In the Winnipeg Free Press, Stefani Forster looks more closely at the composition of the Quebec college and university protest movement:
They are the 66 per cent. And they have been mostly invisible in the torrent of stories about Quebec’s student unrest.
Roughly two-thirds of Quebec students are not on a declared strike from their classrooms, are not necessarily participating in daily marches against tuition hikes, and not getting the attention of the national and international media.
What are they doing? They’re completing their semester on time.
At McGill University, classes and exams have been largely unaffected by the student unrest. Only three departments — Gender, Sexuality and Women’s studies; Graduate Art History; and French Literature — are on strike.
As Margret Wente called it, the future baristas on strike. I love it when news organizations actually take the time to do the job right. Confirms my preconceived notions anyway. And Wente, at the G&M has stirred up the loons as they fuss and spit at her over in the comments.
Comment by Dwayne — May 1, 2012 @ 22:05