The four medical faculties in Quebec held referendums this week on an unlimited general student strike. On Friday morning, l’Université de Sherbrooke, l’Université de Laval, l’Université de Montréal, and McGill University confirmed that their medical students had voted in favour of a strike mandate.

The results of the vote, however, show that the student community appears divided, or that some fear the reprisals stipulated in Bill 2 for concerted strike action. In Sherbrooke, 65.8 per cent voted in favour of a strike mandate, provided it is legal. Voter turnout was 75.5 per cent.

This mandate applies to the Sherbrooke, Saguenay, and Montérégie campuses, specified the General Medical Student Association of the University of Sherbrooke (AGÉMUS).

Related: • Quebec minister Lionel Carmant

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