Student strike: consequences and analysis
What Le Devoir is calling a fragile tentative agreement between students and the Charest government is being discussed and described today. Tuitions will rise – although not for six months – but other changes will offset the increase: a reduction in other fees and the creation of a council that’s meant to monitor university spending are also in the agreement.
Student groups still must vote on the offer arrived at this weekend after a long negotiating session.
Victoriaville is recovering from Friday night’s battle, but friends and family of two young men are in shock at the seriousness of their injuries. Maxence Valade lost an eye and is suffering from other head injuries; Alexandre Allard also has head injuries. The Charest government says the fault is with the protesters, as the SQ can have done no wrong. The Journal analyzes their tactics.
mdblog 13:28 on 2012/05/06 Permalink
I sincerely hope this situation is coming to a close and that the next time I have to see Gabriel Nadeau-Dubois is when he is sworn in as a cabinet minister in the National Assembly!
Hamza 13:32 on 2012/05/06 Permalink
Hear hear .
I hope that this deal goes through and everyone gets to go back to class and complete their semesters and that , more importantly , any government Charest, Marois, god forbid le CAQ(a), thinks twice about messing with the youth again.
Jack 13:55 on 2012/05/06 Permalink
Seeing that level of violence and hatred on Friday night was really stunning and then to read the details of the “agreement”, tous ca pour ca?
Ian 04:51 on 2012/05/07 Permalink
It’s great to see the government making an offer – but I have to say that a six month tuition freeze so students can figure out with the universities how they might save some money isn’t much of a proposition – the government is still offloading its responsibilities, and nothing’s certain as to what savings the students might negotiate with the schools, if any, and on a school-by-school basis at that – or so it would seem. Or am I misinterpreting the offer?