Remember, remember the 10th of November: 20 000+ protest tuition hikes

Finally, after months of preparation and planning, Quebec students took to the streets to protest against tuition hikes. The number of protesters is estimated to be upwards of 20 000.

These students want a tuition freeze and a stop to the proposed sixteen hundred and twenty-five dollar tuition hike proposed in the Quebec budget.

Approximately two hundred thousand students were technically on strike on November 10th, but many still went to class. 

At UQAM and Dawson College though, students stood in doorways forcing the school to cancel classes.

But it wasn't all students at the protest. Members of the Mcgill non-academic workers union who are already on strike were out in full force. 

The demonstration went peacefully until about one hundred riot police officers forcefully removed students from Mcgill campus.

They used teargas, pepper spray and physical force to disperse students. The incident began when 13 students occupied the principal's office.

Concordia Graduate Student Holly Nazar claims that she was tackled to the ground by a Mcgill security guard and others claimed excessive force was used. 

Four people were arrested following the day's protests.