Plante concerned about secularism law

Valérie Plante is concerned about the effect the new secularism bill could have on employment in the city of Montreal which is, as she says, the place where the new rules will hit hardest. She’s also concerned that, in skirting the Charter of Rights and Freedoms, the CAQ is placing itself on a slippery slope.

CBC spoke to a young teacher who says she will leave Quebec if the law passes and the Gazette likewise to a young Sikh who had hoped to become a teacher here. But the anglo media are being naive. Getting aliens like this to leave Quebec is a net win for the CAQ, although they wouldn’t say so outright.

In tangentially related news, statistics show that the island of Montreal is home to a quarter of Quebec’s population; city hall opposition leader Lionel Perez noted Thursday that it’s also where three quarters of its immigrants live.