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The Quebec government scrambled on Tuesday, April 2, 2019, to explain how its proposed secularism law would be enforced as a growing number of organizations said they are prepared to disobey it.

The Quebec government is taking a moderate approach to secularism that does not violate freedom of religion, Premier Francois Legault said on Sunday, March 31, 2019, as he defended his government's controversial bill to ban the wearing of religious symbols for some public sector employees.

Quebec's secularism bill reflects the wishes of the Quebecois nation, the government said after introducing legislation on Thursday, March 28, 2019, prohibiting many public sector workers from wearing religious symbols and blocking their ability to challenge the bill over rights violations.

The Coalition Avenir Quebec government will table its secularism bill today, March 28, 2019, fulfilling an election promise to prohibit many public sector employees, including teachers, from wearing religious symbols at work.

Premier Francois Legault invoked Quebecers' values, language and distinctiveness on Tuesday, March 26, 2019, to justify shielding from court challenge upcoming legislation that will restrict the wearing of religious symbols.

Quebec's Education Department admitted on Tuesday, February 5, 2019, it began surveying schools months ago about how many employees wear religious symbols on the job.

Quebec Premier Francois Legault says his government wants to collect information on public servants wearing religious symbols to counter opponents who maintain proposed secularism legislation will lead to extensive firings.

A Quebec government initiative to determine how many teachers wear religious symbols also extended to include police officer, prosecutors and the judiciary, the minister responsible said on Monday, January 28, 2019.

Unbeknown to many Quebecers, the infamous Duplessis cross in the Blue Room isn’t even the original one. In 1984, during renovation and restoration work, the old crucifix was replaced. This so-called "historical artifact” is barely older than the furniture in my mom's house, writes columnist Toula Drimonis.

The incoming Coalition Avenir Quebec government is facing criticism for saying it has no intention of removing the crucifix from the legislature, even as it plans to crack down on some civil servants who wear religious symbols.

Many Quebecers worry that the newly-elected Quebec government's policies will affect social cohesion, paint immigrants as an unwanted and undesirable threat, and marginalize some people.

Amrit Kaur's turban never leaves her body, no matter what she does.

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau wants Quebec premier-designate Francois Legault to think carefully before proceeding with his plan to invoke the Constitution's notwithstanding clause to override the Charter of Rights and Freedoms. Quebec officials announce rules: remove religious symbols or face dismissal.