A Quebec government website shows on the left examples of what religious symbols will be approved and, on the right, what will be banned.

MONTREAL – Samira Lebali could soon be facing a difficult choice between her religious faith and her job.

The province of Quebec wants to ban public employees from wearing "conspicuous" religious symbols, including the hijab, turban, kippa and large crosses.

The rule would apply to every government worker, including teachers, doctors and police as part of the Parti Quebecois government's proposed "Charter of Quebec Values" announced this week.

Not everyone is in favor of the proposal, however. More than 40,000 demonstrators, including representatives of the Muslim, Sikh, Jewish and First Nations communities, attended a march Saturday against what some are calling "The Charter of Shame," Montreal Gazette and La Presse newspapers reported.

Lebali, who wears a hijab and works at a daycare in the city of Laval, just north of Montreal, said she's still in shock over the proposal.

She can't imagine the charter will actually become law, and says she would be forced to quit if it did.

"My veil is part of my identity and I can't take it off," Lebali, a 40-year-old mother of three, said in an interview during a work break. "Right now I'm worried, of course, but I also think we'll find a solution."