Quebec Charter of Values
bill 60 in the Canadian province of Quebec
The Charter of Quebec Values (French: Charte des valeurs québécoises [ʃaʁt de valœʁ kebekwaz] or Charte de la laïcité [ʃaʁt də la laisite]) was Bill 60 in the Canadian province of Quebec, introduced by the governing Parti Québécois in 2013 under Premier Pauline Marois, trying to legislate the Quebec controversy on reasonable accommodation. The PQ cabinet member forwarding the bill was Bernard Drainville, Minister responsible for Democratic Institutions and Active Citizenship. Premier Marois also threatened invoking the notwithstanding clause of the Constitution of Canada to pass the Charter in 2013. There was much controversy in Quebec and elsewhere about the charter, especially its proposed prohibition of public sector employees from wearing or displaying conspicuous religious symbols.
The proposal would have included the following provisions:
Amend the Quebec Charter of Human Rights and Freedoms
Establish a duty of neutrality and reserve for all state personnel (including state-funded education and health care workers).
Limit the wearing of conspicuous religious symbols for said personnel.
Make it mandatory to have one's face uncovered when providing or receiving a state service.
Establish an implementation policy for state organizations.
The PQ had a minority government; Marois called an early election to obtain a greater vote of confidence. The political objective of the PQ was to foster an alliance between seemingly opposing groups, the traditionalists and the progressives, in order to facilitate the emergence of a new type of majority.
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Place names and jurisdictional language are key evidence: both can reveal earlier catalogue descriptions and overlooked record series. The source revision retrieved here is dated Aug 13, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q14920621. 1 of 1 selected statements include explicit references; 1 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank. The first chronological checks are 2013.
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