While sitting on an outdoor patio in downtown Montreal Saturday night as the 26th consecutive protest against the Quebec Liberal government’s proposed tuition hikes marched by, bar patrons were treated to pepper spray from the City of Montréal Police Service. With the passing of Bill 78 on Friday, which made the
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From Orangutan: Video: Hello Montreal Police State,
While sitting on an outdoor patio in downtown Montreal Saturday night as the 26th consecutive protest against the Quebec Liberal government’s proposed tuition hikes marched by, bar patrons were treated to pepper spray from the City of Montréal Police Service. With the passing of Bill 78 on Friday, which made the
Continue readingFrom Orangutan: Video: Hello Montreal Police State,
While sitting on an outdoor patio in downtown Montreal Saturday night as the 26th consecutive protest against the Quebec Liberal government’s proposed tuition hikes marched by, bar patrons were treated to pepper spray from the City of Montréal Police Service. With the passing of Bill 78 on Friday, which made the right of Quebec citizens to protest subject to the conditions and controls exercised arbitrarily by the police, the Quebec student movement has further escalated.
The Jean Charest led government, incidentally, is also in the midst of a public-works contracts corruption scandal involving, among other factions, the Mafia.
Continue readingFrom Orangutan: Merci, Arcade Fire,
Thank you, on behalf of the millions of international supporters of the Quebec student movement, for wearing the iconic red square or carré rouge during your appearance with The Rolling Stones’ Mick Jagger on the May 19th episode of Saturday Night Live. Awesome.
Continue readingFrom Orangutan: Merci, Arcade Fire,
Thank you, on behalf of the millions of international supporters of the Quebec student movement, for wearing the iconic red square or carré rouge during your appearance with The Rolling Stones’ Mick Jagger on the May 19th episode of Saturday Night Live. Awesome.
Continue readingFrom Orangutan: Merci, Arcade Fire,
Thank you, on behalf of the millions of international supporters of the Quebec student movement, for wearing the iconic red square or carré rouge during your appearance with The Rolling Stones’ Mick Jagger on the May 19th episode of Saturday Night Live. Awesome.
Continue readingFrom Orangutan: Video: Young woman brutalized by Montreal police,
This happened on May 19, 2012, at the 26th consecutive protest in Montreal against the Quebec Liberal government’s proposed tuition hikes. With the passing of Bill 78 Friday, Premier Jean Charest suspended the democratic rights of all Quebecers, whose right to protest is now subject to the conditions and controls
Continue readingFrom Orangutan: Video: Young woman brutalized by Montreal police,
This happened on May 19, 2012, at the 26th consecutive protest in Montreal against the Quebec Liberal government’s proposed tuition hikes. With the passing of Bill 78 Friday, Premier Jean Charest suspended the democratic rights of all Quebecers, whose…
Continue readingFrom Orangutan: Video: Young woman brutalized by Montreal police,
This happened on May 19, 2012, at the 26th consecutive protest in Montreal against the Quebec Liberal government’s proposed tuition hikes. With the passing of Bill 78 Friday, Premier Jean Charest suspended the democratic rights of all Quebecers, whose right to protest is now subject to the conditions and controls
Continue readingFrom Orangutan: Please Sign the Document to Invalidate Bill 78,
On May 17, the Quebec Liberal government of Jean Charest filed Bill 78 in the National Assembly, ostensibly as an act to enable students to receive the education provided by the post secondary institutions they attend. Bill 78, however, calls into ques…
Continue readingFrom Orangutan: Please Sign the Document to Invalidate Bill 78,
On May 17, the Quebec Liberal government of Jean Charest filed Bill 78 in the National Assembly, ostensibly as an act to enable students to receive the education provided by the post secondary institutions they attend. Bill 78, however, calls into question much more. Quebec students have contested, for more
Continue readingFrom Orangutan: Please Sign the Document to Invalidate Bill 78,
On May 17, the Quebec Liberal government of Jean Charest filed Bill 78 in the National Assembly, ostensibly as an act to enable students to receive the education provided by the post secondary institutions they attend. Bill 78, however, calls into question much more. Quebec students have contested, for more
Continue readingFrom Orangutan: Good riddance, Line Beauchamp,
Thank you for resigning from your position as Quebec Education Minister and giving up politics Monday. Your decision makes the Quebec government just a little bit less corrupt, and, perhaps, just a little bit less incompetent. Best of luck to your repl…
Continue readingFrom Orangutan: Good riddance, Line Beauchamp,
Thank you for resigning from your position as Quebec Education Minister and giving up politics Monday. Your decision makes the Quebec government just a little bit less corrupt, and, perhaps, just a little bit less incompetent. Best of luck to your replacement, Michelle Courchesne, herself a former Quebec Education Minister, from
Continue readingFrom Orangutan: Good riddance, Line Beauchamp,
Thank you for resigning from your position as Quebec Education Minister and giving up politics Monday. Your decision makes the Quebec government just a little bit less corrupt, and, perhaps, just a little bit less incompetent. Best of luck to your replacement, Michelle Courchesne, herself a former Quebec Education Minister, from
Continue readingFrom Orangutan: To those who think free education means lower quality,
In Finland, Denmark, and Sweden, post-secondary education is free, and in the 2011 Global talent index of 62 countries, Finland, Denmark, and Sweden finished in second, third, and eighth positions respectively for the reputation and resources of their business schools and universities. In Denmark, in particular, not only is there
Continue readingFrom Orangutan: Dear Chilean Students,
Thank you for expressing your support for the college and university students that are currently striking in Quebec. I am happy that you too have criticized the neoliberal policies of the province’s Jean Charest government. I would also like to convey my gratitude, in particular, to Camila Vallejo (pictured), one
Continue readingFrom Orangutan: Canada’s Tiananmen Moments,
This is what police in Quebec are doing to striking students. I know that some people won’t like that I called this post “Canada’s Tiananmen Moments,” but by placing Quebec police brutality within a larger and even more disturbing context, I would hope that the violence against Quebec students stops, once
Continue readingFrom Orangutan: Dear Inspiring Students,
As the Quebec student strike continues, it was reassuring for me to learn Tuesday that over 60 per cent of postsecondary students across Canada would join a similar strike in their own province. This news comes from a survey of 2,200 globeandmail.com readers, taken between May 2 and 7, who expressed
Continue readingFrom Orangutan: Dear Quebec students,
As Martine Desjardins, president of the Fédération étudiante universitaire du Québec (FEUQ), said after the 22 hour negotiating marathon between Quebec student federations (which at last included La CLASSE) and the government, “This is not the end of the strike. It is the beginning of the end of the conflict.”
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