Students Take to the Streets

Around 30,000 students from across Quebec marched through the streets of Montreal on November 10th to protest the tuition hikes planned by the Charest government.

Both participants in the rally and student union representatives agreed that while the march sent a clear message – it was the largest student action by far since the 2005 province-wide student strike – that alone it will not cause Quebec Premier Jean Charest to back down. While most people were understandably vague about what would come next, the crowd erupted in cheers when a representative from the Association pour une solidarité syndicale étudiante (ASSE) called for an unlimited general student strike this winter.

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