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Canadian Students Protest Cost Of Education

Posted on Wednesday, February 04 at 20:38 by whelan costen
The largest marches were in British Columbia, where fees have skyrocketed since the provincial Liberals lifted a six-year freeze imposed by the former NDP government. About 2,500 demonstrators gathered in downtown Vancouver and another 1,500 outside the B.C. legislature in Victoria.

In Halifax, about 200 placard-waving students also protested outside the legislature chanting "Education is a right, we will not give up the fight."

Rallies were also held in St. John's, Charlottetown, Edmonton and Winnipeg, where 500 turned out.

Students march in national protest over fees, debt

Note: Students march in natio...

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  1. by Anonymous
    Fri Feb 06, 2004 4:33 am
    One of the protesters said it best, we are the future voters and we will remember! But will she? Seems like Canadian voters are the most absent minded or forgiving voters in the world, hope she proves me wrong!

  2. by Perturbed
    Fri Feb 06, 2004 5:04 am
    Forgiving? No, we just have few alternatives in this corrupt electoral system......I\'ve always found the electorate very unforgiving, when it comes to provincial or the federal NDP partie(s).

  3. by Perturbed
    Fri Feb 06, 2004 5:06 am
    Oh goody!!! A few hundreds students protest yet again. That will work!!! Just like it did during the Mike Harris years!!!!!!! hahahahahahahahhahahahahahahahhahahahah 500% tuition hikes in medical schools. Martin: \"I, I I I, I GREW UP IN A NORMAL HOUSE, IIIII .

  4. by Dave Ruston
    Sat Feb 07, 2004 8:05 pm
    Well, at least they`re out there showing how they feel. They could choose to stay inside and play Nintendo or something in the heart of winter. Freedom does not exist if education is financially put out of reach for most!

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    Dave Ruston

  5. by avatar whelan costen
    Sun Feb 08, 2004 9:01 am
    I agree Dave, and once they begin to see what gov is doing to education,they will probably pay attention to other issues. Once you start to see how this system works you are likely to stay informed. In the end they are getting an education, thanks to the politicians,(now that is irony)!

  6. by Anonymous
    Sun Feb 08, 2004 3:48 pm
    being a young Canadian is only an advantage if you are Native, or a multi-cult. The system is skewed against you otherwise. Better to leave for greener pastures. If I was young and didn\'t have a family, that\'s what I would do. As far as post secondary education, my sympathies are with the Born-in-Canada dupes who consume push media, for they are trying to live the debt-consumer life, plus live the euphoric freedom of college life, the two are incompatible.

  7. by Anonymous
    Mon Feb 09, 2004 1:42 am
    Don\'t let age hold you back, move on if you think it\'s better elsewhere...the negative will always hold people back, no matter what age, colour, culture etc!



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