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Tuition fees in Quebec have been frozen for 33 of the past 43 years, so Quebec's universities have welcomed the news of a tuition hike which will give them $850 million more in operating revenues over the next six years.
Many students say Quebecers should be proud to have the lowest tuition in the country.
"Education is such a valuable resource in today's job market," said Dawson College student Benjamin Audet. "The people who are in power now and making these laws benefited from this cheap access to education."
There have been multiple protests since the Charest government announced the measure last year, including at Liberal caucus meetings and outside cabinet ministerial offices, all to no effect.
In April a protest march through Montreal turned violent and ended with police using stun grenades and pepper spray to disperse the crowd.
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