Pierre Poilievre and the Conservatives plan to make Canada the freest country in the world if (ok once) they get into power.
  • felsiq@lemmy.zip
    4711·
    2 months ago

    I agree that everything else on the list was shit, but Quebec… banning religious symbols for public sector workers honestly sounds like a good idea to me as long as it’s fairly applied. If they use it to disproportionately target muslims or something and allow Christian shit, then yea I’d agree it’s bad - but a blanket ban on religion while you’re representing the government sounds great to me.

    • n2burns@lemmy.ca
      112·
      2 months ago

      Given the Quebec flag is covered in Christian symbols and still flies at government buildings, no it’s not being applied fairly.

        • n2burns@lemmy.ca
          7·
          2 months ago

          In addition to what @Openopenopenopen@lemmy.world said, if you look at the fleurs-de-lis wikipedia article, there’s a whole section titled “Religion and art”.

          There is an argument that, “The Fleurdelisé is more cultural than religious,” but separating those two is extremely difficult. IMHO, it’s pretty ethnocentric to think symbols like that have become so ingrained in our culture that they are no longer religious, while assuming symbols like hijab are purely religious.

        • Openopenopenopen@lemmy.world
          61·
          2 months ago

          I looked up the wiki article on the flag. It looks like it is a Christian symbol. At least according to the article.

          “The Fleurdelisé takes its white cross over a blue field from certain French flags of the Kingdom of France, namely the French naval flag as well as the French merchant flag. Its white fleurs-de-lis (symbolizing purity) and blue field (symbolizing heaven) come from a banner honouring the Virgin Mary;[6]