US EditionPQ MNA’s Petition Against Cuts in Education Gets 25,000 Signatures in Two Days
- The Coalition Avenir Québec government announced $570 million in budget cuts to education for the upcoming school year, sparking widespread backlash.
- These cuts follow a slowed education budget increase of five percent this year, instead of the usual seven percent, forcing difficult choices for schools.
- Support staff positions like special education technicians and administrative roles face cuts, removing crucial services for students with disabilities or learning difficulties.
- A petition initiated at the National Assembly demanding the government reverse the budget cuts and safeguard student services had amassed over 60,000 signatures by Thursday.
- The cuts threaten educational pillars and increase workloads, risking harm to vulnerable students while parents and unions mobilize protests and calls for government reversal.
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Protests and petitions as calls grow for Quebec to backtrack on education cuts
Protests, news conferences and petitions are happening across the province to draw attention to the impacts of the Quebec government's education cuts announced two weeks ago and to prompt the education minister to reconsider.
Several marches are planned in the province, while parents, unions and school executives join together.
Quebec education cuts: petition on National Assembly website
A petition against Quebec budget cuts in education was launched and by Wednesday at 1 p.m., it had reached 30,506 signatures, including 25,000 in the first two days. The petition, sponsored by PQ MNA Pascal Bérubé and available on the National Assembly website, calls on the Quebec government not to proceed with these cuts, “so […]
A petition against budgetary restrictions in education has just been launched and was delivered on Wednesday noon to 29,100 signatures, of which 25,000 in the first two days.
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