An independent committee is recommending extending Quebec's religious symbols ban to educators and administrators in subsidized daycares, while providing an acquired right.

The idea is one of 50 recommendations included in a report published on Tuesday morning, looking at ways of strengthening secularism in the province.

"It's a hefty report," said Guillaume Rousseau, one of two lawyers heading the committee, who specified that the recommendations are aimed not only at strengthening secularism but addressing concerns of people on the ground.

The committee, co-chaired by Rousseau and Christiane Pelchat, said it feels that banning religious symbols for daycare workers is necessary in light of testimonies it gathered and other findings it collected over the last six months.

The two lawyer

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