MONTREAL — Montreal firefighters hung hand-painted banners from their fire halls to show their frustration over Quebec’s proposed pension plan changes.
The signs read: “Coderre has a family to raise . . . our 35 firefighters do too.”
It was a clear message to Montreal’s mayor, Denis Coderre, who suspended 35 firefighters involved in a pension protest in August.
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During the rally, hundreds of protesters took over Montreal city hall just ahead of parliamentary hearings on Bill 3 in a long, loud and messy demonstration.
Horns blared and smoke bombs went off as Montreal firefighters took to the streets.
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At the time, city councillors were horrified by the incident, calling it “an affront to democracy.”
Forty-one firefighters are now facing criminal charges that include assault, unlawful assembly and mischief and 35 firefighters were suspended without pay for a month.
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The City of Montreal has ordered the stations to take the signs down.
– With a file from Elysia Bryan-Baynes
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