Mass arrests: Over 700 Canadian protesters detained in police crackdown (VIDEO, PHOTOS)
May 24, 2012 14:39
Over 700 students have been arrested in Canada during the latest night of rallies against tuition fee hikes and the adoption of controversial bill that is widely seen as a tool to limit freedom of speech, association and assembly.
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Glen (unregistered)08.06.2012 18:39
BOB (unregistered) wrote in #15
Why isn't anybody protesting the NWO, and how UN/NATO is premeditating WWIII?......Does anyone out there know about Albert Pike, Manly P. Hall, Helena Blavatsky, Alice Bailey and the New Age Agenda that will be implemented through the UN?.....Sigh....Peop le are so deceived and will soon see their errors.
The Elites cause the PROBLEM then they wait for the sheoples REACTION, then they implement their SOLUTION! WHICH IS THE BEAST SYSTEM, AKA ONE WORLD GOVERNMENT AKA NEW WORLD ORDER!!!
Nobo dy is protesting the NWO because it does not exist you nut bar.
That makes sense. Instead of listening to the will of the majority, just arrest them all. The system works. Those protesters have the patience of lions. If someone tried to arrest me after 100 days of protesting they'd be in for one hell of a fight.
t-bagg (unregistered) wrote in #8
$250 per year! Wow, Canadians don't put up with nothin! Now when will these idiot legislators learn that if people are willing to protest for 100 days over $250 they may be willing to find out where these traitors live and picket outside of their homes!
---------- -------------------- -------------------- --------if only that where true sadly its only only the quebecers rest of canadians put up with everything.......... .... and FullStory your a waste person they have every right to protest as much as they want go read the consitution. as for non disruptive protest, what the fk is that?? thats not a real protest and allways ends up fading away with the protesters never getting what they want and cant achieve anything get real.
Montreal police also known as Canadian Gestapo used ‘Kettling’ which is surrounding demonstrators and cutting off their exits. The police scooped up many innocent bystanders as well as demonstrators. This tactic is against the Canadian constitution and the natural law because it results in a likelihood of arresting innocent people contrary to the due process. It also applies cornering and scooping those who want to express themselves through peaceful demonstrations, which is not a fair treatment, and is disproportional to their lawful acts of demonstration. It also violates the UN Articles of CCPR for a UNHR Special Rapporteur to visit the whole issue.
$250 per year! Wow, Canadians don't put up with nothin! Now when will these idiot legislators learn that if people are willing to protest for 100 days over $250 they may be willing to find out where these traitors live and picket outside of their homes!
The CDN GOV pledges $115 Milion/yr for a US war of the control of the Afghan Opium trade MEANWHILE raises tuition for middle class...ah, Corp Facsism truly is bliss it seems!
Simple Solution: Bring back from Afghanistan all those thousands of Canadian soldiers who are "honorably serving their country". With those savings (billions of dollars) education could even be free in Canada. If those soldiers want to enjoy a permanent vacation in Afghanistan, they should pay from their own pockets.
I think some people posting here are losing sight of the bigger picture. It doesn't matter whether you agree or disagree with them. They have a right to protest as citizens of this country. With views otherwise, it's no wonder we're so quickly following the footsteps of our cousins to the south. To comment on their protest, I think if our country was managed properly, education would be free. Our polititions in Canada are in bed with the elite and if we don't get ouract in gear and support each other, we won't have much of a chance when $hit hits the fan.
First of all, FullStory's post is full of lies and weak arguments. Quebec students pay more than 1% of their education, more like 15%.Second, indeed, there is only 30% of the student population on strike, but of those 70% that have finished their semester, not all of them are against the protest. In fact, it is more likely 50-50. What the poster fails to say is that the current party in power, the Liberals, have a majority, yet only obtained 42% of the votes in the previous election, with a turnout of less than 60% (protip, that's less than 30%). Finally, it is not because we pay the lowest fees that we should increase them, it should be something that we are proud of. The US have more gun murder than we do, should we give guns to more people in order to get closer to the average? Simplistic arguments like those are the only arguments made by those in favor of the hike...
This doesn't begin to cover what actually occurred. First, Quebec pays the lowest tuition in North America. Quebec government is hugely in debt. They want the students to go from paying 1% of the actual cost of their education to 3% of the cost of their education. This cost adjustment after DECADES of tuition freezes doesn't even account for tuition adjusted to inflation. The amount, less than $300 a year (2 semesters) for 7 YEARS. It does increase the cost of tuition by 75%. That number seems large but after the increase, tuition will be ~$4500 a YEAR. Student who are forced to be a part of students unions and pay dues. The MINORITY or students ~30% decided to strike (which is ridiculous; this is a boycott at best). The government passed legislation to enable those who did want to continue to goto class to do so. The following day when classes were to resume, protesters forcibly entered the classrooms and removed students and prevented those who have a right to education from that right. THIS is why they enacted the special legislation. No one has an issue with PEACEFUL non disruptive protests, in fact we encourage them. The legislation came about after the government let the protestors get out of control. They broke the law and now have to deal with the fact that every action has consequences. Had they not usurped the students right to continue classes this special legislation would not have been put in place. Just look, it took ~90+ days of protesting where no major government intervention took place, but the day after the students forcibly prevented others from exercising th eir rights the government stepped in as it should. It sucks that a few bad apples (NOTICE how I have been using the term protestor instead of student) have caused this to happen. Wake up people and stop believing all the propaganda.
Its class warfare, the elite 1% aka the oligarchs have gambled away the 99%ers money on the worlds largest "slot machine" aka the stock market. All their speculation (gambling) has emptied out all the banks. Now the same anglo-saxon imperialist nations who enjoy oppressing and enslaving people overseas will unleash their brute force on their citizens. "Western" civilization is in decline and their only hope is to start wars overseas in order to pillage and plunder nations to fill their bottomless stomachs.
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Glen (unregistered) 08.06.2012 18:39
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truth (unregistered) 26.05.2012 05:05
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Expatriate (unregistered) 25.05.2012 19:06
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t-bagg (unregistered) 25.05.2012 16:16
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FullStory_debunk (unregistered) 25.05.2012 03:02
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cardineau 25.05.2012 02:53
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FullStory (unregistered) 25.05.2012 02:04
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