ASS student group preps for spring anti-austerity protests

Militant student organization ASS is promising a multitude of "disruptive actions" for the coming weeks if the Couillard government pushes forward with its austerity measures.

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ASS spokeswoman Camille Godbout told The Canadian Press that seeing as protests and petitions have done little to sway the government, protesters will take "other steps."

She accused the government of ransacking public services in the province and destroying decades of social progress.

The student organization is holding a conference this weekend in Montreal to discuss its action plan for the months to come.

ASS has already announced a province-wide protest on April 2 at Square-Victoria in Montreal.

The website for an organization called Printemps 2015 a reference to the student protests of 2012, which were called "le printemps rable," or Maple Spring says a number of "disruptive actions" are planned between Feb. 23 to March 27.

The website is also keeping a tally ofthe student associations at Quebec CEGEPs and universities that have pledged to boycott classes this spring.

The group, of which ASS appears to be a leading member, is also organizing weekly anti-austerity protests beginning March 21.