Quebec Going Ahead With Out-of-Province Tuition Hikes Despite Advisory Body Concern

Quebec Going Ahead With Out-of-Province Tuition Hikes Despite Advisory Body Concern
Quebec Minister for higher Education Pascale Dery responds to the Opposition during question period at the legislature in Quebec City on Sept. 28, 2023. The Canadian Press/Jacques Boissinot
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Quebec is moving forward with a plan to hike tuition for out-of-province Canadian students by about 30 percent, despite a letter from a government-mandated advisory committee urging them to reconsider.

Committee head Éric Tessier said his group wrote to Higher Education Minister Pascale Déry last month to advise her the hikes could compromise access to education and make the province less attractive to talented young people.