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<span class="date-display-single">Fri, 03/08/2012</span> </div>
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<div class="glw-authors">By <span class="glwnews-article-location"><a href="/taxonomy/term/1147">Roger Annis</a></span></div><div class="field field-type-filefield field-field-image">
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<p>Thousands of protesters took to the streets of Montreal on August 1. The protests came the day after the call for an election in the Quebec province by the Liberal Party government of Quebec Premier Jean Charest.</p>
<p>Quebec has been rocked this year by a large student strike against a propsed tuition fee hike and huge street demonstrations. In response, the Liberal government introduced the draconian Law 78, which severely restricts the right to protest.</p>
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