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As thousands take to Montreal's streets nightly banging pots and pans, a Canadian awakening dubbed the "Maple Spring" is beginning to paralyze the country's second largest city. What started as a general student strike against a 75-percent hike in university tuition in February has morphed into a broad social fight against inequality and an increasing state crackdown on rights to organize and protest.

A large crowd was expected to mark the 100th day of Quebec student protests against the Provincial government's decision to unilaterally raise tuition fees - Nobody expected the turnout to be as large as it was - much like the "occupy" movement in the united states.

Hosni, from Algeria, was one of the participants in the march, and although neither a student himself nor a native Quebecer by birth, his presence and support for the student cause clearly shows that what had started out as a Quebec student movement now embodies the vision of social justice shared by all progressives.