MONTREAL — The Quebec government has tabled new legislation that would introduce broad new restrictions on religious practices in public and private spaces.

On Thursday, Secularism Minister Jean-François Roberge said the bill is part of Quebec’s decades-long process of secularization. “This is how we live in Quebec, and this is how we're going to continue to live,” he said.

Here are five things to know about Quebec’s new secularism bill.

No more public prayer

The new legislation would ban “collective religious practice” on public roads and in parks, except for events that are authorized on a case-by-case basis by municipalities. The move comes in response to Muslim prayers taking place during pro-Palestinian demonstrations, which Roberge called a “provocation.” People could be fined fo

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