Crucifix will stay in Quebec's National Assembly, CAQ says
QUEBEC — The incoming Coalition Avenir Quebec government says it has no intention of removing the crucifix that hangs behind the Speaker’s chair in the legislature.
Simon Jolin-Barrette, a spokesman for the transition team, said Tuesday there is no contradiction between the new government’s plan to impose strict secularism rules on certain public servants and its desire to maintain the crucifix.
He says the crucifix, which has hung in the national assembly since 1936, is part o
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