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Quebec to extend religious symbols ban, outlaw university prayer rooms in new bill

MONTREAL – The Quebec government will table a new bill this week to strengthen secularism rules in the province, including a ban on prayer rooms in colleges and universities.

The bill, to be tabled Thursday, will deliver on the government’s promises to prohibit prayer in public places, and to extend the province’s religious symbols ban to daycare workers.

It would also impose conditions for government funding of private religious schools, including that they not teach religion during classroom hours.

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