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Quebec Student Groups Go Head-To-Head With Government

CP | The Canadian Press | Posted 04.12.2013 | Canada Politics

DRUMMONDVILLE, Que. - Quebec student groups didn't get along well with the province's Liberal government — and now things don't seem too rosy with t...

Free Tuition In This Province? Why Not!

CP | The Canadian Press | Posted 11.22.2012 | Canada Politics

MONTREAL - One Quebec student group says that with tuition hikes officially off the table, it will now champion the idea of free education.The new Par...

Are Separatists Driving the Quebec Student Protest?

Supriya Dwivedi | Posted 08.01.2012 | Canada Politics
Supriya Dwivedi

It is no secret that the supporters of the protest movement in Quebec are principally made up of people who are white, Francophone, and sovereigntist. There are of course exceptions to that sweeping generalization, but one needs only to attend a rally to see the copious Quebec flag waving and chants for independence to really get a taste for one of the many underpinnings of the movement.

Tuition? What Tuition?

CP | Jonathan Montpetit, The Canadian Press | Posted 07.25.2012 | Canada Politics

MONTREAL - The unpredictable nightly protests that helped spur a government crackdown have largely been a Montreal-only affair — until now.Since Pre...

Why The Media Have the Quebec Protests All Wrong

Toula Foscolos | Posted 07.25.2012 | Canada Politics
Toula Foscolos

Maclean's image of a student on its front page and in our faces, declaring: "How a group of entitled students went to war and shut down a province. Over $325." is not only inaccurate, but downright contemptuous of the next generation.

Why Learn, When You Can Protest?

Daniel Alexandre Portoraro | Posted 07.16.2012 | Canada Politics
Daniel Alexandre Portoraro

The sorry fact of the matter is that with only one third of students in Quebec left on strike, we should hope these vandals would stay out of university. After all, that would increase the likelihood of actual students finding employment after graduation. Students who instead of donning cowardly, immature masks, actually want to be working.

"Maple Spring?" Seriously, Students?!

Supriya Dwivedi | Posted 06.26.2012 | Canada
Supriya Dwivedi

Once again, the boycotting students took to the streets of Montreal last night in protest of tuition hikes. Once again, Montrealers are subject to broken glass and a shattered downtown core. And once again, the student leaders of the organization refuse to take any responsibility or action for what they have unleashed on our beautiful city.

Student Protesters Clash With Riot Police In Quebec

CP | Peter Rakobowchuk, The Canadian Press | Posted 04.24.2012 | Canada Politics

MONTREAL - Student demonstrators temporarily blocked access to a Montreal bridge amid protests over tuition-fee hikes Thursday, triggering a brief sho...