By Henry McRandall
WRISEUP.COM
If the beleaguered but persistent supporters of the rapidly growing Occupy movement across the U.S. and Canada need a source of inspiration on some of their darkest days, they have no further to look than the predominantly French-speaking Canadian province/nation of Quebec.
For 105 consecutive days now, there have been daily mass protests in Montreal — and increasingly frequently in much smaller Quebec City as well.
And while the protests started out as simply a movement by Quebec university students to stop their provincial/national government from increasing tuition rates by 75 percent over the next five years, they have now evolved into something much, much greater.
The student leaders admitted as much when they told a press conference a couple of weeks ago: “This is no longer just about tuition rates. This is just the beginning of what will be a massive campaign to overhaul Quebec’s entire economic and social status quo.” read more »