Protesters opposed to nuclear power infiltrate Quebec premier’s office building

QUEBEC – Four protesters have managed to infiltrate the building housing the office of Quebec Premier Jean Charest.

The Greenpeace activists are protesting against nuclear power.

They have chained themselves up inside the Honore Mercier building by the legislature, where the premier’s office is. Charest is travelling in Toronto and isn’t in the building.

The protesters are spreading their anti-nuclear message in advance of the one-year anniversary of Japan’s earthquake, which prompted global fears of a catastrophe at the Fukushima plant.

In Quebec, the provincial government is now deciding whether to refurbish the Gentilly nuclear facility, near Trois-Rivieres; the facility produces only a tiny fraction of Quebec’s energy.

The protesters say that if it’s this easy for them to penetrate the premier’s office, how can the government possibility guarantee that it can keep the nuclear site safe.

National assembly security guards are now considering ways to expel the protesters without using force.

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