Hundreds gather in Montreal critical of Quebec’s environmental record [Video]

On the eve of Earth Day, Montrealers committed to the climate marched along Parc Avenue on Sunday to call for more to be done to combat climate change.

Just as in 2019, when hundreds of thousands of Quebecers rallied behind Greta Thunberg, Sunday’s demonstration was instigated by the younger generation.

However, unlike in 2019, the protest came far short of reaching the same crowd. The crowd only stretched from the angel monument to George-Étienne Cartier to the intersection of Parc and Duluth Street, a distance of around 300 metres, the crowd counted more in the hundreds than in the hundreds of thousands.

Dozens gathered to protest the Quebec government’s environmental policies in Montreal on April 21, 2024. (Laurence Brisson Dubreuil, CTV News)

Even organizer Shirley Barnea admitted that she was a little disappointed but not surprised.

She feels that it’s easy to become discouraged when you realize that the government …