After reading "A dishonest student movement" from Maclean's, I think that Québec students don't have much to complain about seeing as their tuition is all of $2000/year. The out-of-province student tuition fees are still about the same as the regular tuition for in-province students in Ontario and other provinces. Personally, I spend around 6000$/year on tuition so to hear about students whining over a $100 raise on an already cheap tuition irks me.
I don't think the way they went about the issue (by not attending class) was a good way of handling it. They wasted more money skipping classes and jeopardizing their grades for $100. If any other university in any other province tried that, it would be shut down so fast. It comes off as a temper tantrum on a university-age scale. Suck it up and work a few extra hours to pay that off. Maybe these whining students should come across the provincial border to Ontario to see what it's like. That would be an eye-opener. Maybe those from other provinces are jealous or envious, but I think we have every right to as our tuition is generally over double what theirs is. After spending around $5000, whats another $100 really?Solution? Standardize tuition across the country. I'm sure Québec would be outraged, but look how happy students in other provinces would be! Since the rest of the country outnumbers the Québec students, it would be a massive benefit to the majority!
Here are a few other opinions featured on a CBC news article: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rw2lgxxaZJc (again, there are embedding issues...grrr)
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