Thousands Take to Quebec Streets in Defence of Mother Earth

Montreal, Earth Day 2023

On Saturday, April 22 in Montreal, more than 7,000 people of all ages and backgrounds demonstrated in the streets of Montreal under the banner: Social justice, climate justice: same fight. The coalition of 170 organizations, which initiated the events, is calling for a "fossil fuel exit" and a "massive reinvestment in the social safety net". Student groups, unions, community advocacy organizations, political parties and families marched together to demand this social and climate justice for the planet and humanity.

Organizers, including student representatives, spoke of the inseparable link between the natural and social environment, calling for the reopening of Roxham Road, an end to attacks on migrants and refugees, opposition to attacks on Indigenous Peoples defending their lands, and to the diktat of monopolies that plunder, pollute, and destroy for maximum profit at any cost, against the will of the people. The war and the Pentagon were also denounced as the biggest polluters and destroyers of the planet. Demonstrations also took place in Quebec in Joliette, Trois-Rivières, Chicoutimi, Sherbrooke, Rouyn Noranda, Rimouski, Outaouais, Baie-Comeau. In Quebec City, nearly 10,000 people marched, which would make it, according to the organizers, the largest demonstration since 2019.

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This article was published in

Volume 53 Number 5 - May 2023

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