Two English-language school and community groups are demanding the Quebec government backtrack on its decision to go ahead with school board elections despite the pandemic. The Quebec English School Boards Association (QESBA) and Quebec Community Groups Network (QCGN) both say Education Minister Jean-François Roberge sent a letter to officials Friday, announcing the election will be held on Dec. 19 and 20. The letter says the decision to hold elections was decreed on Nov. 11. Calling the decision to hold elections "absurd," Lamoureux said the government should, at the very least, allow unlimited access to mail-in voting to protect public. A spokesperson for the education minister, Geneviève Côté, said public health authorities have given the government the green light to hold elections.

Source: CBC News November 14, 2020 19:16 UTC