A few dozen people showed up in the rain Wednesday outside of Quebec Premier Philippe Couillard’s office in Montreal, chanting, blaring horns and plastering the walls with stickers as part in a day of protest against proposed pension reform.

“Our members are angry that the prime minister just declared days ago that this is what it's going to be,” said Marc Ranger of the Union Coalition for Free Negotiation.

Similar demonstrations were held in 10 cities including Laval, Sherbrooke and Quebec City as municipal workers voice their concerns about the Liberals’ Bill 3.

Couillard has said that in order to balance the budget by 2015-2016, pension reform would be necessary and introduced Bill 3, which would force union workers to renegotiate their pension plan and force them to pay part of the nearly $4-billion deficit.

Couillard stuck to his guns this weekend, saying workers will need to renegotiate their pension plans in order to balance the budget, shouldering part of the $4-billion pension deficit.

Union leaders are criticizing Couillard’s handling of the situation, pointing out he has told them he is open to negotiation but in over the weekend said he plans to stand firm on the bill.

“If there is no room for any negotiation he doesn't leave us any choices than to go on a path of confrontation,” said Ranger. “He decided to go after us. He chose the path of war. If he wants to have war with us, fine, let's have war.”      

They also say the government is mistaken on the actual dollar value of the deficit, saying it’s at $2 billion, not $4 billion.

Municipal employees opposed to the bill have been voicing and showing their displeasure for weeks.

Most notably in Montreal, police officers have plastered their cruisers in stickers and are sporting red baseball caps and, in many cases, camouflage pants.

The unions say the protests will continue up until the public hearings on the bill, which begin in Quebec City Aug. 20.