launching mandatory sex ed pilot project

QUEBEC — Education on sexual matters is too important to be optional, according to Quebec’s ministry of education. The province is rolling out a new pilot project in which sex education, like French… Continue reading

Five things to know about upcoming Supreme Court ruling on Quebec’s mandatory religion course

MONTREAL – A six-year legal battle over Quebec’s compulsory Ethics and Religious Culture course will be decided Thursday morning when the Supreme Court of Canada is expected to release its decision in the… Continue reading

National Post Editorial Board: Good riddance to Marois-ism

If there is one overarching lesson to be learned from the 2014 Quebec election campaign, it is this: Do not overestimate voters’ appetite for revolutionary change, or their vulnerability to populist demagoguery. From… Continue reading

Jonathan Kay: The PQ is becoming the party of small-minded atheists

The Parti Québécois styles itself as being on the vanguard of feminism, secularism, sexual tolerance and all the other hallmarks of social liberalism. Yet in some ways, its members are mired in xenophobic… Continue reading

Graeme Hamilton: PQ resorts to improbable nightmare scenarios in bid to justify shaky values charter

MONTREAL — As the first week of hearings into the Parti Québécois’ charter of values concluded Thursday, Yves Gauthier claimed the prize for the most peculiar defence of the proposed ban on conspicuous… Continue reading

JUST IN TIME FOR CHRISTMAS: PQ releases Turkey-Talk Holiday Guide to defending Quebec values charter

Just call it the Parti Québécois self-help holiday guide to defending the Quebec Charter of Values. As Quebec families prepare to gather over tourtière and a bûche de Noël, the PQ has released… Continue reading

Matt Gurney: Shrewd Duceppe breaks ranks to (sort of) oppose Quebec’s values charter

One of the interesting wrinkles emerging as Quebec’s minority Parti Quebecois government pushes ahead with Bill-60 — the so-called values charter that would ban public servants from wearing ostentatious religious symbols while on… Continue reading

Chris Selley: The right response to Quebec’s secular demagogues

Montreal’s Jewish General Hospital gave us a preview of a possible counter-strategy to Quebec’s proposed secularism charter this week: total refusal. It’s an excellent strategy. QUEBEC – I suspect Quebec’s proposed secularism charter… Continue reading

Quebec’s ‘true foes’ are religious ‘fundamentalists’, say Liberals

QUEBEC – Quebec’s Liberal Party says that rather than indiscriminately prohibiting public expressions of faith, the province should target its “true foes”: religious fundamentalism and extremism. The provincial counterpart to Justin Trudeau’s federal… Continue reading