The government deal to the students
Tuition increases will proceed but ancillary fees will be cancelled and the new offers of widened loans and bursaries will be kept, and a council will look into university funding in the deal being presented to student groups. More details here.
Ian 21:54 on 2012/05/05 Permalink
English version here: http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/montreal/story/2012/05/05/students-group-talks-continue.html Is this victory? Either way I hope the offer is accepted. It’s not ideal but it’s a major concession that benefits future students and allows both sides to come out of this looking like they saved face.
qatzelok 10:09 on 2012/05/06 Permalink
Ian, you’ve got to be kidding. A six-month tuition freeze? Why not a two-week freeze instead? This is a cynical offer from a corrupt government that only listens to brown envelopes.
Ian 07:06 on 2012/05/07 Permalink
Having read the offer in more detail, I’ve come to agree with you, qatzelok. The government has simply offloaded the responsibility for negotiation to the universities much like they’re offloading the responsibility for funding education to the students, with no binding agreement in place and tuition increases going ahead as planned. It is indeed a cynical offer, you’re absolutely right..