The Mouvement laïque québécois (MLQ) or Quebec Secular Movement is a non-profit organisation whose goal is to defend and promote freedom of conscience, separation of church and state, and secularisation of public institutions.

It was founded in 1981 by parents who refused the biconfessionnal system of Catholic and Protestant.

In 1993 it established the Prix Condorcet

Prix Condorcet

Prix Condorcet was instituted in 1993 by the Mouvement laïque québécois to honour a public personality who had worked for the defense of secularity and freedom of thought...

, to honour a public personality who had worked for the defense of secularism

Secularism

Secularism is the principle of separation between government institutions and the persons mandated to represent the State from religious institutions and religious dignitaries...

 and freethought

Freethought

Freethought is a philosophical viewpoint that holds that opinions should be formed on the basis of science, logic, and reason, and should not be influenced by authority, tradition, or other dogmas...

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The Movement publishes Cité Laïque.