SoVote

Decentralized Democracy

Whip of the Bloc Québécois Member of the Board of Internal Economy

Claude DeBellefeuille

  • Member of Parliament
  • Whip of the Bloc Québécois Member of the Board of Internal Economy
  • Bloc Québécois
  • Salaberry—Suroît
  • Quebec
  • Voting Attendance: 67%
  • Expenses Last Quarter: $109,425.78

  • Government Page
Context: House Hansard - 299 - Apr/15/24
Mrs. Claude DeBellefeuille (Salaberry—Suroît, BQ)
  • Apr/15/24 2:44:31 p.m.
  • Watch
Mr. Speaker, Prime Minister Attal told Quebeckers that they are not alone in their efforts to defend secularism. France has banned religious symbols for people in positions of authority since 1905. Belgium, Norway, Denmark and several German states are doing the same. I would like to quote the Court of Justice of the European Union: “In order to put in place an entirely neutral...environment, a public administration may prohibit the visible wearing...of any sign revealing...religious beliefs”. Is the European Union discriminatory too, or is it just Quebeckers?
92 words
  • Hear!
  • Rabble!
  • star_border
Context: House Hansard - 299 - Apr/15/24
Mrs. Claude DeBellefeuille (Salaberry—Suroît, BQ)
  • Apr/15/24 2:41:56 p.m.
  • Watch
Mr. Speaker, French Prime Minister Gabriel Attal spoke at the Quebec National Assembly on Thursday. A worthy representative of the land of the Enlightenment, he delivered a spirited defence of state secularism, which both the French and Quebeckers hold in high esteem. France, like Quebec, prohibits government employees in positions of authority from wearing religious symbols. France's legislation goes even further than Quebec's Bill 21, which this Prime Minister wants to take to the Supreme Court on the pretext that it is discriminatory. Did the Prime Minister tell France that he finds it discriminatory, or does he reserve his contempt for Quebeckers?
104 words
  • Hear!
  • Rabble!
  • star_border