An investigation into a climate of fear at a Montreal primary school has reignited a debate about secularism in Quebec's education system.
An investigation into a climate of fear at a Montreal primary school has reignited a debate about secularism in Quebec’s education system, with the provincial government pledging to consider new measures to keep religion out of classrooms.
But critics say the focus on religion is a red herring that distracts from the fact authorities let the situation at Bedford continue for years without taking action.On Tuesday, Quebec Premier François Legault made his first comments on the affair in a social media post, saying he was “very shocked” by the “attempt by a group of teachers to introduce Islamist religious concepts into a public school.
The report found that teachers yelled at and humiliated students, and that some teachers didn’t believe in learning disabilities and attributed students’ difficulties to laziness. Subjects like science and sex education were either ignored or barely taught, and girls were prevented from playing soccer.The investigation revealed that most members of the dominant faction were of North African descent, and that teachers were influenced by the local mosque.
This week, that tone changed. On Monday, Parti Québécois Leader Paul St-Pierre Plamondon came out swinging, claiming there is a problem of “religious and ideological infiltration” in Quebec schools. Investigations are underway at three other Montreal schools. On Wednesday, Drainville said he was looking into a fifth school following the publication of a news report about parents of North African origin who have decided to remove their child from the school over concerns about Muslim religious indoctrination.After Bank of Canada’s oversized cut, is lower and faster the new pace?
Lampron said this week’s debate reminds him of Quebec’s reasonable accommodation crisis nearly 20 years ago, which was fuelled by public anxiety about minority groups. That crisis was driven in part by several incidents that received widespread media coverage, including accommodation for Muslim prayers at a traditional sugar shack, and a code of conduct for immigrants published in the hamlet of Hérouxville that was widely derided as Islamophobic.
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