University Political Science: Liberalism in Canada Article Review

This report reviews the article "A Tale of Two Liberalisms? Attitudes toward Minority Religious Symbols in Quebec and Canada" by Turgeon et al. The article examines the complex relationship between liberalism and the restrictions on religious symbols, particularly in Quebec. The authors argue that proponents of these restrictions often frame their arguments in terms of liberal values like gender equality and state neutrality, but the study investigates the differing attitudinal consequences of holding liberal values in Quebec versus the rest of Canada. The review highlights the article's exploration of the Charter of Quebec Values and its impact on religious minorities. The report emphasizes the significance of liberalism as a tool for ensuring equal treatment and protection of rights for all citizens, irrespective of their religious beliefs, as highlighted by the authors' research and findings. The report concludes that the government must take steps to ensure liberal rights and equal treatment for all citizens, as emphasized in the article.

Running head: LIBERALISM IN TODAY’S WORLD
Liberalism in Today’s World
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Canada is one of the most well-known countries in the world itself. The country
comprises people from different religious and ethnic backgrounds itself. However, in the
recent times, several regions of the country have been facing problems regarding religion.
This is because the Government is placing restrictions on the minority religious symbols in
the country. This has led to the followers of such religions calling for liberalization in the
country itself. As a result of this, this essay will explore the theme of liberalization itself in
the country itself.
The purpose of this essay is to review the article on the subject matter of
liberalization in the country of Canada and that of Quebec itself.
When the concept of liberalization is referred to the readers themselves, it is said that
the readers are of the opinion that the liberalization deals with the subject matter of making
liberal measures regarding the human rights and in the concept of equality which is the right
for every human being themselves.
“Such doubts are not unwarranted; there is growing evidence that far-right parties in
Europe have co-opted the language of gender equality and liberal values in order to
legitimize anti-immigration and anti-minority positions (Betz and Meret, 2009; Mayer,
2013).” (248)
However, the authors of this articles points out the matter of restrictions placed on the
followers of the minority religious symbols in the region of Quebec itself. The authors have
provided several explanations for the causes of these restrictions which have been imposed
on the people of the region. One of the main reason for this is the fact that people of one
culture do not like the people of other cultures. This is what has happened in the region of
Quebec.

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“In this regard, liberalism is arguably similar to other political ideologies, such as
patriotism, nationalism or regionalism, in which the specific impact of the ideology has
been shown to be context dependent (Billiet et al., 2003; Ceobanu and Escandell, 2008;
Citrin et al., 2012).”
The authors goes on to inform the readers about the various reasons why the concept
of liberalization is important for the people of the country itself. The authors have also
conducted various kinds of research to find about the areas which are most affected by these
restrictions of liberalization itself. The study accurately points out the region of Quebec for
the problems of restrictions of liberalization itself. This is mainly because of the Charter of
Quebec Values which was launched in the year 2013 by the Government of Quebec itself.
From these points mentioned by the authors of the article, it can be said by the
re4adferts that the liberalization is indeed one of the most important topics in the wold itself.
It is this liberalization which can be used by the people to get their demands fulfilled. This is
what the authors mentioned in the article itself.
From the above discussions, it can be stated that liberalization can be the tool which
can help the religious minorities in Quebec to be treated equally by the people of the country
itself. The Government must be taking steps to make sure that the all people, irrespective of
their religious beliefs needs to be given liberal rights and needs to be treated equally. This is
what the authors of the article have emphasized in the article itself. Hence there lies the
significance of the article itself for the readers themselves.

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Reference List
Turgeon, Luc, Antoine Bilodeau, Stephen E. White, and Ailsa Henderson. "A tale of two
liberalisms? Attitudes toward minority religious symbols in Quebec and Canada." Canadian
Journal of Political Science/Revue canadienne de science politique (2018): 1-19.