Tories can learn from PQ’s charter bungle

The charter-of-values saga features striking similarities to the nascent Conservative debate.
Former Parti Québécois premier Pauline Marois made the so-called values charter a centrepiece of her re-election platform and led the party back to opposition after only 18 months in power.
MONTREAL—Three years ago this fall, the Parti Québécois set out to affirm Quebec’s secular character through a so-called charter of values and the imposition of a secular dress code on the province’s public service. It was the sovereigntist party’s most ambitious identity-related project ...

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