Charte des valeurs: quatre visions s’affrontent | Denis Lessard | National

A good analysis of the various social/demographic groups and how they are positioned with the proposed Charter:

• Pure laine Catholics (29%)
• The tolerant believer (29%)
• The open laic (21%)
• The closed laic (21 %)

Charte des valeurs: quatre visions s’affrontent | Denis Lessard | National.

In terms of the PQ plans, appears some of the signals yesterday by Jean-François Lisée, PQ Minister for Montreal, were false as the government appears to be digging in its heels:

Parti Québécois: No quick compromises on values plan

Charte des valeurs québécoises – Signes religieux : le droit de retrait pourrait être restreint, dit Lisée

Lastly, a stronger legal analysis of Canadian jurisprudence on the proposed Charter by Daniel Proulx of Université de Sherbrooke, citing recent Supreme Court jurisprudence on conditions where the niqab can be worn in court. His rebuttal to the Henri Blum opinion (Charte des valeurs québécoises – Au sujet de la validité constitutionnelle):

La réplique › Charte des valeurs québécoises – Une Charte qui ne passerait pas le test