Bill 62 is “unworkable” according to the UMQ

QMI agency

Saturday, October 21, 2017 10:42

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The Union of Quebec municipalities (UMQ) is considered to be “inapplicable to municipal services,” the bill 62 on religious neutrality, adopted this week at the national Assembly, and believes that the law will create “numerous ailments and problems.”

“The UMQ had advised the parliamentarians not to subject municipalities to the draft law on religious neutrality. Our priorities for action to promote the living together are totally elsewhere. What we want is to find solutions for a better integration of immigrants, a better management of diversity and greater inclusion,” said Bernard Sévigny, president of the UMQ and mayor coming out of Sherbrooke, in a statement released Friday.

The UMQ reiterates that the municipalities provide and manage many public services such as recreation, culture, sporting activities or even public libraries, day camps, and public transportation.

According to the UMQ, the municipal employees may find themselves in a position of “untenable” to enforce this law.

“The cities are in action to work on these issues with a different approach,” said Dr. Sévigny.

Last September, the UMQ has announced the establishment of a committee to work on the living together with representatives of its five caucus affinity, representing municipalities of all sizes, in all regions of Quebec.