Quebec

Once again: ‘Prayer is not dangerous’

Quebec bishops quick to condemn Legault’s threat to ban public prayer

Anna Farrow · August 29, 2025

Quebec Premier Francois Legault is once again promising to introduce a bill banning prayer in public, responding to a recent spate of mass Islamic prayer gatherings in the province.

Hotel cancels Quebec March for Life booking

Luke Mandato · June 3, 2025

After its first-annual pro-life banquet dinner was cancelled by Delta Hotels Quebec following threats from pro-choice activists and movements just three days before the city’s March for Life, Quebec Life Coalition is now looking to adapt how it operates future events in the face of ongoing local push back.

Analysis

New Quebec values draw line between church, state

Anna Farrow · May 28, 2025

Quebec’s Roman Catholic bishops and other religious leaders have sharply rejected turning the secularization of the province into an excuse for activist exclusion of religious faith.

Is this Quebec's last Way of the Cross?

Hard turn toward secularism could affect Easter tradition

Anna Farrow · April 11, 2025

Christians in Quebec will be taking to the streets on Good Friday, April 18, to follow behind a Cross and witness to their faith in Jesus. However, they will do so under a curious political shadow: open discussions around the possibility of forbidding public prayer.

Quebec laws key issues in federal campaign

Questions asked on language and identity bills

Anna Farrow · April 10, 2025

The consensus seems to be that Quebecers, like Canadians in general, are far more focused on the impact of U.S. tariffs on the Canadian economy than on the typical concerns that usually dominate a federal election cycle.

Real estate corp created to manage Montreal Church properties

Anna Farrow · April 1, 2025

The Archdiocese of Montreal has created a non-profit entity to help to match the real estate assets and financial needs of Catholic parishes with the needs of the local community.

Quebec MAiD growth outpaces all others

'Explosive growth'

Anna Farrow · February 26, 2025

A Quebec report on end-of-life care reveals that the province is in a class of its own when it comes to euthanasia, though the rest of Canada is not far behind.

Way cleared to challenge Quebec’s Bill 21

Laicity law appeal to be heard by Supreme Court

Anna Farrow · January 29, 2025

After a nine-month wait, organizations contesting Quebec’s Bill 21 learned on Jan. 23 that the Supreme Court of Canada (SCC) will hear their case.

Quebec defies Canadian law on MAiD directives

Quinton Amundson · November 6, 2024

Quebec began accepting advanced requests for assisted suicide on Oct. 30, and the federal government has pledged not to stand in the Francophone province’s way.

Bloc bills are an ‘attack’ on people of faith

Christian group warns bill repealing religious speech protections would be ‘devastating’

Quinton Amundson · April 11, 2024

The president of a global Christian persecution watchdog is sounding the alarm over multiple bills tabled by Bloc Québécois MPs calling for repeal of religious speech protections outlined in the wilful promotion of hatred and anti-Semitism sections of the Criminal Code.