10/25/2018
Many QS supporters and members feel our party's position on wearing of religious symbols compromises our standing as a party of social justice.
In the face of racist attacks on Québeckers in minority religious communities, QSVN members have voted to support a resolution from the Rosemont association calling on QS's leadership to re-evaluate our stance.
Here is the resolution in English:
1. Considering the declaration of principles which states that "it is essential to strengthen the fight against racism",
2. Considering that the program adopted at convention does not indicate occupations for which the wearing of religious symbols would be prohibited, and that it is therefore less restrictive than the recommendation of the Bouchard-Taylor report on the subject,
3. Considering that proposing the prohibition of the wearing of religious symbols for anyone only prolongs a false debate on secularism which aggravates an already tense situation,
4. Considering that the party's feminist positions are guided by an intersectional perspective of systemic discrimination experienced by racialized or marginalized girls and women,
5. Considering, finally, that a clearer anti-racist stance is needed in order to better root ourselves within racialized communities, which is particularly necessary to consolidate the gains made in the last elections,
It is requested that the CCN,
1. in accordance with our program, revises its position accordingly, and defends without compromise the right of all to express their religious convictions, as already guaranteed by the secularism of the State, the Charters of Rights and Freedoms of Quebec and Canada , the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, and the Universal Declaration of Human Rights,
2. or failing that, put on the agenda of the National Council of December 2018 a debate at the end of which a new position could be democratically adopted in wait of a final debate at convention.
