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Post edited 5:21 pm – March 12, 2012 by MyCanadianFinances

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Just a little education strike going on here in Quebec. I would love to hear your opinion on the matter. It has to due with increases in tuition over the next 5 years. And how many people attend university will be negatively affected.

I did not go to university. So their arguments make me extremely angry, as I have had to work for everything I own and they seem to want things for free. Mind you, this is not my only point, I have many more. I was writing them out but decided that after 20 minutes of solid non-stop writing it would have taken me over an hour to type out all my views on this.

Just wondering what you guys thought.

I'm almost student debt free (this week!), so I can relate to the issue. Honestly, however, I don't feel too bad for them. $4,700 per year for tuition is a bargain. In state tuition where I went is now $4,952 to $7,247 per year depending on major. I was in business school, so I was at the top of the tuition chart.

My MBA tuition was $36,000 per year for two years. I came out with student loans, worked hard, and will have them paid off relatively quickly.

At the end of the day, though, I think all education should be free. Rather than fight about tuition increases, the Western world needs to look at the value of education and what it provides for both the students and society. School should be free.

Angry was a harsh word. I can admit that. I am not so much angry and frustrated.

I agree whole heartedly that education should be free. And if that ever came up as a big debate in Canada, I would be there.

I would be writing an article about this, but as you said, in the end it really does not concern me. I just wanted to hear the opinions of some who have gone to university because this is a big debate right now in Quebec.

Americans who see the Canadian tuition numbers north of the border won't feel any sympathy for these heavily subsidized tuition payers.

I hated tuition increases when I was a student, I understood some of them, but at the same time not at the level that they were increasing.  Honestly, they are lucky to only have their tuition be as expensive as it is right now.  Rates have been much higher in the US for a long time.  Increase in tuition is bad, but as long as it does not happen very often is manageable.

I just saw on the news, the tens of thousands of students crowding together in the streets of Montreal. It's rare to see that many people protesting together in a Canadian city .