Protest at Plan Nord conference

The city of Montreal is faced another scene reminiscent of last spring’s student protests.

This time around, the protestors say they are against plans for new mining projects in northern Quebec, reports the Gazette.

On Saturday, the second day of protests against those plans, demonstrators rallied outside a job fair at the city’s convention centre.

Police arrested thirty-six people in relation to the protests.

Thirty-two of them will be charged with unlawful assembly, with nine of those being minors.

And four of them will be charged for assaulting an officer.

Police spokesperson Ian Lafrenière said at least one window was smashed and a flare gun was fired inside the building.

He said the police tolerate protests, but not criminal acts like that.

On Friday, officials declared the get-together illegal as soon as it started because there was no protest route given beforehand.

Lafrenière said no one has been seriously injured.