John Chuckman
COMMENT POSTED TO AN ARTICLE IN CBC NEWS
“Montreal mayor target of physical threats after coming out against secularism bill”
I'm very sorry to learn this. I admire the Mayor for stating her views in public.
But I think the incident does point to something important.
The Quebec government’s "secularism" bill has very little to do with secularism, I'm afraid. That name is just political whitewash.
The kind of people who would threaten the Mayor wouldn't even know the definition of the word "secularism."
This bill flirts with Islamophobia. A terrible thing to do, sadly appealing to the Trump-like in our society.
Quebec already is secular, completely. It needs no legislation.
Indeed, the government's interfering with what religious garments people may wear to work definitely goes in the opposite direction, towards becoming less secular.
A very unwelcome piece of legislation on all points.
