MONTREAL - Quebec's secularism minister says the province needs tighter rules to keep religion out of the education system — and even out of public places.

More than six years after the Quebec government passed its religious symbols ban, Jean-François Roberge will table new legislation Thursday that is set to include sweeping new restrictions on religious clothing, prayer and funding for confessional schools.

Speaking to reporters in Quebec City on Tuesday, Roberge said the province's secularism rules are due for an upgrade since the passage of Bill 21. "Quebecers have advanced since 2019, which means it is necessary to strengthen our model of secularism," he said.

Roberge said the bill will make good on his recent promise to ban prayer in public places. That move comes amid simmering t

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