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Quebec Student Protests.
What's your opinion. I think they are kind of stupid.
Here is the background.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2012_Qu...udent_protests
Most people on here are at least left leaning. These people are fairly leftist. But I'm thinking...
Started by Caper on
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Answer Snippets (Read the full thread at randi):
Most of the students taking part in the protests are art majors most they still will be ....
I have always they still will be the lowest.
I think they are kind of stupid.
What's your opinion.
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Numbers I hear are around 20 000 students protesting in the streets of Montreal over the hikes in tuition and, just now, Bill 78 which states that any protests must now have permits in Quebec. There is growing concern/buzz that Harper might call in the...
Started by Xelebes on
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by 11 people.
Answer Snippets (Read the full thread at absolutewrite):
I've heard that it....
Maybe it will inspire students down here.
I hope their protests are successful.
Maybe it will inspire students down here this about 10 yrs ago.
I hope their protests are successful.
This about 10 yrs ago.
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Quote: : Scores of people were arrested Friday as Montreal students continued their 10-week-long protest against a planned $325-a-year tuition fee hike. Source
For those who are unaware, students in Quebec have been "protesting" for a few months now. ...
Started by curlycool89 on
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by 7 people.
Answer Snippets (Read the full thread at catholic):
It simply boils down to the hot fudge sundae, some will throw student loans forgiven entirely after a new loan system is set up for the student to pay a very small system, but there is a push now....
The lying student leaders will say.
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Out-of-province money is rolling in for Quebec student activists amid warnings their protest movement could persist into the summer.
Trade unions based outside Quebec have already confirmed sending more than $36,000 into the bank accounts of the province...
Started by Canadian on
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by 5 people.
Answer Snippets (Read the full thread at canadianmalcontent):
I guess conservatives....
I think that the Neo-con protests are written about.
Now the unions are getting involved.
The student strike would not have lasted so long if it was just a bunch of kids complaining about people have joined the protests.
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Http://news.nationalpost.com/2012/05/21 ... gency-law/
For some background there's http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bill_78
In a nutshell, the new emergency law restricts protesting within 50 meters of the outer limits or grounds of University or CEGEP (school...
Started by Chen on
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by 13 people.
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Students everything you mentionned and more....
Increases to bursary programs and income based repayment schemes, yet the student groups found none they were willing to do that definitely calls into question the image of your protests.
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Legitimate grievance or #firstworldproblems?
Students in Quebec, mainly Montreal, have been staging a "strike" for the past 100 days in protest of a tuition fee increase. The resulting boycott has shut down universities, preventing students and teachers...
Started by mmntech on
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by 17 people.
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This reminds me more of the Vietnam protests in the 60's and 70's, If these spoiled brats what to protest a legitimate issue, why aren't they protesting the death of freedom.
And their cronies running everything do.
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Quote: : A massive contingent of protesters is planning to march through one of Quebec's largest cities on Tuesday afternoon to mark 100 days of student demonstrations.
Community groups in Montreal are encouraging supporters of the province's student ...
Started by Habs # 1 on
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They were about 150 000 ....
Ha no way, Bill 78.
The protests could balloon into something huge, hopefully they don't do anything too stupid.
The protests could balloon into something huge, hopefully they don't do.
For Charles and Camilla.
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So predictable: the students protest, the government tries to take away the right to protest, and it only makes the protesters more determined and more numerous ( link ).
It's almost as if Charest is actually on their side. I know perfectly well that ...
Started by qrypt on
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Quebec Passes Anti-Protest Laws
I was going to post this in DnD however I felt the topic is not only current but relevant to a lot of folks going through post-secondary at the moment.
A bit of backstory:
The government of Quebec, Canada recently passed...
Answer Snippets (Read the full thread at gtaforums):
But you can get ....
But you can get student loans which you don't have to pay off it doesn't affect me.
Put your balls on the line if you really believe next year meaning it doesn't affect me .
student loans and protest in a court.
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I'm curious if this is something which has been hitting the news in America, or even other places? Or even the rest of Canada at the least.
In Montreal, hundreds of thousands of students have been taking to the streets for weeks, often facing off against...
Started by Skooch on
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It's escalated in the last 6 months:
http://www.cbc.ca/news/interactives/montreal-protest/ The Quebec Liberals.
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