So I rarely watch the news. Not sure that's a surprise to those of you that know me. I am not sure if this is a law or being discussed.

Quebec wants to make wearing religious symbols illegal for jobs like teaching, daycare, police etc. . Like turbans, women's head coverings, and I I'm guessing crosses.

The night Robert F. Kennedy Jr. was shot and killed, my father got into a very animated discussion with some fellow Quebecois in Los Angeles.

He was a attending a professional conference and was staying in the same hotel (although a dozen floors above) the kitchen where Kennedy was murdered by a lone assassin. He didn’t know anything until the next morning. But earlier in the evening he had been to dinner with some fellow professionals from Quebec.

I feel compelled to discuss here this Quebec "values" charter that may seek to ban public servants from wearing "religious symbols" such as hijab, kippah, or crosses while working. 

Personally, I feel very sad and confused about this direction, if it truly reflects a common view in Quebec or the rest of Canada. Does it reflect our limits on truly embracing diversity?

I received a report to day from a museum I was connected with in Montreal, the Donald Stewart Museum. It is a museum in an old fort. It was founded almost entirely  by English-speaking Quebeckers, supported by them, and still depends heavily on the support of English-speaking Quebeckers.

Well is anyone else following the recent developments in Quebec politics.

Before the federal election the PQ were well ahead in the polls and poised to win the next provincial election.

However unknown to most the people of Quebec were not only unhappy with the Charest liberals, but the PQ the bloc, and the federal liberals and the Tories.

Thus we see the NdP sweeping Quebec. Today two more PQ members have left thhe particular. however this time one has also abandoned them for being too separatist.

 I still have a hard problem believing what happened last week in Quebec..

Last week end Cardinal Ouellet of Quebec denounced abortion, at a pro-life rally, even in cases of rape he answered when asked.