Quebec government invites students to talks

The government of Canada’s Quebec province has invited the four main student groups protesting planned tuition hikes to the negotiating table. No date has been set, though they may take place next week, said FECQ student union president Leo Bureau-Blouin. The proposal comes a day after hundreds of protesters were detained throughout Canada after rallies against the planned tuition hikes, as well as a new emergency law that heavily restricting spontaneous demonstrations, turned violent. On Thursday, two hundred protesters took to streets of Montreal dressed in ninja and pirate costumes to chide the tuition hikes, the emergency law and Quebec premier Jean Charest himself.