Opinion: Quebec's laïcité should be 'softer,' socially inclusive

Laïcité is a firmly established term in Quebec’s self-understanding, but there is a spectrum of ideas about what it means.
Lise Ravary argues for what we could call “hard” laïcité: “religions should be kept out of all state institutions” (“Laïcité can help block advance of political Islam” Oct. 23). In explaining her position, she says many Quebecers are afraid of “more Islam” in public institutions (i