The ASSÉ student group has come out against the PQ’s Charter of Values.
The group has issued a statement calling the charter a “smokescreen” that aims to “hide austerity measures” adopted by the PQ government.
The statement was approved by a majority of members at a meeting of the student group Sunday.
Spokesman Justin Arcand said in an interview that the delay in setting a position was the result of the fact that many regional associations had yet to receive votes from their members until now.
The group said that they will oppose Marois and all austerity measures in the next provincial election.
They would not divulge what measures they plan to take to express their opposition to the PQ. However they have scheduled a rally against the charter and its “underlying racism” on March 21 and another larger protest on April 3, likely just days before a provincial vote.
The ASSÉ group is best known as one of the key participants in the red square student protest movement of 2012 under the name CLASSE, led by then-leader Gabriel Nadeau-Dubois.
The group, formally known as the Association pour une solidarité syndicale étudiante, represents 50,000 CEGEP and university students in 25 academic institutions in Quebec. It was considered the furthest left of the three main groups involved in the student protests of 2012.
-With a file from The Canadian Press
