Comments on The Pensive Quill: Tuition, Protest and Bill 78: A View from Quebec

I hope I see Quebec in smart tuition reviews, beca...

2012-09-25T18:56:11.500+01:00

I hope I see Quebec in smart tuition reviews, because I really want to move to Canada due to all the good benefits, not like here in United States.

if Boston College was in Quebec the professors the...

2012-06-10T15:40:45.411+01:00

if Boston College was in Quebec the professors there would be calling for a stronger Bill 78

Thousands Rally in Toronto as Solidarity for Quebe...

2012-06-03T15:56:29.885+01:00

Thousands Rally in Toronto as Solidarity for Quebec Spreads Like Wildfire

Here is a link to a video on the protest marches i...

2012-05-28T20:01:49.946+01:00

Here is a link to a video on the protest marches in Montreal

http://www.buzzfeed.com/elisabeths2/viral-montreal-protest-video-5qsq

itsjustmacker, I was in London the day that Thatc...

2012-05-27T16:52:43.146+01:00

itsjustmacker,

I was in London the day that Thatcher resigned, it was a great day! I have also seen miners manifestations in London in the summer of 1984. in that summer, I was working in a French restaurant near trafalguar Square. This strike had a big impact on me. I dide my Ph D on a welsh miners families (1850-1900). I work on the village of Treherbert. Now, I work mainly on Northern Ireland, but still love to read about Wales.

For now the law 78 is a complete failure. Each night the number of people protesting is inceasing.

André Maggie Thatcher Done exactly the same with ...

2012-05-27T00:32:46.233+01:00

André

Maggie Thatcher Done exactly the same with the miners and their Unions, but, when she Brought the , "INFAMOUS" POLL TAX to England,Scotland , and, Wales, she did not have a clue as to the extent of the protests which happened, In those days She was Attributed to the NWO, "New World Order", those Laws you are all protesting about are NWO and Draconian, Basically it is saying, DO AS WE SAY, NOT AS WE DO, Every Student , Lecturer , Professor Should fight this law to your last breathe , Don't Forget, A Banner Like this can speak a Million Words to those trying to bring this law in, and it should say this, "We are your future", "The People voted you in" , "The People Can Vote You Out"

Andre, a very important protest against a very da...

2012-05-25T21:09:04.052+01:00

Andre,

a very important protest against a very dangerous bill.

André mon ami it sounds like another storming of t...

2012-05-25T20:04:02.581+01:00

André mon ami it sounds like another storming of the Bastille is reqd there.bon chance,shove the bastards in the st Lawerence..

The guardian has a article on the student strike a...

2012-05-25T14:51:34.228+01:00

The guardian has a article on the student strike and law 78.

http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/cifamerica/2012/may/24/quebec-truncheon-law-rebounds-student-strike

Marty, indeed it is a scary stuff. The good news ...

2012-05-25T14:47:55.771+01:00

Marty,
indeed it is a scary stuff. The good news though is that people aren't scared and still protest every night in the streets. At 8 pm every night, people are banging saucepan or taking the streets.

The bill 78 is a provincial law, so it's only applies to Quebec. But, Canada is now governed by a conservative party that is close to the american religious right. From a peacekeeper nation, Canada has become a warmonger nation.

Frankie, here is the french version: http://histo...

2012-05-25T12:24:32.454+01:00

Frankie,
here is the french version:

http://histoireengagee.ca/lactualite-en-debat-une-loi-scelerate-et-une-infamie/

This is indeed scary stuff and something I would e...

2012-05-25T09:45:06.871+01:00

This is indeed scary stuff and something I would expect from the brits,did they not try something similar here a couple of years ago with little but a whimper from qsf. I always thought that Canada with its strong French connection would have been to the fore in guarding human rights,which to me this bill is a major attack, a very scary post and it may be a warning to us all on this side of the big pond of what is to come,which is a further erosion of our ever decreasing civil liberties.

Anthony with respect where can I find the orginal ...

2012-05-24T22:56:14.240+01:00

Anthony with respect where can I find the orginal French version..? I'm fluent in French and my oldset daughter(she's a plastic half Irish & half French) wants to go to uni in Montreal this yr..

This is interesting.

Just to let you know, last night more than 600 hun...

2012-05-24T20:10:29.201+01:00

Just to let you know, last night more than 600 hundred people were arrested under this law for protesting in the streets of Montreal and Quebec.