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Swedish climate-activist Greta Thunberg language in Montreal prior to the scheduled demonstrations

hundreds of thousands of people have participated in air strike marches across Canada , with almost 100 events planned in cities and municipalities.

demonstrators take part in the global climate-strike movement, which has seen people all over The World take to The Streets .

The Movement wants leaders in The World of ambitious climate policy.

the First school strikes were inspired by Swedish activists Greta Thunberg 's "Friday for the future" movement.

The 16-year-old caned on Monday and world leaders at the United Nations to do about their failure, multi - spoke-in The Eastern part of downtown Montreal at the beginning of The Strike in The City on Friday.

"It is very moving to all of them, all marching with such passion and beat," she told reporters. "It is a very Good Day , I would say. "

the organizers say that half a million people gathered in Montreal Alone . Officials told local media that The Number was closer to 315,000.

These figures the Montreal event, set among some of The Most visited environmental marches in history. September 2014 People's Climate March in New York attracted, at least 310,000.

During her visit, Ms Thunberg the keys to The City Of Montreal , Mayor Valerie received Planned.

schools, colleges and universities suspended all or some of the classes for The Day , and the government of The City and some companies have encouraged employees to take The Day off. City, public transport is also free for The Event .

The March was mainly peaceful, although one man was tackled by police and arrested after approaching Prime Minister Justin Trudeau . to have

hundreds of thousands of people said, it turned out, to organize in Montreal Alone

Léa Ilardo, 21, a student help, in The March , told the BBC she hopes it serves as a demonstration of how important it is for the protection of the climate.

"Why should we study or work, if the survival of humanity and of The Planet in question?" She Said .

Friday March attracted protesters of all ages.

Ron and Sue Alward, both in their 70s, said activists for decades, the interest of the population to environmental issues, "waxes and wanes depending on the unexpected event, like say, Greta [Thunberg]".

But Mrs Alward said that The Real problem remains: "How do we get the politicians on Board? The whole system needs to change".

These are inspired by the latest protests in The World of Greta Thunberg

The March in The Middle of the canadian Federal election Campaign -when many expected The Students are Old Enough to vote.

Liberal leader Justin Trudeau , Green Party leader Elizabeth May and Bloc Québécois leader Yves-François Blanchet are present. NDP leader Jagmeet Singh join. March in Victoria, British Columbia .

Conservative leader Andrew Scheer - who has a big base of support in Canada for oil and gas producing regions - is the only leader absent.

He avoided any of the country-wide marches, but has said that his party will "always be people supported" the awareness for climate protection, and some of the Conservative candidates, expected number of events.

In advance of Friday's marches, and in the midst of a global discussion about Climate Change , all of the campaigns have in The Past week, your environmental policy, from home energy Retrofit programs to new climate goals.

Under the requirements of air-Strike Canada - The Network of monitoring of the various activists and groups of students, the organization of the marches - is a call to reject all new fossil fuel extraction or transportation projects, and the elimination of subsidies for fossil fuels.

the Trans Mountain Pipeline expansion project, which is supported by both the liberals and the Conservatives would be.

climate-Strike Canada is also calling for the net greenhouse gas emissions to be cut to 75% over the 2005 level by 2030, higher than the currently promised by one of the campaigns.

Canada is the current target of reducing its greenhouse gas emissions by 30% below 2005 levels by the year 2030.

Ms Ilardo said The Students , the hope behind this March, it will help create a "break from the Status Quo ".

"The Strike is not the last point," She Said . "For us, it is just the beginning. "

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Source of news: bbc.com