Montreal Parents Protest Education Cuts, Call for Major Reinvestment
Protests highlight concerns over $570 million cuts impacting special needs and staffing, despite government adding $540 million with conditions, union leaders and parents say.
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Parents, students, unions stage protest in Montreal against education cuts
Parents and students were among those gathered in front of the offices of Quebec's Ministry of Education in Montreal, on Sunday, in the latest protest against the Coalition Avenir Québec government's cuts to the education system. Protests were also held in Gatineau and Chicoutimi.
About 100 people gathered in front of the offices of Minister Bernard Drainville to denounce the budget cuts in education.
Montreal parents protest education cuts, call for major reinvestment
Angry over education budget cuts, parents gathered Sunday afternoon in Montreal to make their voices — and their frustration — heard, saying the system is “running on fumes.” “Parents aren’t fooled,” said Geneviève Simon Potvin, a mother of two high school students, during a morning news conference outside the Ministry of Education offices. “We no […]
Rebelled by budgetary restrictions in education, parents of students are mobilizing on Sunday afternoon in Montreal to make their voices heard.
The U.S. citizen movement for school was set up in June in response to cuts by the government.
MONTREAL — Rebelled by the budgetary restrictions in education, parents of students mobilized on Sunday afternoon in Montreal to make their voice heard, but above all their anger, feeling the system "to the limit of breath." "Parents are not fooled," said Geneviève Simon Potvin, mother of two children in high school, at a press conference in the morning in front of the Ministry of Education's offices. "We no longer believe a single word of what …
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