Students protest tuition hikes in Boucherville

About 200 students gathered in Boucherville Sunday to protest tuition hikes announced in the provincial budget. The Charest government is planning to raise university tuition fees by three hundred and twenty-five dollars a year for five years. The increases would raise tuition for Quebec students by over sixteen hundred dollars by the year 2017.
 
Students say they feel they are already doing their part. They also say the plan isn't enoughfor those struggling financially to support their education
A student demonstration in Montreal Thursday ended as riot police used stun grto break up the two thousand-strong crowd. Five people were arrested.