Quebec Set to Table New Secularism Bill to Further Restrict Religious Symbols, Public Prayer

Quebec Minister of Immigration, Francization and Secularism Jean-Francois Roberge responds to the Opposition during question period at the legislature in Quebec City, on April 8, 2025. The Canadian Press/Jacques Boissinot

The Quebec government is planning to table legislation this week to impose new restrictions on religious symbols, public prayer, and funding for religious schools.

Quebec Secularism Minister Jean-François Roberge is expected to table the new secularism bill on Nov. 27, more than six years after the province passed its ban on religious symbols.