Les Québécoises Say 'NON' to the Removal of the Crucifix from above the Speaker’s Chair in Parliament
Photo of M. Charest, the Premier of Québec, courtesy of the BBC. M. Charest said the crucifix will remain in Quebec's parliament. “The crucifix is about 350 years of history in Quebec that none of [us] are ever going to erase, and of a very strong presence, in particular of the Catholic Church”
BBC: The government of the Canadian province of Quebec has rejected a proposal to remove a crucifix from above the speaker's chair in the parliament.

Quebec Premier Jean Charest said the crucifix was related to 350 years of history that could not be erased.

The proposal was made in a report into how Quebec's French-Canadian - and traditionally Roman Catholic - population can accommodate minorities.

The report was commissioned to address a perceived identity crisis in Quebec.

'Reasonable accommodation'

Quebec has struggled in recent years as the birth rate of its white, French-Canadian population has fallen and immigration - much of it from Asia and the Middle East - has increased. Quebec Rejects Removing Crucifix >>>

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