Tuesday, May 22, 2012

RAW 250,000 Massive Montreal Rally marks 100 days of Student Protests






VANCOUVER -- A call for British Columbians to support Quebec students on the 100th day of their strike attracted only a small gathering in Vancouver Tuesday, while tens of thousands of people marched in downtown Montreal in defiance of a law declaring such protests illegal....


...B.C. students pay higher tuition than Quebecers attending post-secondary schools in their own province — a yearly average of $4,852 compared to $2,519. Quebec’s fees are the lowest in the country, where the national average for tuition at public post-secondary institutions is $5,366....


Tens of thousands (click here) of demonstrators have filled the streets of Montreal to mark 100 days since protests began against a planned rise in student tuition fees.