PQ calls for truce in tuition dispute

PQ candidate Leo Bureau-Blouin is calling for a truce in the tuition dispute during the current provincial election campaign.

In a report by CBC News, the former FECQ leader said the truce would not silence the movement but would ensure a proper election campaign leading up to September 4th.

The PQ has stated that Liberals are using the tuition protest to “mask their record so far in the National Assembly.” After a relatively quiet summer supporters of the tuition movement demonstrated in downtown Montreal last Wednesday night leading to more than a dozen arrests.

Pauline Marois has said that if the PQ is elected into power, she would eliminate the scheduled tuition increases and cancel the controversial Bill 78.