This week, Pauline Marois’s provincial Parti Quebecois government is set to reveal its proposed Quebec Charter of Values. This will be a set of rules applying to all public employees, including teachers, hospital employees and daycare educators. Ostensibly, the goal of the charter is simple: to establish who is boss …
The below article in Le Drapeau Rouge; i felt it was well worth translating and sharing with you all. At least in its newspaper, the Revolutionary Communist Party (the canadian one, not the Avakian outfit in the u.s.) is providing welcome leadership in opposing the rise of racism in Quebec, …
Well, you know what i think: this is a white stain on the Quebec trade union movement, certainly not the first and certainly not the last. In the present context it is clear that arguing for a “ban on religious symbols” is at best riding the wave of racism for …
Here is an excellent statement on the racist “reasonable accommodation” hearings in Quebec, from Montreal’s Immigrant Workers Centre: Whose Reasonable Accommodation ? The debate raised in Quebec on ‘reasonable accommodation’ is built on a number of false assumptions about the relationship between majority groups (‘we’) and minorities (‘they’) and what …
On Tuesday night i was one of a hundred people who gathered on the ground floor at the Palais des Congres conference center to protest against the racist reasonable accommodation hearings being held there (on the third floor) that night. (i would have posted about this earlier, but have been …
::::::::::::::::::::NO TO RACISM, XENOPHOBIA AND SEXISM!Denounce the racist Bouchard-Taylor CommissionSolidarity across borders, not “reasonable accommodation”::::::::::::::::::::: — PICKETS AND SPEAK-OUTS —TUESDAY, November 27, 6pm&THURSDAY, November 29, 6pm– in front of the Bouchard-Taylor Commission at the Palais de Congrès, corner of Viger and de Bleury– by metro: exit at metro Place d’armes; …
Pauline Marois: white woman on a mission On October 18 Parti Quebecois leader Pauline Marois proposed a new piece of legislation, Bill 195, the “Quebec Identity Act.” This piece of legislation would create two classes of citizen within Quebec. You would have Canadian citizens, and then within this group you …
On September 28 Christine Pelchat of the Quebec Council on the Status of Women proposed that the provincial government forbid public employees from wearing religious clothing – not only the Muslim headscarf but also the Jewish kippa, though, surprise surprise, crucifixes on necklaces would be ok because they’re not immediately …
A network of individuals involved in various groups / organizations / collectives have been in discussion throughout recent weeks concerning the Quebec ‘debate’ on ‘Reasonable Accommodation’. This past weekend members of Al-Hidaya Association, Tadamon! Montreal, No One is Illegal, Solidarity Across Borders, Immigrant Workers Center and individuals met to discuss …
On September 28 Christine Pelchat of the Quebec Council on the Status of Women proposed that the provincial government forbid public employees from wearing religious clothing – not only the Muslim headscarf but also the Jewish kippa, though, surprise surprise, crucifixes on necklaces would be ok because they’re not immediately …