On February 8 and 9, the Board of Trade of Metropolitan Montréal will hold the second instalment of its “Plan Nord” Trade Show, renamed the “Natural Resources Trade Show” to avoid reminding the public of its failed first attempt at such a trade show held on April 20, 2012 at the Palais des Congrès de Montréal, in the middle of the Québec student strike.
Many recall that on this day, the police brutally pushed and charged protesters who wanted to condemn the plan of development of Northern Québec put forward by the Charest government. It was during this event that the Prime Minister made his infamous joke suggesting that students opposed to tuition fee increases should be deported to the North.
Since then, the Parti Québécois has replaced the Liberal Party at the head of the Québec state. While abandoning the name “Plan Nord,” the PQ still upholds pretty much the same plan of development as its predecessor, to the benefit of transnational corporations and without any consideration for the territorial rights of indigenous nations. A call is currently circulating to hold another demonstration like the one last year “to prevent the government from destroying the land in order to fill the already-deep pockets of those who savagely exploit our resources.”
The Revolutionary Communist Party (PCR-RCP Canada) joins this call and will take part in the rally in front of the convention centre. However, we won’t protest against the so-called “theft of Québec's natural resources” nor to defend the territorial integrity and prerogatives of the imperialist Québec state. If we take the street, it will be to oppose the capitalist exploitation of resources and labour and at the same time to express our unconditional support to the right to self-determination of indigenous peoples.
Saturday, February 9 at 9:00 am
Rally outside the Palais des Congrès de Montréal
1001, Place Jean-Paul-Riopelle (metro Place d’Armes)
Many recall that on this day, the police brutally pushed and charged protesters who wanted to condemn the plan of development of Northern Québec put forward by the Charest government. It was during this event that the Prime Minister made his infamous joke suggesting that students opposed to tuition fee increases should be deported to the North.
Since then, the Parti Québécois has replaced the Liberal Party at the head of the Québec state. While abandoning the name “Plan Nord,” the PQ still upholds pretty much the same plan of development as its predecessor, to the benefit of transnational corporations and without any consideration for the territorial rights of indigenous nations. A call is currently circulating to hold another demonstration like the one last year “to prevent the government from destroying the land in order to fill the already-deep pockets of those who savagely exploit our resources.”
The Revolutionary Communist Party (PCR-RCP Canada) joins this call and will take part in the rally in front of the convention centre. However, we won’t protest against the so-called “theft of Québec's natural resources” nor to defend the territorial integrity and prerogatives of the imperialist Québec state. If we take the street, it will be to oppose the capitalist exploitation of resources and labour and at the same time to express our unconditional support to the right to self-determination of indigenous peoples.
Saturday, February 9 at 9:00 am
Rally outside the Palais des Congrès de Montréal
1001, Place Jean-Paul-Riopelle (metro Place d’Armes)
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