I disagree with Buccaneer to the extent that Quebecois are less Catholic than even France. The Anglophone Montrealers certainly never were Catholic, and they are in numbers that surprised me (almost half of Montreal). But Quebec City and the Eastern townships are Catholic.
To answer Alex’s specific questions, most liberal Catholics in any nation no longer attend church, so it’s not a matter of being denied communion. Really, how strange is it that the issue even exists that people are saying, “We’re Catholic, we just don’t believe in Catholic values,” and the bishops are saying, “No, you’re not!”
Alex, have you ever heard of a Protestant denomination refusing communion to anyone?
But yes, in fact, the Catholic NDP guy from Quebec prior to the last election was actually denied communion. We’ll see how many are this time.
Don’t forget, there’s a sizable English minority in the Eastern Townships. I also knew a couple of guys at university from Shawinigin who were as Anglo as they come. Shawinigan is one third English.
Not a chance of that happening in some Protestant churches. I've been to services where, on the way in, there's a table where you pick up two plastic containers of the type Chinese take out places use for soy sauce; one with a wafer, the other with grape juice. Then you hang on to them for an hour until it's time to "serve yourself."