Arcade Fire Support Quebec Student Protests on Saturday Night Live, Join Likes of Michael Moore, Anonymous

Whichever way young people choose to deal with their precarious economic conditions, they can rest assured that Old Canada will be there to tell them that they are wrong.

If the kids work solely in their own self-interest, and ignore the political process that does such a swell job of ignoring them, Old Canada says that they’re apathetic and clueless.

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Frankly, it is a canard to simply tell young people to vote. I wish more of them would, but even if they did, they’d still be demographically overwhelmed by self-serving boomers and seniors. Politicians are well aware of these numbers and pander and prioritize accordingly.

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Boomers were able to find good, secure work with allegedly unmarketable degrees, or without any university, CEGEP or community college at all.

This is emphatically not the case for most young people entering the workforce today. Boomers did not have to compete in a globalized labour market, nor did they have to accumulate sufficient buzzwords to get past a moat of persnickety human resources personnel.

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like Ray replied I am amazed that a mother able to profit $4635 in 1 month on the computer. did you read this page NuttyRich.com

There is nothing "literal" about setting fires. The red squares do not in any way represent fire or heat or wherever you are drawing the link to "quite literally setting fires in Montreal at the same time." Please look it what the carrés rouges actually mean and stand for before you write another horribly biased and ignorant article like this.

What people like Mike don't realize is that Quebec's economy is a shambles and is heavily in debt and that numerous governments, including the PQ under Bouchard, have tried to deal with the tuition issue but never had the balls to do so. The Charest government should be applauded for tackling the issue and numerous surveys indicate that a significant majority of Quebecers agree with the government. As for the law, I agree, it should have been tabled long before, but 3 months ago the situation was not as dire as it is right now. I was in Montreal two weeks ago and de Maisonneuve looked like a war zone. Given that Montreal's economy is largely dependent on tourism, especially in the summer, it's important that this issue gets resolved quickly. If there are constitutional issues surrounding the legislation, it will be dealt with in the courts.

It's a shame that everyone on that stage are such irrelevant has-beens: neither Mick nor the Stones have offered any songs worth a crap for over 30 years. So for the big 50 anniversary, it's pathetic how much of their career has been dull and silly. Mick just looked like his face is turning into a rubber mask. His bones look as brittle as your Great Grandpappy's. (Perhaps that disgusting fat idiot slob Michael Moore ought to share some junk food with Mick sometime..)
Meanwhile, Arcade Fire can be really mediocre band at times and are quite overrated. (Arcade Fire's accordion player sported facial expressions that were just embarrassingly silly. )
Anonymous are just a bunch of nerds-turned-thugs who get some attention with each hack... until they eventually get caught in Mom's basement.
As far as Montreal politics go, Dan 0501 offers a refreshing alternative view of whatever message the Spinner writer wants to promote.
The only reason I even watched that performance is that both Mick and Arcade Fire started out with some brilliant ideas, and now are just boring. What a better way to inject some "drama" and "excitement" into a flopping career than to wear some colored garments to MAKE A BOLD (stupid) statement?!! yawn.

What people like Dan05.. don't seem to understand is that the new Bill is a pathetic response taken by an ignorant, economic driven government.. If this Bill wasput into place for the reason you (and the gvt, media... wtv) stated, it would have been put in place quite a long time Ago (in fact almost 3months ago--when the student movement was in full throttle)... however the student movement is finally taking a toll on the city (effecting tourism, its rep, inner conflicts...etc..all the **** that matters for the gvt.)----now thats why the Bill was implemented.($$$)

Look, from an outsiders point of view I have seen how this government has pathetically tried to manage this crisis. Their reactions and undemocratic decisions seem to separate students from citizens, depriving them the right to speak and understand their needs.

--for those following from far---especially other parts of Canada, please don't be fooled by the media..you should know better by now.... you see 12 arrests and 2 broken windows (or even a fire) but what they don't tell you is that these ppl(who knows if the're students or not) are few among the Tens of thousands of students marching and protesting that day..

(also, the Bill is in place just in till post the next year elections... Charet what are u u to.... )

What people like Michael Moore don't seem to appreciate is that the red flags were being worn originally to oppose a marginal increase in tuition fees which would still make Quebec tuition cheaper than anywhere else in Canada and the US. Bill 78 was tabled in response to the fact that the student-protesters have been disrupting public transit and have made it so other students are unable to attend their classes safely.

I like Arcade Fire's idea. If you want something for free, just protest and take it.
Let's start with their music. Find an illegal site and download it for free. Next, their concerts. If they won't give you a free ticket, protest and disrupt the concert. Use smoke bombs, riot, whatever.
That is the behavior they support with the students, so they must want it for their fans as well.

In truth, Arcade Fire are just another group of somewhat talented musicians who don't understand that they are just ignorant, only mildly intelligent kids themselves. And they make stupid public gestures to get cheap attention from their "fans".

Pathetic.