Quebec mayor whose citizens rejected Muslim cemetery won’t reintroduce project
MONTREAL — There are no plans to use a new Quebec law in order to reintroduce the Muslim cemetery project in Saint-Apollinaire, the town’s mayor said Monday, a day after voters rejected the proposal in a referendum.
People in the community of 6,000 southwest of Quebec City are stressed and tired after being solicited on the issue for months, Bernard Ouellet said.
“I’m not ready to embark my citizens on another experience like this again,” he said in an interview.
A proposal to establish the Quebec City area’s first Muslim-run cemetery necessitated a referendum after enough people came forward to oppose the project.