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It is now forbidden to pray openly in public schools in Quebec

by Lorraine Carpenter

Quebec Education Minister Bernard Drainville said that the measure is part of the province’s effort to “preserve the secular characteristic of public school.”

Quebec Education Minister Bernard Drainville has announced today that it will be forbidden to pray openly in public schools in the province. This is in addition to the decision to ban prayer rooms in Quebec schools.

Drainville said that the measure is part of Quebec’s effort to “preserve the secular characteristic of public school.”

An Angus Reid Institute study last month found that most Montrealers don’t support Bill 21, Quebec’s secularism bill.

It is now forbidden to pray openly in public schools in Quebec

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by Lorraine Carpenter

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Lorraine Carpenter was born in Montreal and studied communications and journalism at Concordia. She co-founded Cult MTL in 2012 following 12 years at the now-defunct Montreal alt weekly the Mirror, where she worked in editorial as copy editor and music editor. She’s dedicated to supporting the cultural scene in Montreal.