Quebec premier stays firm on secularism position despite calls for more action
QUEBEC — The recent shootings at a Quebec City mosque shouldn’t distract from the ongoing debate on religious accommodation, Premier Philippe Couillard said Tuesday.
Couillard said his government remains firm on its position that only people receiving or giving state services should have to do so with their faces uncovered.
The opposition is demanding he go further.
Couillard said the Jan. 29 shootings, in which six people were murdered and many others injured, shouldn’t lead politicians to take rights away from Muslims or other minorities.