PQ to lower the voting age if elected

If elected to government, the Parti Québecois plans to lower the voting age to sixteen years old.

The PQ also plans to adopt citizen-led referendums in Quebec.

These are just two of a series of plans adopted by the delegates of the provincial opposition party at this weekend’s meeting in Montreal.

The young are among the strongest supporters of the PQ’s sovereignty movement.

The proposal of the citizen-led referendum means that there could be a referendum if fifteen percent of the population was to vote for one on any topic.

This also goes for future referendums on Quebec’s independence.

Pauline Marois is now the official PQ leader after weeks of rumors that former Bloc Quebecois leader Gilles Duceppe might replace her.

Duceppe has announced last week that he was not going to return to active politics after he was accused of mishandling public funds.

The PQ is still third in the polls, not far behind the Liberals, while the CAQ is still leading the polls.