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François Legault’s government is not ready to lead a conversation about secularism in Quebec.

That’s what Gérard Bouchard, one of the co-authors of Quebec’s 2008 report on reasonable accommodation, said Friday after a panel discussion organized by Le Devoir.

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“There are people in this government who arrived not entirely prepared and who are learning, right now, that Mr. Legault may have gone a bit far,” said Bouchard, the sociologist who presided over the Bouchard-Taylor Commission.

“Now (Legault) will take the time to revise his positions. That’s why I’m not being too critical (of the Coalition Avenir Québec government). As they say, we’ll see. We’ll see.”

Bouchard spoke before a packed house at the Musée des Beaux Arts Friday night.

In particular, Bouchard says he took exception to the CAQ referring to his report to justify firing kindergarten teachers and civil servants for wearing religious symbols on the job.