Quebec protesters explain why they march
from the Montreal Gazette:
Luc Séguin, 54, labour relations worker, father of a high school student
Since 1995, the government cut taxes to industries and the rich, so the proportion they pay is minimal compared to what a middle class family earning $100,000 pays its us thats taking the hit, and will continue forever to pay. Bill 78 is an anti-democratic law designed to muzzle the population. ... To put an end to the strike, the Liberals have to sit down and negotiate in good faith, and not like they did the last time, making an agreement, then announcing in the newspapers theyve succeeded in screwing the students.
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Gabrielle Girard, 20, student in education at Université du Québec à Montréal, on strike since Feb. 23.
Were here to fight the tuition hike, but also the manner in which the Charest government has handled this. Its three months weve protested in the streets, and the government wont talk to us. ... I say either Charest finally talks to students, or he has to call an election to end all of this. Elections or negotiations. Otherwise, theres no way out.
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Samuel René de Cotret, 27, Masters student in physics at Université de Sherbrooke
Were here to protest the tuition hikes and Bill 78, a totalitarian law that serves nothing but to inflame the tensions. And also to protest against several of the Charest governments decisions that were taken unilaterally that dont favour Quebec, but do favour private interests. .... The corruption of the Charest government concerns me, and I want elections to be called so we can clean house.
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Yoann Deguire, 17, clerk at Canadian Tire
Im here because I want to go to school, Im against the tuition hikes, and Im against Bill 78, that suppresses the right to freedom of expression and the right to demonstrate. A rise in tuition hikes doesnt just affect students, it affects all of society. .... When you close the doors to a school, you open the doors to a prison.
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