Quebec Student Leaders Agree to End Boycott
Quebec’s education minister said she has reached an “agreement in principle” to end the province’s ongoing student strike.
In a statement released Saturday afternoon, Line Beauchamp said the student groups still have to present the deal to their members.
She said the agreement was reached with all four groups representing the province’s CEGEP and university students.
Quebec’s four student groups, leading the fight against proposed university tuition fee hikes, have been in closed-door negotations in Quebec City with Beauchamp and the head of the Treasury Board, Michelle Courchesne, since 4 p.m. Friday.
So far no details of the agreement have been announced.
The announcement follows the news that one 20-year-old student reportedly lost an eye and also suffered life-threatening head wounds during a demonstration in Victoriaville, Que., Friday night. He will need surgery. Another man is in hospital with non life-threatening head injuries.
Several hundred students attended the demonstration, that quickly turned violent, resulting in 106 arrests and sending three police officers and six demonstrators to hospital