Education issues in Canada
Ontario high school teachers union accepts concessions
By Carl Bronski, November 24, 2012
The Ontario Secondary School Teachers’ Federation has reached agreement with seven provincial school boards on a series of major concessions demanded by the Ontario’s Liberal government.
Ontario teachers’ unions seek concessions deal
By Carl Bronski, November 8, 2012
The union of Ontario public teachers has postponed limited job action in protest of legislation that imposes wage cuts and other concessions.
Quebec: Thousands protest Liberals’ tuition hikes, user fees and privatization
By Keith Jones, August 24, 2012
The large turnout in Wednesday’s demonstration attests to the fact that youth and workers are as determined as ever in their opposition to the Liberal government’ rightwing agenda, but CLASSE made no effort to draw the political lessons of the past six months of struggle.
Quebec students debate whether to continue their strike
By a WSWS reporting team, August 14, 2012
The WSWS spoke with students who met last week to decide whether to continue their six-month strike against the Quebec Liberal government’s plans to dramatically raise university tuition fees.
SEP public meeting
The Quebec student strike, the working class and the struggle for social rights
August 11, 2012
The SEP is holding a public meeting in Montreal August 16 to draw the lessons of the Quebec student strike and elaborate a socialist internationalist strategy to carry forward the fight for fundamental social rights.
Quebec students seek to broaden strike, but CLASSE leaders capitulate to union opposition
By Keith Jones, July 24, 2012
Tens of thousands of striking students and their supporters marched through downtown Montreal Sunday in a demonstration called by CLASSE, the student association that has spearheaded the five-month strike against the Quebec Liberal government’s plan to drastically raise university tuition fees.
Quebec union head condemns “social strike” against Charest government
By Richard Dufour, June 28, 2012
The president of Quebec's second-largest labor federation has ruled out any possibility that the unions will organize even limited job action in support of the striking students and against the provincial Liberal government.
Québec Solidaire open to an electoral alliance with the Parti Québécois
By Richard Dufour, June 19, 2012
Under conditions where the four-month-long student strike and opposition to Bill 78 have roiled the establishment, Québec Solidaire has again signalled its readiness to form an electoral alliance with the Parti Québécois.
Quebec: Protests continue against Bill 78 and the attack on education
By a WSWS reporting team, June 16, 2012
The vast movement of social protest that arose in Quebec in response to the provincial Liberal government’s university tuition fee hikes is continuing.
Quebec artists denounce governments’ smear campaign against student strike
By Keith Jones, June 14, 2012
More than 2,500 writers, filmmakers, actors, and others artists have signed an open letter to Quebec Culture Minister Christine St. Pierre demanding that she retract her claim that the four-month-long student strike is “violent.”
“Casserole” protests in support of Quebec students spread across Canada
By a WSWS reporting team, June 5, 2012
A new form of protest, “casserole” demonstrations, emerged last month in response to the Quebec Liberal government’s draconian Bill 78.
Quebec government scuttles talks to end 16-week student strike
By Keith Jones, June 1, 2012
Quebec’s Liberal government broke off negotiations with student associations yesterday afternoon.
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