But Dubois says a modern economy doesn't give students much choice, even in the face of daunting debt. But in Quebec, university enrolment remains lower than the national average, in spite of cheap tuition. In that province in , about 30 per cent of young people were enrolled in university by the time they were 21, giving Quebec the lowest level of all the provinces, according to Finnie's study.
By contrast, about 51 per cent of young people in Atlantic Canada attended university by the time they were In Ontario, that rate was about 46 per cent. Desjardins also believes tuition must remain low because Quebec is still building a culture of education. She points to the high drop-out rate among high school students as evidence of this.
The Quebec government says 30 per cent of boys and 20 per cent of girls drop out of school before they get a high school diploma.
In poorer areas, the overall figure rises to 35 per cent. They have been calling for more funding for years, but don't wish to alienate their students and can't be seen to take sides in a very political battle. Keeping score in all this is a mug's game, but the students seemed to have the early advantage. They have had generally sympathetic media coverage in the province as well as the support and encouragement of many professors, trade unions and the province's influential artistic community.
The articulate, telegenic student leaders have been treated as celebrities , and the symbol of the movement — a simple red square — has become iconic. The Charest government, by contrast, appears tired and befuddled. Bill 78, deemed heavy handed by many, has managed to further inflame the situation.
Government ministers have met sporadically with student leaders, offering some modifications to its tuition plans, but the talks have gone nowhere. The government said it will not budge on the main issue of a fee rise. But some context, and caution, is necessary. At no point have the protests recieved majority support from the Quebec population, and polls suggest most Quebecois believe a tuition hike is necessary.
Even a seemingly moribund government has seen its support rise since the start of the protests. The civil disobedience met with reported police brutality. In the next few days, hundreds of students and civilians were arrested — some reports offer a figure as high as detainees.
Following the passage of Bill 78, protests spread to more than 70 cities all over Canada and beyond. Thousands of civilians and students began marching together each evening for more than a month, refusing to observe Bill This also spurred lots of media attention and international solidarity efforts.
On 29 May, hundreds of lawyers, in full court attire, marched in opposition to Bill 78, although they refused to take a stand on the tuition question. By the end of the summer, many individual general assemblies chose to end the strike and return to school, although CLASSE maintained pressure in opposition to both the tuition increase and the lack of free, universal post-secondary education. Also during this election, the far left Quebec Solidaire gained a second seat in Parliament.
Other strands of the movement also called for free, universal university education and an end to neoliberal austerity measures. Time period notes. On September 24,, the newly elected Quebecois government cancelled the proposed tuition hike.
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