Concordia experts speak out on the provincial election

Several Concordia experts have already commented on the Quebec provincial election, which was called yesterday. Should Jean Charest be reelected, he will be the first premier to receive a fourth mandate since Robert Bourassa. Bruce Hicks, who teaches in the Department of Political Science, compares the two men’s approaches to the student crises they encountered while premier: iPolitics and Yahoo News. Daniel Salée, a professor in the School of Community and Public Affairs, explains that even if Pauline Marois is not talking about it, sovereignty remains a main goal of the Parti Québécois: Bloomberg. Travis Smith, a professor in the Department of Political Science, was on a panel on CJAD Radio on August 1. The panel discussed how the political parties will court the Anglophone vote.