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Almost 50,000 blue-collar workers from across Quebec participated in a march through the streets of downtown Montreal on Saturday afternoon, making it one of the city’s noisiest demonstration since the student protests of 2012. The march was organized by the Coalition pour la libre against Bill 3, i.e. the proposed law aiming to hike their pension contributions to make up for deficits in many municipal plans.
The protestors blew horns and waved flags while marching from Lafontaine Park to Quebec Premier Philippe Couillard’s offices on McGill College Ave. One of the prominent union leaders alleged that “if you want a confrontation, you’ll get one.” There have been several protests against Bill 3, including Montreal police officers swapping their uniforms for camouflage pants and the ransacking last month of city hall. Meanwhile, president of the Quebec Federation of Labour, Daniel Boyer, mentioned that “Mr. Couillard, your social dialogue is nothing but an anti-social monologue, a boss’s discourse.” He added that “one word: never. Never will we allow you to trample upon our pension rights. We have a pension plan that we want to keep. Every Quebecer has the right to live a pleasant life in retirement.”
Whereas on the other hand, Mr. Couillard has affirmatively stated that his government doesn’t plan to make major changes to Bill 3. A worker at the city’s water-treatment plant since 27-years, Ginette Dalpé, explained that “if I hired an employee and offered them a pension plan, I wouldn’t go back on that pension plan years later.”
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