Protest or block party? 10,000 Canadians take to the streets (PHOTOS)
May 27, 2012 09:59
Demonstrating in Canada does not necessarily mean clashing with riot police. Some 10,000 protesters on the streets of Montreal proved it by turning a Saturday march into a free-spirited festival resembling the world-famous Love Parade.
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Scott (unregistered)30.05.2012 13:18
Jacob (unregistered) wrote in #10
The title of the article is not really honest journalism. This is in the Province of Quebec, and the matter of student tuition is a provincial issue, not a federal one. The "Rest of Canada" and 75% of Canadians are not involved with this.
How is this not "honest journalism"? According to basic geography, Québec is still considered part of Canada. Thus people living in Quebec may rightly be called Canadians.
As the number of demonstrators increase and the scope of unrest widens the Canadian government levels will run out of jails and arrest processing capacities. At that point, there is only one solution: To empty the jails and make room for the police and government officials to be inaugurated in former jails as their safe houses with maximum security that their earlier freedoms could no longer provide.
The title of the article is not really honest journalism. This is in the Province of Quebec, and the matter of student tuition is a provincial issue, not a federal one. The "Rest of Canada" and 75% of Canadians are not involved with this.
In bully’s universe (unregistered)27.05.2012 18:37
The oppressive regimes of government in Canada will probably pass an anti-festival law and if that doesn’t stop the demonstrators then they pass boob-alluring law.
Now imagine if some of the people were paid by outsiders to hurt people and then blame it on the cops. Then outside media comes in and takes photos of the deceased, and write "genocide" on their front page news. That's exactly what is happening over there, yeah you know where.
Stay on the Path (unregistered) wrote in #1
Watch for the waterdown effect! Do NOT allow protests to be turned into a hedonist burning man party. This will destroy the message. Stark reminders are a little shocking and unnerving, but sometimes necessary. This is not a party. Do not allow it to be stolen from your midst by the temptation to party up.
Did the 60's teach us nothing??? Keep the discipline!
The social movement has gained a lot of strength from these festive protests. The big media has tried to depict students as dangerous "anarchist rioters" for the last 3 month, as a way to justify a draconian anti-protest bill. A few pots & pans made a huge difference, as working people and regular folks who are fed up with the lies and corruption of the government make noise in increasing numbers in small towns outside Montreal.
First, I had to say that I'm a french-speaking Quebec'er. It started as an movement of protest against the university tution increase fee.But now, journalist all around the world need to know that those protesters are angry against the corrupted Governement (IMHO, it's not the ruling party that is more corrupted than the others, but both parties that ruled for the last 40 years). The Quebec governement is totally broke, kind of like Greece.The debt is 250 Billions $CAD for a small population of 7 Millions.The reason Quebec is not in default, it's because of the Canadian constitution that transfert money from rich provinces to the poor one.Quebec is the worst managed provinces, with ineffective and costly social services.The province is at the bottom of charts in liberties of all kind, including economical freedom.The governement is big and control too much % of the economy.The taxes are the highest. People are angry against a bad governement.Their solution: A BIGGER GOVERNEMENT! Fren ch quebecers are emotive and don't understand basic economics.
Watch for the waterdown effect! Do NOT allow protests to be turned into a hedonist burning man party. This will destroy the message. Stark reminders are a little shocking and unnerving, but sometimes necessary. This is not a party. Do not allow it to be stolen from your midst by the temptation to party up.
Did the 60's teach us nothing??? Keep the discipline!
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Scott (unregistered) 30.05.2012 13:18
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In bully’s universe (unregistered) 27.05.2012 18:37
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RMB 27.05.2012 11:41
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Stay on the Path (unregistered) 27.05.2012 11:11
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