Quebec students protest again

Jul 242012

Court ruling on Loi 78 fails to deter demonstrators.

from Agence France Presse

MONTREAL, July 23, 2012 — About 15,000 Canadian students protested in Montreal on Sunday against rising tuition costs, with an eye toward rallying supporters against Quebec Premier Jean Charest in expected provincial polls. The protest at first was declared illegal under a controversial law enacted in the province to quell months of demonstrations over the tuition issue, as organizers did not make public their planned itinerary, but went ahead.

Yanick Gregoire, the vice president of one of the three main Quebec student groups, the FEUQ, said the protesters planned to head to Charest's offices in Montreal to denounce the fact that the tuition crisis "has not been settled."…

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