University of Montreal expansion announced

According to the CTV, the University of Montreal will be beginning new construction.

Finance minister Raymond Bachand announced Monday that the federal government would fund the $350 million project. The new campus would be located in the abandoned CP rail yard in Outremont.

Plans for a new library as well as student housing are part of the project. However up to 70 percent of the deal is for scientific equipment said Bachand.

The news was not greeted well by students who protested outside city hall. A line of police officers stood between the protesters and the building.

Students are insulted that the decision was made during the provincial wide tuition strikes that are ongoing.