McGill students rally to take down statue, Quebec students not required to wear masks, Thousands of Quebecers paid rent with loans over the summer

Reporter: Shanellie Marie

Stories: Luca Caruso Moro

McGill students rally to take down statue

McGill students rallied on Saturday calling on the university to remove the statue of the university’s founder. 

James McGill owned five slaves, including two Indigenous children who died at 10 years old. 

According to CTV News, the university says it has no plans to remove the statue.

Quebec students not required to wear masks

The province says they will not be forcing students to wear masks in school. 

This after Ontario announced grades 4-12 will need to wear masks in the classroom. 

However, the education ministry says they are open to adapt their plan if the pandemic situation gets worse.  

Thousands of Quebecers paid rent with loans over the summer

Over three thousand Quebecers paid their rent with loans in May and June. 

That’s according to new figures from the province, which offered a 1500 dollar loan for people unable to pay their rent during the peak of the coronavirus outbreak. 

There may be more challenges to come…

Those loans are no longer being offered, and people who got the loan will have to pay the province back by August 2021.