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QUEBEC — With the Legault government putting the finishing touches on legislation to abolish school boards and elections, a new poll shows the vast majority of English-speaking Quebecers are very attached to them.

And overall, a majority of Quebecers — 55 per cent — do not want to see the Coalition Avenir Québec government abolish them.

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Conducted by Léger Marketing for the Quebec Community Groups Network (QCGN), the poll reveals 82 per cent of anglophones are attached to their boards.

Of the 72 school boards in Quebec, nine are controlled by the English-speaking community.

The CAQ campaigned saying if elected it would abolish all the boards, replacing them with service centres. The centres would have essentially the same responsibilities and be governed by boards of directors made up of delegates of parents, teachers and community leaders appointed by various organizations and schools.