Agreement in principle reached between Quebec and highway patrol officers

An agreement in principle has been reached between Quebec and highway patrol officers regarding the renewal of their collective agreement.

The agreement was reached on Thursday evening between the Fraternité des constables du contrôle routier du Québec, which represents 300 members, and the Conseil du trésor, supported by Contrôle routier Québec, an agency affiliated with the Quebec auto-insurance board(SAAQ).

In fact, this is not the first tentative agreement between the parties. A first tentative agreement was reached last April, but it was rejected by 53 per cent of the members.

Negotiations had to resume after the Fraternity surveyed its members to find out what had caused dissatisfaction with the first agreement.

In an interview on Friday, Fraternity President Jean-Claude Daignaul