The following University of Waterloo professors are available to discuss the Quebec Charter of Values
WATERLOO, Ont. (Wednesday, September 18, 2013) – The following University of Waterloo professors are available to discuss the Quebec Charter of Values:
Emmett Macfarlane (Professor, Political Science)
Phone: 519-888-4567 x38397
"The proposed Charter of Quebec Values is plainly unconstitutional, and is unlikely to survive a Charter of Rights challenge in court."
David Seljak (Professor, Religious Studies)
Phone: 226-747-5812
“Quebec society faces particular challenges. It hopes to sustain a modern, democratic, prosperous society that maintains a connection to its unique heritage as a francophone, pluralistic society. The proposed Quebec charter of values is filled with contradictions and paradoxes. It supposed to be the cornerstone of an open and participatory society that is faithful to its past while it promotes xenophobia and suspicion.”
François Paré (Professor, French Studies)
Contact through Media Relations
“The proposed Quebec Charter of values reflects a long-standing unease among Quebec Francophones about the Canadian concept of multiculturalism, especially when it is presented as a dogma. But, the grandstanding and outrage displayed in the English Canadian media about the Charter seem a bit too virtuous and theatrical to me, and also betrays a great deal of anxiety about the future of Canadian society as a whole”
Doris Jakobsh (Professor, Religious Studies)
Contact through Media Relations
“Citizens of a free, multi-cultural and multi-religious society should not be forced to choose between their religious convictions and their active participation in public life.”
