Quebec election commentary - August 6, 2012

Daniel Salée, a professor in the School of Community and Public Affairs, comments on the public perception of the Plan Nord and how it might affect the election in iPolitics.

Jacques Duchesneau announced his candidacy as the representative of Coalition avenir Québec (C.A.Q.) in the riding of St-Jerome. Bruce Hicks, who teaches in the Department of Political Science, thinks that the announcement of this new star candidate came at the right time for the C.A.Q.: The Huffington Post and The St. Paul Journal. Hicks was also on CBC News Now with Heather Hiscox and discussed the impact of the student protests over the tuition hike on the election.