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Aim to denounce provincial budget and show support for Quebec protesters

The Quebec government has pulled out of negotiations with student leaders, quashing hopes that renewed talks this week would lead to an end more than three months of student protests in the province.

Quebec Premier Jean Charest has proposed legislation that will crack down on student protesters and the unions that support them.

Police arrested 122 people overnight on Wednesday as student protests turned violent in Montreal. Thousands of demonstrators took to the streets for the 23rd straight night after Premier Jean Charest announced the suspension of the current semester until August, a move that many believe will prevent a negotiated settlement to the student strike, now in its 14th week.

Perversely, they add legitimacy to the government’s argument for a special law to end the strike

It’s a sobering morning in Montreal, with people walking along shattered windows and debris left by an angry mob of student protesters who clashed with police yesterday evening. The Montreal Gazette says that as talks between student groups and politicians over a proposed hike for post-secondary tuition fees broke off Wednesday, about 5,000 people took to the streets and a pacific protest quickly got out of control.

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