As Quebec’s student protesters got headlines this spring and summer, they also cost taxpayers a lot of money. Montreal city police working overtime to monitor their marches and shenanigans billed an extra $7.3 million, La Presse reports. Provincial police billed an extra $1.5 million for the extra workload.
As dark as things are for the Premier, he can take comfort in this: his opponents aren’t faring much better than him
There is no shortage of finger-pointing on either side
The problem up until now has been a lack of enforcement, not a lack of legislation
Quebec premier Jean Charest announced a law on Wednesday night to suspend classes 11 universities and 14 CEGEPS across the province currently affected by student boycotts.
Perversely, they add legitimacy to the government’s argument for a special law to end the strike
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Quebec’s education minister is resigning, not just from cabinet, but from politics altogether, walking away from a tuition dispute that has sparked months of protest and chaos across the province.
Why a modest tuition hike has sparked unending protests
Perversely, there’s a normalcy to all this Gong Show-iness
A tentative deal to end the three-month long student strike in Quebec has so far received a strong rejection from students. On Monday, students in more than a dozen institutions had rejected the deal reached on Saturday, while student leaders accused the provincial government of claiming victory over the striking students. The leaders of the student groups also accused the Charest government of failing to include in the deal what had been discussed during last week’s talks.
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