Serge from BabkaToday in Montreal there are Easter marches, and governmental offices are closed Monday.
Thank goodness there's been this "secularism" law passed banning "religious displays" or wearing "religious items" in Quebec....
M. Grégoire@serge Absolutely right. The laws shouldn't be trying to force secularism on Quebeckers, they should be encouraging religious pluralism.
I wouldn't be surprised if Catholic processions have trouble getting permits next year. I'll let you know.
(By the way, Easter marches are not a tradition in Canada; the custom is marches on Good Friday, e.g. https://cosocial.ca/@mpjgregoire/116353245306825006 .)
M. Grégoire (@[email protected])
Attached: 1 image Vendredi, j'ai marché dans une foule des fidèles dans les rues de #Montréal, entre Notre-Dame-de-Bonsecours, la Basilique Notre-Dame, St Patrick's, et la cathédrale Marie-Reine-du-Monde. (Nous avions un permis pour l'empêchement de la circulation véhiculaire.) #VendrediSaint #GoodFriday
If the government of Quebec wants to fight Federal rights, a real secularism law would have also banned federal holidays that were religious in nature. Let them cancel Christmas, Easter, and New Years and defend it in court. Let them fully get rid of Sunday hours as well (not just the test program).
Honestly, why is it that religious countries like Romania and Israel do a better job at respecting religious freedoms than "Secular" ones like Canada?