Again an english speaking newspaper which says bill 21 in Quebec is outright xenophobic without even trying to understand where it comes from and why the majori

Again an english speaking newspaper which says bill 21 in Quebec is outright xenophobic without even trying to understand where it comes from and why the majority supports it... The Quebec has a long history with religions dating from the beginning of the colony. In the 20th century, we had a long period of conservatism that we called the Grande Noiceur (the great darkness: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grande_Noirceur https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grande_Noirceur) during which the religion and the government were acting together against the interest of the population (think about censorship, fear based policies, mandatory brain washing of children, etc). This resulted in an important delay in the economic and cultural development of the province. This period ended abruptly in the 60s with the Quiet Revolution (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quiet_Revolution https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quiet_Revolution) where the Quebecers outright rejected the oppressive religion and conservatism that hold us back for so many years. We are now an open and very progressive society with strong values like woman/man equality. Now you can understand why everything related to religions is very sensitive as it brings bad collective memories from years of oppression and abuses. Some symbols (think burka) are seen as a threat to our collective values and we want to do something about it. Maybe our approach isn't perfect, but saying that we are just a bunch of racists is just acting in bad faith and it won't help us evolve as a society.