Concessions under fire at Quebec hearings

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It seems that Quebec workers are tired of double standards and accommodations for various groups, I wonder if if workers in other provinces would have the courage to do this, some people wouldn't sign it for fear of 'repercussions'. I bet they have a right to be afraid of that too.

http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/sto...2/TPStory/Front

Federal workers blast political correctness - Concessions under fire at Quebec hearings

BILL CURRY September 12, 2007

GATINEAU, QUE. -- Federal bureaucrats are calling for a crackdown on open displays of religion in government workplaces, using a provincial commission yesterday to outline their concerns.

Ottawa is being drawn into Quebec's explosive debate over "reasonable accommodation" for minorities, as several public servants in this government town condemned concessions being made in their workplace.

Christiane St-Laurent, an administrative assistant who works in one of the federal public0service buildings in Gatineau, listed several examples yesterday of how her office has become too politically correct.

Appearing on the second day of hearings at a Quebec commission on reasonable accommodation, Ms. St-Laurent said Quebec was right to build a secular society by removing all signs of Catholicism from public institutions such as hospitals and schools.

"The problem is that secularism is one-dimensional," she told the commission. "We took Catholicism out of our lives, but left all this room for all the other religions." cont....