With 3,500 screaming students, the national Student Day of Action rally in front of Queen’s Park last Wednesday was probably the largest in the country.
In Montreal, only 1,000 students from local universities protested, in Halifax around 100 and “a few thousand” in Ottawa, according to campus press reports. The Students’ Administrative Council is holding meetings on St. George and UTM campus this week to hash out the next steps in the campaign to freeze tuition fees.
Meanwhile, The Excalibur at York University reported that student leaders from Toronto universities-including U of T-signed in as journalists from various campus publications-including The Varsity-in order to picket a funding announcement by minister of training, colleges, and universities Chris Bentley last Monday.
Vanessa Larkey, editor of The Underground at UTSC, called their actions “disgusting.”
“Can you really trust these people?” she thundered.
-MIKE GHENU
