Student protestors to challenge Liberals

Quebec University and CEGEP student associations plan to take a role in an attempt to unseat the Liberals.

In a report by the Montreal Gazette, the FEUQ and FECQ announced on Thursday that they will target a dozen seats won by the Liberals in the 2008 provincial election. These seats were won with a narrow margin. They said that if more students vote in those ridings then the Liberals could lose those seats.

The CLASSE meanwhile announced it does not support any party even though some may share their demands on certain points.

Quebec’s most militant student will meet in Quebec City over the weekend to decide its plans for the election campaign.

Quebecers could go to the polls as early as September 4th although no election call has been made yet. Premier Jean Charest is counting on a silent-majority to win another mandate in a future election.

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