Anger at Quebec's anti-protest law spreads beyond tuition

[CrunchyCon]

Anger at Quebec's anti-protest law spreads, drowns out tuition talk

By: Jonathan Montpetit, The Canadian Press

MONTREAL - The unpredictable nightly protests that helped spur a government crackdown have largely been a Montreal-only affair — until now.

Since Premier Jean Charest passed a law last week limiting protests in the province, defiant demonstrations have popped up in cities not known as hotbeds of activism.

Small groups from Granby, south of Montreal, to Jonquiere, north of Quebec City, have joined Montrealers in taking to the streets with pots and pans to protest Bill 178.

Their message is clear: This conflict is not just about tuition anymore.

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[Edward Kennedy]

Separate from the mental disease carriers NOW...put a wall around keebec,then shut the gate and let them stew in their own sewage.

[CrunchyCon]

Separate from the mental disease carriers NOW...put a wall around keebec,then shut the gate and let them stew in their own sewage.

I think the Quebec government has gone too far. Recalling some of the peaceful protests in which I use to participate with Randy Hillier and the LLA, as well as with the pro-life movement, this is exactly the type of law the government would love to use against conservatives exercising their freedoms and rights.

[Jean]

Yup! First they go after the students, then after the artists, then after the unions.. and before you know it, they go after you!

Freedom of speech is for everyone, not just those we agree with.

[Edward Kennedy]

Yup! First they go after the students, then after the artists, then after the unions.. and before you know it, they go after you!

Freedom of speech is for everyone, not just those we agree with.

Looks good on em, they voted the jackals in, let them suffer what they are responsible for.