Painted into a corner by the red square

Painted into a corner by the red square

For Pauline Marois, it was easy to put on the red square symbolizing the student "strikes" and have her Parti Québécois members of the National Assembly put it on as well. Maybe too easy.
Marois and the PQ know that even students who haven't joined the walkouts are understandably unhappy about having to pay more for their education. She hopes that their anger at the Charest government will rouse them from their usual electoral apathy to support the PQ.
Apparently she calculated that merely promising to cancel the Charest government's tuition-fee increases wasn't enough. In a show-don't-tell age, when more than ever a screen shot is worth a thousand words, she wanted the PQ to show its solidarity with students.