Charter of Values of Quebec

Bill 60
Quebec National Assembly
"Charter affirming the values of State secularism and religious neutrality and the equality between women and men, and providing a framework for accommodation requests"
Citation	Bill 60
Territorial extent	Province of Quebec

The Quebec Charter of Values (French: Charte de la laïcité or Charte des valeurs québécoises) was a proposed bill in the Canadian province of Quebec, introduced by the governing Parti Québécois in 2013, under Premier Pauline Marois, trying to end the Quebec controversy on reasonable accommodation. The former PQ cabinet member responsible for the bill was Bernard Drainville, Minister responsible for Democratic Institutions and Active Citizenship. There was much controversy in Quebec and elsewhere about the charter, especially its proposed prohibition of public sector employees from wearing or displaying "conspicuous" religious symbols.

The proposal would have included the following provisions:

The bill died as of the 2014 election, which was won by the Quebec Liberal Party. Bill 60 was a contributing factor in the PQ’s loss of power. The Liberals were opposed to the legislation, although party leader Philippe Couillard pledged during the campaign to put forward a different set of measures on the reasonable accommodation issue.

The proposal was first announced on May 22, 2013. The Charter was officially proposed on September 10, 2013. The bill died on the order paper as of March 5, 2014.

The most controversial of all provisions seems to be about the restriction of the public sector employees from wearing or displaying conspicuous religious symbols.

According to the bill, relatively discreet items such as a finger ring, earring or small pendants bearing a religious symbol will be allowed, while more obvious items such as a kippah, turban, hijab, niqāb and larger crosses and religious pendants would be prohibited.

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