Conséquences de la grève

[thebouque]

Les programmes de sciences humaines comme anthropologie, littérature, sociologie, etc. sont principalement constitués de cours magistraux. Le cours typique est constitué d'un chargé de cours (salaire de 180 $ /h à l'UdM) qui enseigne devant une classe d'une centaine d'étudiants. L'étudiant typique a une charge de 15 crédits par session au coût de 72,26$ / crédit et va donc donner 1080$ à l'université (juste pour les crédits).

Dans une classe de 100 étudiants, l'université reçoit 10 800$. Elle paye le chargé de cours 10 sessions de 3 heures, donc 5400$. Il reste donc 5400$ à l'udM à débourser pour les autres frais. Mais il n'y a pas beaucoup à débourser pour un étudiant en sciences humaines, sauf pour Studium, et les livres/revues à la biblio.

 

Pour ce qui est de l'étudiant dans la faculté de médecine (médecine, ergo, physio, audio, ortho), les frais sont beaucoup plus importants. En ergo, par exemple, le groupe de 120 étudiants est souvent divisé en groupe de 20 et ce sont des profs (et non chargé de cours) qui enseignent aux 6 groupes (donc 6 profs payés pour 1 cours). Les profs ne sont pas payés à l'heure, mais payés à l'année ce qui revient beaucoup plus cher. Il y a beaucoup plus de revues disponibles à la bibliothèques (donc plus de frais). Il y a les chargés de clinique à payer. Les outils aussi ! (incluant les outils de labo pour microbiologie). Vu qu'il n'y a plus de cadavre à l'UdM, l'université investit aussi énormément pour les outils informatiques. Enfin, je crois pas qu'il soit nécessaire de justifier que ça coûte plus cher à un étudiant de médecine

 

L'université de montréal peut donc investir le 5400$ restant des étudiant en littérature pour financer les coûts supplémentaires liés à la formation clinique des autres professions. je suis consciente que c'est vraiment une vision en superficie que j'explique là... il y a bcp de choses dont on doit tenir compte (concierge, certains étudiants en sc. humaines ont des cours de 10 élèves, en médecine on a > 20 crédits etc.). MAIS ! je pense qu'en même que vu que ça coûte VRM moins cher la formation en sc. humaine, plus ils acceptent d'étudiants, plus ils peuvent remplir leurs cours magistraux et plus ils recoivent de l'argent (vue que dans le fond, le prix d'un cours magistraux est fixe, soit le cout du chargé de cours). Si l'université avait seulement 50 étudiants, ils ne feraient pas de "profits" qu'ils pourraient investir dans les autres programmes.

 

 

Donc si j'ai bien compris, tu dis qu'un pourcentage des frais de scolarité de l'étudiant en sciences humaines (disons 75% À TITRE D'EXEMPLE) vont pour sa propre éducation/frais de concierge/frais de salle etc, et qu'il reste 25% qui seront distribués pour financer d'autres programmes. Selon cette logique, l'étudiant paierait plus cher son université que ce que l'université lui rend comme service, et paierai donc 133% du coût réel de ses études. À ce moment là, puisque les frais pour ces programmes sont plus que défrayés par les étudiants, ces programmes ne recevraient aucunes subventions du gouvernement.

 

En fait, si tu prends les frais de scolarité de l'étudiant universitaire et même celui qui est en sciences humaines, il ne paye qu'une fraction du coût réel de ses études. Tous les programmes sont subventionés par le gouvernement. Tes calculs sont bons, mais ils n'englobent pas tous les frais. Oui, il y a une majorité de chargés de cours dans ces départements, mais il y a aussi des profs dans le dpt même si ils ne t'enseigne pas systématiquement tous les cours, et des chefs de département et l'adjoint, et le doyen de la faculté d'attache du département, et le vice doyen, et toutes leur administration, secrétaire etc qu'il faut payer. Sans compter les droits d'auteur de tout ce que tu utilises. Ces coûts sont donc ni fixe, ni limité au salaire horaire d'un chargé de cours. Sans compter une contribution qui va à la recherche. Ça s'accumule! En fait, puisqu'un étudiant en sciences humaine ne paye qu'une fraction de ses frais de scolarité, 0$ de l'argent payé à l'université par cet étudiant ira pour l'étudiant en médecine. Médecine par contre reçoit des subventions publiques et privées beaucoup plus importantes que l'anthropo car, comme tu l'as bien dit, le programme nécessite considérablement plus de ressources. On pourrait pallier à cette inégalité en instaurant, comme dans le reste du Canada, des frais dits différentiels, c'est à dire l'étudiant en médecine paye plus cher du crédit que l'étudiant en sciences humaines. Toutefois ce concept n'a pas l'air d'être ni à l'agenda du gouvernement, ni à l'agenda des associations.

 

Si tu as des précisions par rapport à tes calculs n'hésite pas

 

Ça serait le comble de l'injustice si les étudiants en sciences humaines finançaient les futurs médecins

[Hieu]

 

Pour ce qui est des "discours qui ont façonné le 20e siècle"... je parle des discours qui ont inspiré les gens à changer les choses (Martin Luther King, JFK...).

 

Il faudra que Jean Charest fait un discours du style de John F. Kennedy :

 

'And so, my fellow Americans: ask not what your country can do for you — ask what you can do for your country.'

 

Mes cher étudiantes et étudiants : Ne demandez pas qu'est ce que le Québec peut faire pour vous - Demandez ce que vous pouvez faire pour le Québec.

[Robin Hood]

Il faudra que Jean Charest fait un discours du style de John F. Kennedy :

 

'And so, my fellow Americans: ask not what your country can do for you — ask what you can do for your country.'

 

Mes cher étudiantes et étudiants : Ne demandez pas qu'est ce que le Québec peut faire pour vous - Demandez ce que vous pouvez faire pour le Québec.

 

Sauf qu'on peut rien faire pour le Quebec sans terminer nos etudes, et en ayant beaucoup de dettes meme si on les termine.

[samy]

Sauf qu'on peut rien faire pour le Quebec sans terminer nos etudes, et en ayant beaucoup de dettes meme si on les termine.

 

Pas besoin de longues etudes universitaires pour pouvoir changer le monde !

[thebouque]

Ils ont fait des études sérieuses en en sont venus à la conclusion que la mascotte du panda devrait être remplacée par une taupe puisque c'est, selon les mêmes études, l'animal le plus susceptible de changer le monde ou du moins apporter un changement substantiel. Ils ont aussi découverts par quel mécanisme les oiseaux sont des descendants directs des dinosaurs: la néoténie! On dit que nous sommes nous mêmes néotènes, qu'en pensez vous?

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http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/montreal/story/2012/06/04/nadeau-dubois-interviewed-by-surete-du-quebec.html

 

Quebec student leader questioned by police

Gabriel Nadeau-Dubois interviewed about CLASSE activities

CBC News Posted: Jun 4, 2012 7:54 AM ET

Last Updated: Jun 4, 2012 10:13 AM ET

 

Gabriel Nadeau-Dubois, spokesman for hardline student association CLASSE, said he was questioned by the Sûreté du Québec on April 27.

 

According to Nadeau-Dubois, what first began as questioning on alleged death threats he had received soon turned into an interview about his activity with CLASSE.

 

Nadeau-Dubois told CBC News on Monday that the SQ asked him questions about his family, his roommate, his friends and CLASSE.

 

"My general feeling was that this was a warning from the SQ," he said.

 

Nadeau-Dubois says he spent nearly 80 minutes in an interrogation room with investigators working with the SQ's anti-terror unit.

 

"The exit was blocked off by a second investigator who stood against the door. I had no way of getting out. I answered all of the questions honestly but remained fairly vague," he said.

 

"One of the first things the investigator said at the beginning of the meeting was that we were meeting based on a request by the minister of public security, Mr. Dutil," Nadeau-Dubois said.

 

Quebec's minister of public security, Robert Dutil, has said that Nadeau-Dubois incited violence during past student protests.

 

The SQ would not comment on its interview with Nadeau-Dubois.

 

Many students questioned

 

When asked about the questioning, Dutil's spokesperson said that his cabinet did not have any part in police investigations.

 

Radio-Canada interviewed the investigator who allegedly questioned Nadeau-Dubois. She said she did not remember speaking with him, but said she had met with many students.

 

Mathias Tellier, a police expert and former SQ investigator, told Radio-Canada that there are thousands of meetings conducted by police officers every day.

 

But, "the order cannot come from the political sector," Tellier said. "It's a question of investigation and security."

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http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/montreal/story/2012/06/10/grand-prix-race-protests.html

 

Montreal police detain 34 outside Grand Prix site

Security heavy at Gilles-Villeneuve race track and other F1 event sites

CBC News Last Updated: Jun 10, 2012 9:39 PM ET

 

Montreal authorities expelled 40 people and detained 34 more from the site of the Grand Prix on Sunday, calling the move a "preventative measure."

 

Police said those who were detained or expelled from Ste-Hélène Island were carrying objects including bricks, rocks or ski masks.

 

"Some of those arrested were people police recognized from earlier student demonstrations that had been deemed illegal," district commander Alain Simoneau told reporters. "In the interest of public safety, we decided to detain these people."

 

Some people arrested in neighbouring suburbs could face charges, Simoneau said, but most arrested near the event will not be fined or charged. Those who were detained were taken back to Montreal, while the others were made to turn around and reboard the metro.

 

The search and detention operation at the Grand Prix race site began just after noon, near the exit of the Jean-Drapeau metro station, as an estimated 100,000 people — not including Premier Jean Charest, who steered clear of the event — made their way to the island for the big race.

 

Police searched scores of people on their way to the event, citing security concerns.

 

The race got underway at 2 p.m. ET at the Gilles-Villeneuve track.

 

Tight security for race

 

There was heavy police presence at key public transit points and Grand Prix events across Montreal, including the main race site, after an anti-capitalist group called for disruptions. Hundreds of police officers and sniffer dogs swarmed the underground train line that services the track site on Ste-Hélène Island.

 

Police conducted random searches of metro riders, with some people being turned away from the train platform. Those who didn't have a ticket for the race, including some reporters and some planning to purchase a ticket at the gates, were not allowed onto the island and were ordered back on to the subway.

 

Many of the people turned away were wearing red squares, the emblem of the student movement.

 

The added security comes less than 12 hours after a chaotic downtown protest that resulted in dozens of arrests.

 

On Saturday night, 28 people were arrested as protesters tried to push into the Crescent Street bar strip, where several Grand Prix parties were being held. About 16 of those arrested Saturday will face charges, according to police.

 

At least four police vehicles were vandalized — including one that was completely flipped over — and at least one business had its windows broken.

 

The Grand Prix has been targeted by demonstrators protesting student tuition-fee increases and capitalism in general.

 

Bomb threat shuts metro

 

On Sunday morning, police arrested a man after a bomb threat along the yellow subway line that services the Grand Prix race site.

 

Police received a call at 7:50 a.m. about a possible bomb at the Longueuil/Université-de-Sherbrooke station.

 

The bomb threat turned out to be false, but it still provoked a three-minute service disruption on the metro line.

 

Police tracked the suspect, a 40-year-old man, to his home where he was taken into custody.

 

In another plan that targeted the transit system, an anti-capitalist group organizing Sunday's protest suggested cramming the subways to slow down fans heading to the event.

 

The signal to board appears to have been a fire alarm, which was set off on the subway line Sunday morning. Several people were removed from the metro following that incident.

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http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/montreal/story/2012/06/13/quebec-students-nazi-salute-apology.html

 

Quebec student federation says sorry for Nazi salutes

CBC News Last Updated: Jun 13, 2012 10:53 AM ET

 

Quebec's federation of university students has apologized for the appearance of Nazi salutes at recent demonstrations after prominent Jewish organizations condemned protesters' use of the gesture.

 

Martine Desjardins, president of the federation, said the salute, which some protesters have been using to mock Montreal police for alleged brutality, doesn't "represent the values of Quebec and Canada."

 

"We think it was an error in judgment that they used that sign," she said.

 

The apology came last night, hours after B'nai Brith Canada publicly denounced the appearance of the gesture at some of Quebec's student protests.

 

In addition to the salute, chanting crowds have referred to local police officers as the "SS," calling them fascists and comparing them to Nazi police.

 

Swastikas have also appeared on anti-police pamphlets being distributed.

 

While the gestures are meant as an insult to police — and not as any expression of support for Nazism —Jewish organizations said that's no excuse.

 

B'nai Brith Canada says the action defiles the memory of those who died in the Holocaust, of those who survived, and of those who fought against the Nazis in the Second World War.

 

In an interview with The Canadian Press, CEO Frank Dimant said students should put a stop to using the gesture immediately.

 

"We condemn, in the strongest of terms, this inexcusable display of hate by Quebec student protesters that has outraged the Jewish community and demonstrated just how low the level of public debate has fallen on the streets of Montreal," Dimant also said, in a statement issued Tuesday.

 

"The actions of these protesters, whether for the purposes of deriding Montreal police or drawing attention to their cause, defile the memory of the Holocaust and remind us just how quickly anti-Semitism and the manifestations of hate can venture their way into our public discourse."

 

The events in question have occurred at multiple recent protests.

 

But B'nai Brith noted that it was issuing its statement Tuesday, on what would have been the 83rd birthday of Holocaust victim and famous diary author Anne Frank.

 

The Centre for Israel and Jewish Affairs also says the decision to use that gesture — in the current context — speaks to a lack of historical understanding.

 

Photos of the Nazi-themed protests have been circulating on social-networking sites, causing some shock and outrage.

 

The photos have been posted on the Internet in recent days, sometimes without context, leaving viewers puzzled about why Montreal protesters are using the salute.

 

In Nazi Germany, the Schutzstaffel, or protection squadron, was a paramilitary organization intensely loyal to Adolf Hitler. It was responsible for many of the war crimes committed in the Third Reich.

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http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/montreal/story/2012/06/12/students-challenge-special-law-bill78-in-court.html

 

Quebec students ask court to suspend special law

CBC News Last Updated: Jun 12, 2012 8:29 PM ET

 

Student groups will return to court for a third day on Wednesday to challenge Quebec's controversial Bill 78, an emergency law that limits protests amid the province's tuition hike crisis.

 

Student federations have filed a legal motion to temporarily suspend the special law until July, when the court is expected to hear the groups' second legal challenge seeking to declare the law invalid.

 

Lawyers for student groups are challenging specific clauses they believe violate freedom of expression and freedom of association.

 

The special law has done nothing to quell anger over the government's handling of the tuition crisis, said Éliane Laberge, president of Quebec's college federation (FECQ), as she entered Quebec Superior Court Tuesday morning. In fact, she said, "It is only aggravating the conflict right now. The government has chosen repression."

 

The legislation's spirit shows a certain government disdain for young people, said Martine Desjardins, president of Quebec's university students association (FEUQ).

 

Desjardins said the Liberals' Tuesday night byelection loss in Argenteuil, a longtime bastion for the party, shows that Quebecers will judge a government that shows contempt for its youth.

 

"The government has been sanctioned very harshly by the population," Desjardins said. "If you want to repress the youth, you're going to be sanctioned."

 

Bill 78 was adopted May 18. The law limits the timing, size, location and planning of student protests at the risk of heavy penalties for leaders.

 

Police forces across Quebec so far have been reluctant to apply the law, relying instead on municipal bylaws or the Criminal Code to act against protesters.

 

But a lawyer for three of the main student groups, Félix-Antoine Michaud, said simply the threat that the police could use the law against students is reason enough to fight it.

 

"If they do, it will be a catastrophe for all the student organizations," Michaud said.

 

Lawyers for several labour federations are also making arguments before Quebec Superior Court.

 

On the other side, the Quebec government plans to argue Bill 78 is necessary to keep the peace and permit students to go to school.

 

The law also suspends the winter semester for colleges and universities until August, giving students a chance to recoup missed classes without losing a term.

 

The legislation was adopted in response to Quebec's tuition crisis, which started in the winter with a provincewide boycott of classes in colleges and universities and has ballooned into daily protests.

 

Quebec plans to raise tuition in the fall.

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http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/montreal/story/2012/07/13/quebec-policing-costs-during-student-protests.html

 

Quebec student protests cost $7.3M in police overtime

CBC News Last Updated: Jul 13, 2012 6:48 PM ET

 

The last two months of nightly student protests were the most expensive — with officers logging $5.6 million in overtime hours. (CBC)

 

Montreal's police force had to pay out $7.3 million in overtime to officers supervising last spring's student demonstrations.

 

The overtime cost figures, calculated from February 1 to June 27, were obtained by Radio-Canada through an access-to-information request.

 

The last two months of the nightly protests were the most expensive — with officers logging $5.6 million in overtime hours.

 

The Sûreté du Québec is refusing to release figures on overtime costs related to student demonstrations.

 

The provincial police force refused to provide the number on the grounds it could jeopardize public safety.

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http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/montreal/story/2012/07/19/quebec-human-rights-commission-on-bill-78.html

 

Quebec human rights commission slams Bill 78

CBC News Last Updated: Jul 19, 2012 3:38 PM ET

 

Quebec's special law, Bill 78, that suspends a school semester and limits some protests, impedes on peoples' fundamental rights, according to the province's Human Rights Commission.

 

The commission, known as the CDPDJ, issued its review of the emergency legislation, that was enacted in May at the height of Quebec's student protests over tuition increases.

 

The 56-page commission analysis finds Bill 78 doesn't respond to minimum requirements laid out by Quebec's Charter of Rights and Freedoms.

 

In particular, the commission takes issue with sections of the law that prohibit protests on school property as direct attacks on freedom of expression and association as guaranteed under the Quebec Charter of Rights.

 

Bill 78 lays out strict rules for demonstrations of more than 50 people, including having to give eight hours' notice for details such as the protest route, the duration and the time at which they are being held.

 

The law's "prejudicial elements" should be proportionate to the benefits it brings to the public good, said CDPDJ president Gaétan Cousineau.

 

As it stands, the legislation includes some articles the commission says are "stated in large and unclear terms."

 

The CDPDJ's analysis is not legally binding — only a court of law can render the legislation invalid.

 

Sections of Bill 78 CDPDJ says violate the charter

 

Article 13, because it affects freedom of expression, of reunion and peaceful association.

 

Article 14, because it affects freedom of peaceful gatherings, and, in association, freedom of expression by making it illegal to assemble group within or outside an educational institution.

 

Articles 12 to 14, because they directly impact people's sense of solidarity and personal convictions towards a cause.

 

Article 15, because it imposes certain responsibilities on student associations (under Quebec's charter, associations do not have control or the right to exert such control over members.)

 

Articles 16 and 17, because it requires approval for protests larger than 50 people, in violation of freedom of expression and peaceful assembly.

 

Articles 18 to 31, because it imposes financial sanctions, in violation of freedom of expression and peaceful assembly.

 

The Commission says Bill 78 is also unclear about what acts are legal or illegal.

 

Quebec's Liberal government cited article 9.1 of the province's Chart of Rights and Freedoms when it first introduced its emergency legislation.

 

Article 9.1 states that certain freedoms can be revoked if peoples' security is endangered.

 

The emergency law has come under fire from student group and civil rights advocates.

 

After its adoption on May 18, opponents launched a court challenge against the law.

 

A coalition of groups also requested a temporary injunction to suspend Bill 78, pending the legal challenge.

 

That injunction request was rejected in court on June 27.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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http://www.montrealgazette.com/students+vote+renew+class+boycott/7049013/story.html

 

U de M students vote to renew boycott of classes

By Laura Beeston, The GazetteAugust 7, 2012

 

MONTREAL - The first of many rounds of votes on whether or not to go back to class were counted Monday evening, with students in social work from the University of Montreal approving the renewal of a strike against increasing tuition fees.

 

Of 638 members in their department, nearly 10 per cent voted in the general assembly. In total, 33 students voted for the continued strike, 26 voted against and two abstained in a meeting that lasted nearly three hours. The department will vote again on Sept. 7.

 

This week, many other CEGEP and University departments will also hold general assemblies. Many students have vowed the strike will continue, despite the Liberal government imploring them to head back to class on Aug. 13 and resume the classes that have been disrupted since the government adopted Law 78 (now Act 12) and terminated the school semester last March.

 

This U de M faculty vote comes on the heels of a statement signed by over 2,000 professors and teachers from around the world denouncing provisions of the controversial Bill 78 and over 200 Quebec educational professionals vowing to respect the impending student referendums on the strike renewal.

 

At a news conference Monday at the Université du Québec à Montréal, teachers maintained that Bill 78 “created a climate of war” between students and teachers, and refused to violate the “democratic decisions” of students in their general assemblies.

 

© Copyright © The Montreal Gazette

[Robin Hood]

http://www.montrealgazette.com/students+vote+renew+class+boycott/7049013/story.html

 

U de M students vote to renew boycott of classes

By Laura Beeston, The GazetteAugust 7, 2012

 

MONTREAL - The first of many rounds of votes on whether or not to go back to class were counted Monday evening, with students in social work from the University of Montreal approving the renewal of a strike against increasing tuition fees.

 

Of 638 members in their department, nearly 10 per cent voted in the general assembly. In total, 33 students voted for the continued strike, 26 voted against and two abstained in a meeting that lasted nearly three hours. The department will vote again on Sept. 7.

 

This week, many other CEGEP and University departments will also hold general assemblies. Many students have vowed the strike will continue, despite the Liberal government imploring them to head back to class on Aug. 13 and resume the classes that have been disrupted since the government adopted Law 78 (now Act 12) and terminated the school semester last March.

 

This U de M faculty vote comes on the heels of a statement signed by over 2,000 professors and teachers from around the world denouncing provisions of the controversial Bill 78 and over 200 Quebec educational professionals vowing to respect the impending student referendums on the strike renewal.

 

At a news conference Monday at the Université du Québec à Montréal, teachers maintained that Bill 78 “created a climate of war” between students and teachers, and refused to violate the “democratic decisions” of students in their general assemblies.

 

© Copyright © The Montreal Gazette

 

This is disastrous, the students will lose their semester. The worst affected will be students accepted into a competitive program.

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http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/montreal/story/2012/08/08/election-talks-education.html

 

Students boost pressure on Quebec election candidates

CBC News Last Updated: Aug 8, 2012 4:11 PM ET

 

Quebec's political parties are offering solutions to the ongoing student crisis should their party rise to power in the upcoming election.

 

Parti Québécois Leader Pauline Marois said she hopes all students will return to class to finish their semester but respects the students' right to vote to continue the strike over an increase in tuition fees.

 

"I want students to be able to study, and I want Bill 78 to be respected – though it's ignoble and has been condemned by the Quebec Human Rights Commission. We live under the rule of law and we have to respect the law," she said.

 

"I'm the leader of the official opposition. We have a premier – and he's the one who has the key to a solution. I've got as far as I can. It's up to him – the one who hasn't solved this crisis – to find a solution. I think he's actually tried to exploit this crisis and that's sad for Quebecers. Mr. Charest has all the responsibility for this conflict that's dragged on."

 

This week, student associations are urging students to put more pressure on political parties during the provincial election.

 

Charest continues to say what he plans to do if students vote to continue striking and picket outside post-secondary institutions.

 

"I don't want to deal with hypothetical situations any more than before. We've made progress, we're moving forward. Let's give everyone a chance to get back [to classes], and if there are particular cases that arise, we'll deal with them then."

 

So far, the votes accumulated on Monday and Tuesday by student associations point towards an agitated first day for CEGEP college and university students.

 

The college federation maintains that classes will go as scheduled and students who fail to attend could fail their courses.

 

Students in human sciences at UQAM and social services students at University of Montreal have voted to continue the strike on Tuesday. Students in communications at University of Sherbrooke also voted in favour of continuing the strike on Monday.

 

On Tuesday, Liberal Leader Jean Charest made a truce with CEGEP instructors to alleviate the workload that would come with restarting the winter semesters that were cut off by the student crisis.

 

Charest said he wants to add 180 additional instructors to help the current ones with their course loads. Fourteen of 48 CEGEPS in the province had to cut their winter semesters short.

 

Bill 78 had suspended the winter term and postponed it to Aug. 17 until Sept. 30. The law forces educational establishments that did not finish their terms to hold semesters that are 82 days long.

 

The Liberal leader made this deal after some university and college professors warned that they may keep staying away from classes if students voted in favour of maintaining their stance.

 

Nearly 200 professors met on Monday at the University of Montreal and introduced a petition signed by over 2,000 teachers in solidarity with the student associations.

 

François Legault, leader of the Coalition Avenir Québec, said it was "unacceptable" that a teacher who continues to receive salary would refuse to show up at work in solidarity with the student movement.

 

He added that a CAQ government would fine the teachers or even fire them if necessary.

 

Though professors are now expected to return to work, students may still decide to stay away.

 

College and university student associations are holding general assemblies to continue with the strike vote.

 

 

CEGEP General assemblies

 

CEGEPs

 

Date

 

Saint-Jérôme

 

Aug. 8, 11 a.m.

 

 

Valleyfield

 

Aug. 8, 6 p.m.

 

 

André-Laurendeau

 

Aug. 9, 10 a.m.

 

 

Saint-Laurent

 

Aug. 11, 11 a.m.

 

 

Marie-Victorin

 

Aug. 13, 10 a.m.

 

 

Maisonneuve

 

Aug. 13, 12 p.m.

 

 

Édouard-Montpetit

 

Aug. 13, 12 p.m.

 

 

Vieux-Montréal

 

Aug. 13, 5 p.m.

 

 

Lionel-Groulx

 

Aug. 14, 7 p.m.

 

 

Bois-de-Boulogne

 

Aug. 16, 10 p.m.

 

 

Ahunstic

 

To be determined

 

 

Montmorency

 

To be determined

 

 

Rosemont

 

To be determined

 

Saint-Hyacinthe

 

To be determined

 

*Most universities are determining when they will be holding general assemblies.

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The students are getting what they wanted with the election results - no tuition increase.

[Paper.Mango]

The students are getting what they wanted with the election results - no tuition increase.

 

Bonne chance pour faire passer un projet de loi si t'es minoritaire ( la CAQ et le PLQ sont pour la hausse)

[psychoswim]

Pas nécessaire.. Elle peut annuler la hausse par décrêt sans vote. Mais ça rentrera dans le budget au printemps prochain.

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http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/montreal/story/2013/03/23/montreal-arrests-student-crisis-anniversary-protest.html

 

Montreal police arrest 294 on anniversary of student protest

Protesters complain about police kettling manoeuvres

CBC News Last Updated: Mar 23, 2013 10:09 AM ET

 

Montreal police arrested 294 people during a protest to underline the anniversary of a massive rally that marked a turning point in last year's Quebec student crisis.

 

Last year's protest saw tens of thousands of people take to the streets to denounce the former Charest government's planned tuition increase.

 

However, police quickly stepped in on Friday evening to disperse the crowd and arrested several people under municipal bylaw P-6 — the bylaw "concerning the prevention of breaches of the peace, public order and safety and the use of public property."

 

Authorities said most people who were arrested were fined $654 for walking against the designated flow of traffic.

 

No one was kept in custody.

 

Sgt. Jean Bruno Latour, spokesman for Montreal police, said some journalists were part of the two mass arrests that took place around 6:30 p.m. The mascot, Anarchopanda, was also seen in one of the police kettling manoeuvres.

 

The protest fizzled around 7 p.m., but several people were still surrounded by authorities at 8:15 p.m. pending arrests.

 

Police criticized for behaviour

 

Sgt. Latour defended the police's manoeuvres and said people's rights are still being respected, but that "all protests have to remain peaceful and respectful of all citizens."

 

Several protesters criticized the police force's attitude toward protests, saying that authorities demand that crowds disperse too quickly without leaving them the chance to get their message across.

 

"They cut the protests after five minutes. We don't even have the time to express ourselves. It's ridiculous. They arrest people when there are no offences. I'm disgusted," said a woman at the protest.

 

Manon Massé, a member of Québec Solidaire and former provincial elections candidate, said her party is requesting an independent public inquiry into police behaviour during protests.

[dazzle]

This is getting so stupid. Mass arrests deserve political attention. This is out of the police's league now. It's not morally right to arrest innocent students and to slap them with a 600$ fine and to do this repeatedly. The police, left to its own devices, is plugging a square peg in a round hole.

 

Also, I'm not one to play stupid games like "you promised us Pauline" - which isn't true, since I think Pauline said that indexation was the way she going to go -, but I find it insulting that she was in the streets last year now that the police are doing more mass arrests than last year and that she has done nothing about it until now.