Friday, December 27, 2013

Nous sommes québécois / We are Quebecers



Here is a video I helped produce with the Christian Jewish Dialogue of Montreal.  Hoping you can see the english subtitles if your french is a bit rusty.  This video is meant to remind Quebecers of our shared values of Tolerance and a diverse society.  Quebec will be holding hearings on Bill 60 starging in January.  This bill would see religious symbols banned from the workplace of all government employees.  This would mean Jewish doctors at the Jewish General Hospital would no longer be able to wear kippas to work, Sikh and Muslim teachers, could not wear their turbans or head scarves to work, and Christian would not be allowed to wear large crosses.  This bill would be applied at daycares, schools, universities, hospitals and government buildings. This obviously poses problems for the many devout religious members of Quebec society, who wear religious symbols.

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