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Thousands of people marched through the streets of Montreal withrenewed urgency on Thursday night following the breakdown of negotiations between the Quebec government and student leaders over theprovince's 3 -month-old student crisis. Protesters take to Montreal's streets on Thursday, the 38thconsecutive nightly demonstration sparked by a spike in studenttuition. Three separate marches of about 10,000 people convergedinto one about 10:15 p.m. ET. (CBC) Three separate main groups of demonstrators snaked through thecity's streets before joining up downtown. Once unified, the marchhad an estimated 10,000 people at its peak. As has been the norm since the city and province passed emergencylegislation on May 18 to cope with widespread protests over thestudent situation, Montreal police declared the marches illegal forhaving failed to file an itinerary eight hours ahead of time. Butsuch announcements have become largely pro forma, and the rallieswent ahead along Ren L vesque Boulevard, Ste. Catherine Street,Sherbrooke Street, St. Denis Street, de Maisonneuve Boulevard andother arterial roads. The 38th consecutive nightly protest was largely peaceful, althoughtwo people were arrested. At a march in Quebec City, police saidthey moved in to arrest several people for throwing projectiles atofficers. Frederic P pin, who supported the controversial tuition-fee hikesat the centre of the crisis, said he joined the Montreal"casserole" protest because he thinks the government made aterrible decision by not working harder to strike a deal with thestudent groups. "Personally, I'm very angry because I believe the government closedthe door on discussions," said P pin, an industrial engineer."It's the government's place to do something about it and that'swhy I'm here tonight." P pin said Charest should call an election to let the votersdecide on the tuition increases. Elsewhere In addition to Montreal and Quebec City, there were protestsThursday night in other Quebec communities, including a modestdemonstration in Rimouski and one in Gatineau. The protests over the past 3 months began as a revolt againstthe province's plans to hike university tuition by 75 per cent overthe next five to seven years, but have ballooned into a widersocial movement encompassing labour, environmental and socialjustice groups. The passage of Bill 78, Quebec's emergency legislation to try totamp down the demonstrations, has spurred the movement even more,bringing in tens of thousands of people to rallies. In recentweeks, many of those people have clanged pots and pans, or"casseroles," drawing on a South American protest tradition called cacerolazo. With files from The Canadian Press. I am an expert from bundy-tubes.com, while we provides the quality product, such as Freezer Tubes Manufacturer , China Condenser Tube, Refrigeration Tube,and more.
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