Comments on: Does Jean Charest Really Think Students Can’t Count or Calculate?

By: Owen Gray

Owen Gray — Sun, 29 Apr 2012 13:49:05 +0000

They have succeeded in making the kids angrier. They only know how to pour oil on the fire.

By: Skinny Dipper

Skinny Dipper — Sat, 28 Apr 2012 02:29:25 +0000

I am in agreement with Michel. Many Canadians tend to see the tuition-fee debate as one of personal investment while the striking Quebec students and their supporters see higher education as a societal good. Why is primary and secondary education free while tertiary education costs tuition? What is the minimum amount of education one needs to become a successful person in society? I don’t just mean successful financially. I mean that one should have a minimum amount of education to be a contributing member to society in terms of thinking critically and working with others.

By: Michel

Michel — Sat, 28 Apr 2012 01:15:08 +0000

It’s odd, I thought that after all the trouble in Montreal and the flack Charest got for his joke, that he’d make an honest attempt at finding middle ground in the negotiations and acting in good faith.

Nope. Nothing. CBC had a good story up about why the Quebec students are up in arms while the ROC is shaking their heads.

To sum up: you either see higher education as a public good – much like medical care or roads – that serves the public interest and therefore should be made available to all those that want it or you see it much like Andrew Coyne does: an investment into a higher pay scale.

Anyway, Charest is really dropping the ball on this one as the election looms ever closer…