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Opposition members fear Thursday could be the last day of hearings on Bill 94, the Quebec government's proposal to impose a "you must show your face" rule which has drawn the ire of the province's Muslims.
"We're in the dark," admitted Justice Minister Kathleen Weil Wednesday, when asked whether the hearings would go ahead.
If Thursday is the last day, one of the last witnesses would be Andre Drouin, whose "life code," adopted by the Quebec village of Herouxville, was viewed as over the top because it informed newcomers that in Herouxville, population 1,338, they could not stone their wives.
Louise Beaudoin, the Parti Quebecois immigration critic, was the first to point out that the hearings, which she expected to continue for the three remaining weeks of the current session of the national assembly, had been cut short.