quebec tuition rate hike now proposed

http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/quebec-students-take-to-the-streets-in-largest-tuition-protest-to-date/article2377965/

The students are opposed to a $325 tuition-fee increase in each year of the next five years. Despite the hikes, students in the province would still pay well below the Canadian average...

The protests have sharply divided public opinion, with the latest poll showing that 50 per cent support the government’s move and 42 per cent back the students.

The threat of student unrest has kept Quebec political leaders from touching tuition fees over the years; the fees have remained unchanged in the province for 33 of the past 43 years...

(Charest) noted that even after the hikes, Quebec students will end up paying 17 per cent of the cost of their education.

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http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/students-block-montreal-bridge-to-protest-tuition-hikes/article2375037/

The province is nearly doubling tuition fees over five years; however, the rates for in-province students are so low that they would still be among the lowest in Canada, after the hikes.

Students say it’s a question of principle – that even modest fee hikes will reduce access to education.

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D - if other provinces protested like this, their tuition rates would also be lower. We sleepwalk right into that slaughter house...