Quebec s plan to charge higher tuition fees for non-Quebec university students is being criticized by members of the business community and politicians in Ottawa.
A spring survey of 7,000 teachers conducted by a federation of 34 teacher unions found that 92 per cent of respondents were in favour of such a measure.
Lack of funding, growing demand and inflation are affecting Sun Youth's annual school supplies distribution program. The Generations Foundation's shelves are nearly empty too.
Quebec is short 1,859 full-time teachers and 6,699 part-time teachers. The teacher shortage comes to a total of 8,558, according to the province's education minister.