Members of the CAQ, including at least one minister, have voted in favour of a proposal calling for a complete ban on face coverings in public spaces.

The original resolution, presented by the youth wing at the party's caucus in Gatineau, Que. Saturday, called for stricter public security measures, including a ban on masked protests and on encampments in both public and private spaces.

But an amendment presented by youth wing member Benjamin Archambault, and receiving slim majority support from the party's members, goes even further by calling for a complete ban on face coverings in public.

"In a free and equal society, we cannot accept that certain women are hidden up to their eyes behind a veil," Archambault argued. "We already ask that faces be uncovered to get a passport, to pass an

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