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Quebec Tuition Fees

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 Students Ready For A Tuition Compromise?

CBC | Posted 07.26.2012 | Canada Politics

The outgoing president of Quebec's College Student Federation (FECQ), Leo Bureau-Blouin, says students are "ready for a compromise" on tu...

Jean Charest: Robbing From the Young to Give to the Old

Nora Loreto | Posted 07.01.2012 | Canada Politics
Nora Loreto

In real dollars, Quebec's Premier paid less for his university education than Québec students do today. Now, he wants his generation of baby boomers to pay less in taxes. The result is robbery of the young to pay for the old. It is hard to see how students are the entitled ones in this scenario.

Quebec Minister Calls For Truce

CBC | Posted 06.23.2012 | Canada

Talks between Quebec Education Minister Line Beauchamp and representatives of four student groups were expected to continue into Tuesday,...

'Join Me At The Table': Education Minister

CP | The Canadian Press | Posted 06.15.2012 | Canada Politics

MONTREAL - The Quebec government has offered what it hopes will be seen as an olive branch to the province's students.Education Minister Line Beaucham...

Accessible Education: A Societal Choice

Sameer Zuberi | Posted 06.07.2012 | Canada
Sameer Zuberi

At stake is more than a mere tuition increase, but the very concept of accessible education. Do Quebecers want to maintain a proud tradition of accessible education? Or does the province want to limit opportunities so that only some can attend university and secure a promising future?

Quebec Students Plan Massive Protest Across Province

CP | Peter Rakobowchuk, The Canadian Press | Posted 05.21.2012 | Canada

MONTREAL - A monster crowd that evoked memories of Montreal's famous 1995 pre-referendum rally formed a kilometres-long sea of opposition Thursday to ...

31,000 Quebec Students Strike Against Tuition Hikes

CP | The Canadian Press | Posted 04.21.2012 | Canada Politics

QUEBEC - About 36,000 post-secondary students in Quebec are expected to desert their classrooms Tuesday amid strikes over tuition hikes.The strikes ha...

Thousands On Strike Over Quebec Tuition Hikes

CP | Posted 02.13.2012 | Canada

MONTREAL - Quebec students are hitting the bricks, not the books, to protest tuition-fee increases. A series of strikes will be carried out over th...

Quebec Schools Emptied, Thousands Protest

CBC | Posted 01.10.2012 | Canada

More than 20,000 students marched on Premier Jean Charest's Montreal office Thursday, in a massive protest against increases in tuition f...