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Quebec Unites to Defend Christmas Amid Controversy

8/9/2025

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Quebec's legislature made a bold statement by unanimously passing a motion to defend Christmas, led by Minister Christopher Skeete. This decisive action came in response to the Canadian Human Rights Commission's controversial claim that Christmas exemplifies systemic religious discrimination linked to Canada's colonial past, igniting a passionate debate in Quebec City on June 1, 2023.

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Quebec's legislature made a bold statement by unanimously passing a motion to defend Christmas, led by Minister Christopher Skeete. This decisive action came in response to the Canadian Human Rights Commission's controversial claim that Christmas exemplifies systemic religious discrimination linked to Canada's colonial past, igniting a passionate debate in Quebec City on June 1, 2023.