February 17th, 2012
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At least 41 arrests in Montreal protests Thousands of students on strike Montreal police arrested 37 protesters early Friday morning after they broke into and vandalized a college, the CEGEP du Vieux-Montréal. “These people may face charges of mischief, assault, and armed aggression against a police officer,” Montreal police spokesperson Daniel Lacoursière told CBC News. The late-night vandalism came after four arrests and the release of pepper spray on Thursday as protesters blocked access to the Montreal stock exchange and a nearby hotel, reports 680 News. Thousands of post-secondary students are striking in Quebec. They’re skipping classes in order to protest a tuition hike of $1,625 over five years that begins this fall. According to organizers from Free Education Montreal, the hike “would deny 30,000 students from low-income families and other socioeconomic groups their right to education based on merit.” The Conference of Rectors and Principals of Quebec Universities (CRPQU) supports the increase. They argue that quality is at risk without higher tuition. Quebec’s gross provincial debt was $173-billion at budget time last March, so the government is unlikely to be able to provide more funding. Even after the annual hike of $325, tuition in Quebec will be about $4,000 per year in 2017. Students in Ontario, Nova Scotia and New Brunswick already pay $6,000 or more in tuition and fees… Read More

At least 41 arrests in Montreal protests

Thousands of students on strike

Montreal police arrested 37 protesters early Friday morning after they broke into and vandalized a college, the CEGEP du Vieux-Montréal.

“These people may face charges of mischief, assault, and armed aggression against a police officer,” Montreal police spokesperson Daniel Lacoursière told CBC News.

The late-night vandalism came after four arrests and the release of pepper spray on Thursday as protesters blocked access to the Montreal stock exchange and a nearby hotel, reports 680 News.

Thousands of post-secondary students are striking in Quebec. They’re skipping classes in order to protest a tuition hike of $1,625 over five years that begins this fall.

According to organizers from Free Education Montreal, the hike “would deny 30,000 students from low-income families and other socioeconomic groups their right to education based on merit.”

The Conference of Rectors and Principals of Quebec Universities (CRPQU) supports the increase. They argue that quality is at risk without higher tuition. Quebec’s gross provincial debt was $173-billion at budget time last March, so the government is unlikely to be able to provide more funding.

Even after the annual hike of $325, tuition in Quebec will be about $4,000 per year in 2017. Students in Ontario, Nova Scotia and New Brunswick already pay $6,000 or more in tuition and fees… Read More

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