New secularism bill to ban face coverings in Quebec universities and CEGEPs: reports

The Legault government will toughen up existing laws enforcing its policies on secularism, extending its ban on religious symbols to future employees of private schools and cutting — but not fully eliminating — funding to schools that base student recruitment on religion, according to multiple reports. The latest measures, initially reported Monday evening, follows an online tease of the coming legislation by Jean-François Roberge, the province’s minister responsible for