Tuition agreement with Quebec doomed to fail
MONTREAL Voting results on the tentative agreement on increasing university tuition stand at 3,200 for – and 83,250 against. That’s the latest tally after two days of voting by students on the proposed accord reached last weekend in a marathon 22-hour negotiation between the provincial government and student groups. The deal soured before a hand [...]
Tentative deal between Students and Quebec Government
QUEBEC The Quebec government and student leaders have reached a tentative deal to end a three-month class boycott. Now, it’s up to individual students to vote. Student leaders have said they will not suggest their member sign on. The “deal in principle” includes the government’s seven-year plan to increase tuition by $1,625 for Quebec students, [...]
Tolls or taxes: How should public transit development be funded?
MONTREAL Citizens will have their chance to weigh in on tolls and taxes as public consultations examining how to pay for public transit in the greater Montreal area get underway Monday night in Vaudreuil. The meeting is the first of five that will take place over the next few weeks. The idea is to find [...]
Federal subsidy for sexy Summum Magazine under fire
MONTREAL Federal grants worth $190,000 for two Quebec magazines featuring scantily-clad models are under fire in the wake of broad arts cuts announced in the last Conservative budget. Radio-Canada is reporting that Canadian Heritage approved the financing for Summum and Summum Girls, as part of the federal periodical fund earmarked for Canadian publications. Summum [...]
Montreal student demonstration turns violent
MONTREAL Demonstrators and police clashed in downtown Montreal Wednesday after student group leaders abandoned talks with Quebec’s education minister aimed at resolving an impasse over the government’s proposed tuition hikes. More than 10,000 students marched in the city’s core after leaving Parc Emilie-Gamelin, where a demonstration began at 8:30 p.m. Police declared the protest [...]
Quebec student group denounces violence
QUEBEC The Quebec group representing nearly half the striking students in the province has voted to denounce “physical and deliberate acts” of violence, a condition demanded by the government before it would negotiate. The student group CLASSE said Sunday night that it is opposed to endangering the “physical well-being of members of the public… [...]
Police stun grenade blamed for student’s eye injury
MONTREAL Montreal police will investigate after a 22-year-old man said his eye was badly injured by the blast of a police stun grenade during Wednesday’s student protest over tuition fee hikes. Francis Grenier, a student at Cégep de Saint-Jérôme, told CBC News from his hospital bed that he doesn’t know if he’ll regain vision in [...]