P-6

Montreal spends $110,000 on private lawyers to fight challenge to anti-protest bylaw

Tim McSorley — Tue, 14 Oct 2014 12:38:18 +0000

"There's room for austerity around everything except repression"

MONTREAL—As the city of Montreal tightens its belt-buckle and is cutting budgets, two Montrealers who are challenging the city's regulations around demonstrations are questioning the amount of resources the city is putting in to defend the bylaws.

Nov. 15 2013 Protest against austerity in Montreal / Manifestation contre l'austérité à Montréal 15 novembre 2013

Simon Van Vliet — Wed, 20 Nov 2013 18:49:04 +0000

Une centaine de personnes ont manifesté contre l'austérité le 15 novembre à l'appel du Conseil régional de l'ASSÉ à Montréal.

Campaign launched in Montreal to support Denis Poitras, "the protesters' lawyer"

Tim McSorley — Tue, 06 Aug 2013 07:46:44 +0000

Fundraising push aims to help veteran counsellor regain his legal practice

His number is known by thousands of people involved in community organizing and social movements in Quebec. Some have it committed to memory, others written on their forearms or stuffed into their wallets before going to protests where they may face arrest. Hundreds of those have called his number to seek help when they did run into problems with the police.

Scenes from Sourifest'13. Montreal May 11, 2013

Justin Canning — Sun, 12 May 2013 03:10:10 +0000

SOURIFEST '13 - L'AUTO-SOURICIÈRE DU PEUPLE.

Report on MayDay demo arrests in Montreal with the CLAC and CUTV

CKUT News — Fri, 03 May 2013 17:51:26 +0000

MayDay protest was declared illegal by SPVM using municipal bylaw P-6 to detain and fine 447 persons.

On Mayday 2013 in Montreal, the Anti-Capitalist demo was declaired illegal half-hour after it started. The police then proceeded to kettle and arrest in total 447 people. The arrested were held until 3 a.m. for some, released in the middle of the night in the middle of nowhere.

Stories from inside the kettle

carlaflournoy — Sun, 07 Apr 2013 02:31:45 +0000

The SPVM put on another show

I’m embarrassed to admit that, for the past month, I have let the circus of P-6 intimidate me out of going to protests. That ended on Friday, April 5th.