KING JESUS IS COMING FOR US ANY TIME NOW. THE RAPTURE. BE PREPARED TO GO.
QUEBEC VALUES CHARTER
http://www.nosvaleurs.gouv.qc.ca/en#rules
http://www.bill613.com/news/five-great-reactions-to-the-charter-of-quebec-values/
SUNNEWS PICTURE
Of course, Aislin of the Montreal Gazette had this excellent cartoon (tete carree is a derogatory term for the English – squareheaded):
Quebec
Premier Pauline Marois receives the tables Charter of Quebec values
from Minister Responsible for Democratic Institutions and Active
Citizenship Bernard Drainville at the legislature in Quebec City,
Tuesday, Sept. 10, 2013. (Jacques Boissinot / THE CANADIAN PRESS)
Read more: http://www.ctvnews.ca/canada/march-in-protest-of-quebec-values-charter-to-hit-montreal-today-1.1454721#ixzz2esCeO3Kr
By Andy Radia | Canada Politics – Wed, 11 Sep, 2013-yahoonews
That's the message from Salam Elmenyawi of the Muslim Council of Montreal,
after Quebec's Parti Quebecois government introduced details, Tuesday,
about their Values charter which would essentially bar any public
employee from wearing 'overt' religious symbols in public institutions."The government says, that this is a bill for unity, but in fact this
is a bill that divides Quebecers and creates divisiveness and attacks
diversity," Elmenyawi, whose group represents over 40 Islamic
institutions in the Montreal area, told Yahoo Canada News."Nobody is united under this bill except of course...the Jews,
Muslims and Sikhs. We're going to be united in a very crowded courtroom
to challenge this bill if it ever becomes a law."Elmenyawi says his group has already consulted with human rights
lawyer Julius Grey and are ready to fight the proposed Charter in the
courts arguing that it's contradictory to Canada's Charter of Rights and
Freedoms.
He says if the PQ government uses the notwithstanding clause — to override the Canadian Charter — they'll take their battle to the United Nations."If the Canadian courts cannot address this issue, we will go directly to the United Nations," he said."The UN Human Rights Tribunal have said clearly you cannot discriminate based on religion."In the meantime, Elmenyawi is working with other groups in organizing a series of public rallies to protest the PQ plan. The first one is planned for this Saturday, in Montreal at noon -- they're hoping to draw over 20,000 people.The Muslim Council is pleased that all federal party leaders spoke out against the Charter on Tuesday. Quebec Liberal leader Philippe Couillard joined the chorus of disgruntled politicos on Wednesday."What we're dealing with is a Charter that will only create controversy and squabbling," Couillard said."The role of the government is to unite people rather than divide people."Let's not make Quebec an instrument of discrimination. I'm asking the government to retract on this issue."The PQ did get one significant nod of support on Wednesday.According to the Globe and Mail, representatives from the Syndicat de la fonction publique et parapublique du Québec (SFPQ) — which represents 42,000 provincial civil servants — said the new rules were a long time coming."We are for the neutrality of the state," union president Lucie Martineau said after a press conference in Quebec city."People can (practise their religion) outside working hours. The state is secular."The latest poll — released Tuesday but conducted before details of the Charter were released — claims that the majority of Quebecers feel the same way as Martineau and the PQ.The poll, conducted by Leger Marketing, suggests that 66 per cent of Quebec residents support the secularization plan.
QUEBEC VALUES CHARTER
http://www.nosvaleurs.gouv.qc.ca/en#rules
http://www.bill613.com/news/five-great-reactions-to-the-charter-of-quebec-values/
SUNNEWS PICTUREOf course, Aislin of the Montreal Gazette had this excellent cartoon (tete carree is a derogatory term for the English – squareheaded): March in protest of Quebec values charter to hit Montreal today
Quebec
Premier Pauline Marois receives the tables Charter of Quebec values
from Minister Responsible for Democratic Institutions and Active
Citizenship Bernard Drainville at the legislature in Quebec City,
Tuesday, Sept. 10, 2013. (Jacques Boissinot / THE CANADIAN PRESS)
The Canadian Press
Published Saturday, September 14, 2013 7:19AM EDT
Published Saturday, September 14, 2013 7:19AM EDT
MONTREAL -- Organizers of a multicultural protest against Quebec's
proposed charter of values are hoping thousands of people will hit the
streets in Montreal today.Members of the Muslim, Sikh, native and Jewish communities have said
they will join the march against restrictions on the wearing of
religious symbols in the public service.The plan unveiled by the Parti Quebecois government earlier this week has sparked a heated debate.
This illustration provided by the Quebec government displays the types of religious symbols that will no longer be permitted in the workplace under the proposed values charter.While opinion polls indicate there is some support for the charter, mainly in the province's outlying regions, opponents have called it discriminatory.Adil Charkaoui, a spokesman for the Quebec Collective Against Islamophobia, has said the noontime demonstration is only one of several planned actions against the proposed charter.The government wants to forbid Quebec's public employees from wearing conspicuously visible religious symbols -- including hijabs, turbans, yarmulkes and larger-than-average crucifixes.Premier Pauline Marois says the move is necessary so the public service presents a neutral face.
This illustration provided by the Quebec government displays the types of religious symbols that will no longer be permitted in the workplace under the proposed values charter.While opinion polls indicate there is some support for the charter, mainly in the province's outlying regions, opponents have called it discriminatory.Adil Charkaoui, a spokesman for the Quebec Collective Against Islamophobia, has said the noontime demonstration is only one of several planned actions against the proposed charter.The government wants to forbid Quebec's public employees from wearing conspicuously visible religious symbols -- including hijabs, turbans, yarmulkes and larger-than-average crucifixes.Premier Pauline Marois says the move is necessary so the public service presents a neutral face.
Quebec values charter protest hits Montreal streets
Faith groups uniting against PQ proposal
The Canadian Press
Posted: Sep 14, 2013 8:01 AM ET
Last Updated: Sep 14, 2013 3:17 PM ET
Demonstrators take part in a protest against Quebec's proposed
Values Charter in Montreal on Saturday Sept. 14, 2013. (Ryan
Remiorz/The Canadian Press)
More than a thousand people are marching through the streets of Montreal Saturday afternoon to denounce Quebec's proposed charter of values.Many of the protesters gathered in Place Émilie-Gamelin
were wearing head coverings in defiance of the PQ's move to ban overt
religious symbols in Quebec schools, hospitals and elsewhere in the
public realm.
Hijabs, turbans, yarmulkes and larger-than-average crucifixes all fall under the proposed ban, which was unveiled by the Marois government earlier this week and which sparked a heated debate in Quebec and across Canada.Noman Safdar, a 24 -year-old Muslim from Montreal, held up a sign that read: "Multi-faith gathering for peace.""This is a time for all religions to come together for what they believe in, " said Safdar, an engineer."You can't go and impose things on people like this."Another protester, Salma Ahmed, a 17-year-old high school student who wears a headscarf, said the proposed law is a violation of religious freedoms.She said she's concerned it will affect her career choices and those of her classmates."We're all really worried at school, " said Ahmed, who came to the rally with friends who also wear headscarves.
Once over a thousand protesters had gathered, the crowd began the 2.2-kilometre walk to Place du Canada.
David Ouellette of the Centre for Israel and Jewish Affairs said
prior to the protest that it's unlikely any Jewish group will attend. "This demonstration was clearly planned without taking into account
the participation of our community since it's Yom Kippur, which is the
holiest day in the Jewish calendar," he said. Ouellette said his organization will avoid street demonstrations and
try to talk directly to the government about its concerns over the
charter.-With files from CBC-
Hijabs, turbans, yarmulkes and larger-than-average crucifixes all fall under the proposed ban, which was unveiled by the Marois government earlier this week and which sparked a heated debate in Quebec and across Canada.Noman Safdar, a 24 -year-old Muslim from Montreal, held up a sign that read: "Multi-faith gathering for peace.""This is a time for all religions to come together for what they believe in, " said Safdar, an engineer."You can't go and impose things on people like this."Another protester, Salma Ahmed, a 17-year-old high school student who wears a headscarf, said the proposed law is a violation of religious freedoms.She said she's concerned it will affect her career choices and those of her classmates."We're all really worried at school, " said Ahmed, who came to the rally with friends who also wear headscarves.
Once over a thousand protesters had gathered, the crowd began the 2.2-kilometre walk to Place du Canada.
Proposed charter discriminatory: opponents
While opinion polls indicate there is some support for the charter, mainly in the province's outlying regions, opponents have called it discriminatory.Adil Charkaoui, a spokesman for the Quebec Collective Against Islamophobia, has said Saturday's demonstration is only one of several planned actions against the proposed charter.Still, members of some religious groups have questioned the timing of today's demonstration.
A
diagram from the charter of Quebec values website illustrates what
would be banned religious symbols for public employees. (Government of
Quebec)
Muslim community leader says they’ll fight Quebec’s Values Charter on the streets, in the courts and at the UN
He says if the PQ government uses the notwithstanding clause — to override the Canadian Charter — they'll take their battle to the United Nations."If the Canadian courts cannot address this issue, we will go directly to the United Nations," he said."The UN Human Rights Tribunal have said clearly you cannot discriminate based on religion."In the meantime, Elmenyawi is working with other groups in organizing a series of public rallies to protest the PQ plan. The first one is planned for this Saturday, in Montreal at noon -- they're hoping to draw over 20,000 people.The Muslim Council is pleased that all federal party leaders spoke out against the Charter on Tuesday. Quebec Liberal leader Philippe Couillard joined the chorus of disgruntled politicos on Wednesday."What we're dealing with is a Charter that will only create controversy and squabbling," Couillard said."The role of the government is to unite people rather than divide people."Let's not make Quebec an instrument of discrimination. I'm asking the government to retract on this issue."The PQ did get one significant nod of support on Wednesday.According to the Globe and Mail, representatives from the Syndicat de la fonction publique et parapublique du Québec (SFPQ) — which represents 42,000 provincial civil servants — said the new rules were a long time coming."We are for the neutrality of the state," union president Lucie Martineau said after a press conference in Quebec city."People can (practise their religion) outside working hours. The state is secular."The latest poll — released Tuesday but conducted before details of the Charter were released — claims that the majority of Quebecers feel the same way as Martineau and the PQ.The poll, conducted by Leger Marketing, suggests that 66 per cent of Quebec residents support the secularization plan.
