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Law 78 not used

From arretezmoiquelquun.com

A demonstration in Montreal on Tuesday to mark 100 days of class boycotts over tuition was calmer than expected. Though some estimate crowds in the hundreds of thousands, Montreal Police arrested just over 100 people.

They did not—as was widely reported this morning—use a new law, 78, that makes demonstrations of more than 50 people illegal if organizers haven’t submitted an itinerary at least eight hours in advance to police.*

CLASSE, the most vocal student group behind the protests, also known as the “student strike,” refused to tell police of its plans.

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