Hours after Quebec Premier Pauline Marois declared that student unrest is “behind us,” thousands of protesters took to the streets of Montreal to denounce a planned three-per-cent tuition fee hike. At least 10 arrests were made Tuesday as some protesters hurled snowballs and bottles at riot police.
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The Quebec government will propose small annual increases to university tuition during its ongoing education summit, an event called to help calm last year's student crisis.
Quebec's opposition is accusing the new Parti Quebecois government of planning to turn the province's schools into political assembly lines for churning out supporters.
