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Metro MontrealA student group called the Force Étudiante Critique is planning a demonstration Monday morning at 11:30 a.m. at the Montreal courthouse.

They are demonstrating to protest against the four arrests related to last Thursday’s metro smoke attack bombings, according to CTV.

Little is known about this student group and their members are not made public.

The group issued searing attacks on journalists...

Posted by Audrey Folliot on May 14, 2012 in Article | 0 comments.

Quebec women reduced the earning gap by twenty-nine cents in 2011.

According to the latest Quebec Directory of Labor Statistics, the average hourly wage for men in 2011 was $22.81.

For women, it was $20.11, which creates a gap of $2.70 between the two.

This is ten percent lower gap than the $2.99 gap from 2010.

The institute has not investigated whether the Pay Equity Act has played a role in the narrowing of the female wage deficit, says the Canadian Press...

Posted by Audrey Folliot on May 6, 2012 in Article | 0 comments.

Student Protest - March 22 2012CLASSE voted to rejected the liberal government’s tuition increase proposal.

Quebec’s most militant student group voted at a weekend meeting in Quebec city.

CLASSE’s spokeswoman Jeanne Reynolds said the proposal did not really respond to their demands.

Premier Jean Charest proposed Friday to spread to tuition increase on seven years instead of five, and...

Posted by Audrey Folliot on April 29, 2012 in Article | 0 comments.

"Stop Hurting The Earth" Kid - Jour de la Terre | Earth Day 2012 - MontréalTens of thousands of people gathered downtown on April 22nd for the annual Earth Day rally. 

CBC said the crowd was so massive that even two hours after it began, people were still at the start, waiting to begin.

Many were there to demonstrate against Harper’s decision...

Posted by Audrey Folliot on April 22, 2012 in Article | 0 comments.

Student fees protest in MontrealQuebec Education Minister Line Beauchamp has announced that she is open to discuss university governance with protesting students.

Students all around Quebec have been protesting the planned tuition increases for ten weeks now. 

But Beauchamp said the tuition increases planned to take effect in September 2012 are not negotiable, CBC reports.

University...

Posted by Audrey Folliot on April 15, 2012 in Article | 0 comments.