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Photo gallery: Quebec’s Day of Action
This is what a really big protest looks like
On March 22, tens of thousands of Quebec students skipped classes to march in Montreal against a tuition fee hike of $1,625 over five years. Blogger Jacob Serebrin was there on the street. Check out the photos he snapped below, then read his take on what’s next for the student movement.
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- Many protesters carried Quebec flags
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- The protest stretched for three kilometres
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- Protesters filled downtown streets and sidewalks
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- Red squares of fabric are the symbol of the student movement
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- Some took issue with Quebec’s high taxes
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![For sale: one [education minister Line] Beauchamp and her plow](http://oncampus.macleans.ca/education/wp-content/uploads/P10101341-150x150.jpg "March 22 National Day of Action")
- For sale: one [education minister Line] Beauchamp and her plow
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- Protesters condemned fiscal management of universities
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- Some brought instruments; others improvised
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- Photo by Jacob Serebrin
What’s next for Quebec students?
Tuition hike protest is about more than just money
Photo by Jacob Serebrin
Students gathered en masse Thursday to protest Quebec’s plan to increase tuition by $1,625 over the next five years.
It’s impossible to say exactly how many attended the Montreal march, but it was one of the largest ever. Estimates range from 50,000 to 200,000. CBC News described the march as being “considerably larger than the one at Montreal’s famous 1995 pre-referendum rally.” I personally watched protesters pass through one intersection for over half an hour with no end in sight.
The march was the latest in a series of escalating protests, including the province-wide student “strike” during which thousands of students have skipped classes, some for over a month.
But now that the sun has set on the March 22 Day of Action, the big question is, what’s next?
