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Over 200,000 Students Protest Tuition Hikes in Quebec

HeadlineMar 23, 2012

Tens of thousands of students rallied in the Canadian province of Quebec on Thursday in the largest demonstrations so far in a strike against planned tuition hikes. The government plan would increase tuition by 75 percent over the next five years. The largest rally came in Montreal, where a massive crowd of around 200,000 students took to the streets.

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