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Premier-designate François Legault says his position on barring some government workers from wearing religious symbols is supported by two other Quebec parties. And he cites the Bouchard-Taylor Commission as evidence of a consensus in Quebec.

“I had a clear mandate, and it’s the consensus of Quebecers and Bouchard-Taylor,” Legault told an interviewer soon after his Oct. 1 election victory.

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“We have three parties out of four at the National Assembly that agree with this ban,” the Coalition Avenir Québec leader added at the Francophonie summit in Armenia this week, referring to the Parti Québécois and Québec solidaire and leaving out the outgoing Liberals.

But a closer look at party positions and Bouchard-Taylor recommendations tells a more nuanced story about how state neutrality should be achieved.

Legault’s proposal would target judges, Crown prosecutors, police officers, prison guards and teachers wearing symbols such as the Muslim hijab, Jewish kippah and Sikh turban.