RAW 250,000 Massive Montreal Rally marks 100 days of
Student Protests
May 22, 2012- Montreal, Quebec, This is what an estimated
250,000 student protesters looks like from the air, Protesters defy
Anti-protest bill 78 and mark the 100th day of student protests! Called the
Single biggest act of civil disobedience in Canadian history = 1A May 22,
2012- MONTREAL - A protest that organizers are describing as the single
biggest act of civil disobedience in Canadian history choked the streets of
downtown Montreal. "By 3:30 p.m., a little more than 90 minutes after the
marches began to snake their way through downtown Montreal, CLASSE, which
would later estimate the crowd at about 250,000, described the march as "the
single biggest act of civil disobedience in Canadian history. Montreal
police, refuse publicly to estimate crowd size." 2A=
May 22, 2012, On Day 100 of Quebec student strikes, Montreal protest goes
international
Parallel events were being organized Tuesday in New York, Vancouver, Calgary
and Toronto. In France, a few hundred people, including many Quebecers,
congregated near Paris' famous Notre Dame Cathedral.
Organized by the Occupy Wall Street movement and by the group Strike
Everywhere, the first New York event was designed to raise awareness about
the Quebec protests while the second was about opposing anti-protest laws
all over the world. 3A=May 22, 2012- Massive Montreal rally marks 100 days
of student protests
Carrying signs, chanting slogans and wearing the iconic student movement's
red felt square, most protesters followed a pre-approved route submitted to
police, as required by Quebec's new protest law.
CLASSE said Monday it would direct members to defy Bill 78, Quebec's
emergency legislation.
The special law was adopted last Friday, suspending the winter semester and
imposing strict limits on student protests. Organizers have to submit their
itinerary to authorities in advance, or face heavy fines.
CLASSE leader Gabriel Nadeau-Dubois said the special legislation goes beyond
students and their tuition-hike conflict.
"We want to make the point that there are tens of thousands of citizens who
are against this law who think that protesting without asking for a permit
is a fundamental right," he said, walking side-by-side with other protesters
behind a large purple banner.
"If the government wants to apply its law, it will have a lot of work to do.
That is part of the objective of the protest today, to underline the fact
that this law is absurb and inapplicable." 4A=May 22, 2012 - Quebec
opposition says emergency law is a flop
'The premier has lost control of the situation'—Parti Québécois leader
Pauline Marois
Quebec's opposition parties have taken aim at the Charest government for
failing to restore order in the streets of Montreal, charging that its
controversial emergency law, Bill 78, is not working.
"We gave him the tools that he asked for last Friday, and yet, all weekend,
we saw what happened," said Legault. "I don't think the people in the
streets are against the tuition hikes."
The Parti Québécois, opposed to the emergency law from the start, said the
legitimacy of the Charest government is now at stake.
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