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http://www.facebook.com/OccupyCanada May 22, 2012- Montreal, Quebec, This is what 250,000 student protesters looks like from the air, Protesters defy Anti-protest bill 78 and mark the 100th day of student protests! Called the Single biggest act of civil disobedience in Canadian history 05/22/2012 PHOTOS : http://live.montrealgazette.com/Event/Protests_on_Day_100_of_the_Quebec_student_conflict?Page=0 May 22, 2012- MONTREAL - A protest that organizers are describing as the single biggest act of civil disobedience in Canadian history choked the streets of downtown Montreal. "By 3:30 p.m., a little more than 90 minutes after the marches began to snake their way through downtown Montreal, CLASSE, which would later estimate the crowd at about 250,000, described the march as "the single biggest act of civil disobedience in Canadian history. Montreal police, refuse publicly to estimate crowd size." Crowd number source: http://www.montrealgazette.com/news/Thousands+take+streets+100th+strike/6661077/story.html#ixzz1vdbjshYj May 22, 2012, On Day 100 of Quebec student strikes, Montreal protest goes international Parallel events were being organized Tuesday in New York, Vancouver, Calgary and Toronto. In France, a few hundred people, including many Quebecers, congregated near Paris' famous Notre Dame Cathedral. Organized by the Occupy Wall Street movement and by the group Strike Everywhere, the first New York event was designed to raise awareness about the Quebec protests while the second was about opposing anti-protest laws all over the world. source: http://www.winnipegfreepress.com/canada/on-day-100-of-quebec-student-strikes-red-river-of-protest-runs-through-montreal-152640335.html Montreal Protests: Anti-Protest Bill 78 Passes 'worst law' since War Measures Act Video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vBNnshW_jmY May 22, 2012 Crowd Photo: http://instagr.am/p/K8GBkeSCGs/ Montreal Livestream: CUTV Live Recordings http://www.livestream.com/cutvmontreal May 22, 2012- Massive Montreal rally marks 100 days of student protests Carrying signs, chanting slogans and wearing the iconic student movement's red felt square, most protesters followed a pre-approved route submitted to police, as required by Quebec's new protest law. But encouraged by the more hardline CLASSE student group, a minority of protesters broke off from the main crowd in a symbolic defiance of Bill 78. CLASSE spearheaded Tuesday's march, aided by Quebec's largest labour federations. The province's two other main student groups, FEUQ and FECQ, also rallied their supporters. CLASSE said Monday it would direct members to defy Bill 78, Quebec's emergency legislation. The special law was adopted last Friday, suspending the winter semester and imposing strict limits on student protests. Organizers have to submit their itinerary to authorities in advance, or face heavy fines. CLASSE leader Gabriel Nadeau-Dubois said the special legislation goes beyond students and their tuition-hike conflict. "We want to make the point that there are tens of thousands of citizens who are against this law who think that protesting without asking for a permit is a fundamental right," he said, walking side-by-side with other protesters behind a large purple banner. "If the government wants to apply its law, it will have a lot of work to do. That is part of the objective of the protest today, to underline the fact that this law is absurb and inapplicable." source: http://news.ca.msn.com/local/montreal/massive-montreal-rally-marks-100-days-of-student-protests-2 May 22, 2012 - Quebec opposition says emergency law is a flop 'The premier has lost control of the situation'—Parti Québécois leader Pauline Marois Quebec's opposition parties have taken aim at the Charest government for failing to restore order in the streets of Montreal, charging that its controversial emergency law, Bill 78, is not working. "We gave him the tools that he asked for last Friday, and yet, all weekend, we sa...