Religious symbols at city hall

La Presse says there’s a malaise around religious signifiers at city hall but the anecdotes are mild-mannered compared to most. Marvin Rotrand wants a motion to confirm that there’s no issue with councillors wearing religious symbols, but at the moment Lionel Perez wears a kippa, a few councillors wear discreet crosses but none wears hijab, and nobody seems to see a problem with this. Mayor Plante herself is inclined to be tolerant.

There’s still a crucifix in the council chamber and curiously Rotrand’s name is also in this story, advising it be taken down, although once again nobody’s really militating for or against it. There was a time that every significant room in Quebec had a crucifix in it and nobody even cared enough after the Quiet Revolution to go around and take them all down.