Thousands of CEGEP and university students march the streets of Montreal to demonstrate against hikes in tuition fees. Demands driving the strike in Québec are rooted in important struggles to ensure accessible education. « As the Québec student strike moves forward, however, students and other protesters in Montreal are taking steps not only against policies in Québec, but are opposing Conservative economics in general. These early critical steps are local to Québec, but recent actions in Montréal have a potential to inspire a broader grassroots challenge to the austerity economics being unleashed by conservative politicians across Canada. Can the Québec student strike be the spark that starts a fire?»