Montreal

Palais des congrès defaced by anti-Plan Nord graffiti

Paint was splashed and anti-Plan Nord posters were pasted to the windows of the Palais des congrès in Montreal ahead of the Board of Trade's Strategic Forum on Natural Resources.

Graffiti appeared overnight before Monday's forum on natural resources at convention centre

Anti-Plan Nord posters were pasted to the windows of Montreal's Palais des congrès overnight between Sunday and Monday. "Solidarity with First Nations" read the posters in the foreground. (Radio-Canada)

Workers at Montreal's Palais des congrès had to clean paint off the windows of the convention centre after the building was defaced by anti-Plan Nord slogans.

Two Montreal police officers escort a protester from the Palais des congrès on Dec. 8, 2014. A small protest was held outside of the convention centre in protest against the province's Plan Nord. (Jay Turnbull/CBC)

Paint was splashed and anti-Plan Nord posters were pasted to the windows of the Montreal convention centre overnight ahead of the Board of Trade's Strategic Forum on Natural Resources.

"Non Plan Mort" — or "No to Plan Death" — was also sprayed on the windows.

Plan Nord is the provincial government's plan to develop natural resources in Quebec's north.

4 arrests

The demonstration began before the 7:30 a.m. convening of the forum on natural resources.

Of the dozen or so protesters, four were detained by police.

Two of them, a 28-year-old man and a 19-year-old woman, face charges for disturbing the peace. 

Another two men, a 28-year-old and a 22-year-old face charges of armed assault.