A bill to ban street prayers is being prepared by the Legault government.

The information, first reported by the “Journal de Québec,” was confirmed by The Canadian Press by a government source.

It is reported that there is “strong support from the CAQ caucus” for the measure.

The ban on street prayers will be one aspect of a bill whose broader objective is to strengthen secularism in Quebec.

Last December, Premier François Legault raised the possibility of banning street prayers.

“Seeing people kneeling in the street praying, I think we have to ask ourselves that question. I don’t think it’s something we should be seeing,” he said at the time.

In March, the government mandated a committee to make recommendations to strengthen secularism. However, the committee’s report, released this

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