Quebec: Almost 200,000 students striking against university tuition fee hikes

The strike movement at Quebec’s CEGEPS (colleges) and universities continues to grow.

Initiated by some 25,000 students in mid-February, the movement has swelled to involve close to 200,000 students at French- and English-language post-secondary institutions across Quebec. Many thousands more are expected to join the strike next week in the run-up to Thursday’s “national” (Quebec-wide) student demonstration in Montreal.

The students are demanding that the provincial Liberal government of Jean Charest withdraw its plan to raise university tuition fees by 75 percent over the next five years.