Bill 78 (CBC post)
General provisions:
Outlines dates for classes to resume in August, but also allows institutions to set their own dates and even hold summer terms.
Requires institutions to deliver educational services.
Allows institutions to shorten the time needed for a term of school.
Protects students from being penalized for the terms being shortened.
When school resumes, requires employees to report for work. Employee associations cannot participate in concerted action to contravene this.
Prohibits anyone from impeding students' right to study or attend class. Any form of gathering that would do so [ie., within 50 metres of building] is illegal.
Demonstrations:
Any demonstration involving 10 or more people in a public place requires the time, date, duration, venue and route plus means of transportation to be disclosed in advance to police.
Anyone who violates the act and is found guilty can be fined between $1,000 and $5,000 for each day he or she broke law. That fine rises to between $7,000 and $35,000 for student leaders and $25,000 to $125,000 for student or employee associations or federations.
Student associations:
If an association fails to comply with the act, the government can order an educational institution to cease to provide it with space, furniture and display areas free of charge.
Students are no longer required to make any financial contributions to student associations
A federation may lose all its funding, by order of the minister of education, if it has failed to comply with the law.
The student boy-cott is getting a little bit out of hand here. The students are blowing everything out of proportion and should just accept the miniscule rise in tuition: it's still the cheapest on the continent! Regardless, I'm glad to see the government trying to step in, but it is a little hard for them while the students are still being spoiled brats...
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