Division is growing in the Quebec Liberal ranks on religious schools [Video]

Another Liberal MNA, Désirée McGraw, has joined her colleagues Elisabeth Prass and Frédéric Beauchemin in dissent on the issue of funding for religious schools following their party’s about-face.

“It’s clear that all religious education must be funded by parents or other private means. In short, you can subsidise private religious schools without subsidising the teaching of a religion,” wrote McGraw on X. “I am therefore not in favour of ending subsidies to public schools, whether religious or not, as long as they comply with the Ministry of Education’s curriculum and respect government standards.”

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Last week, during a debate on a Parti Québécois motion calling for an end to funding for denominational schools, Liberal MNA Marwah Rizqy said her party’s position had changed: “We now believe that we must stop funding religious schools in Quebec,” she said.

Marguerite-Bourgeoys MNA …