Tuition fee protests

Re: “Tuition-hike protesters come face to face with cops in riot gear” (Gazette, Feb. 24).

It’s time to reach a compromise on tuition fees.

I think most university students would agree (possibly after a lengthy discussion) that the current tuition fee is unsustainable.

However, I don’t agree with the readers who enjoy telling stories of how they walked to school uphill, both ways, and barefoot, too.

I believe the provincial government should raise the tuition fee by slightly more and over a slightly longer period of time. Scott J. Brereton

Beaconsfield

Students here already enjoy one of the lowest, if not the lowest, tuition fees in North America. An examination of the past five days of boycotts and “strike” activities shows there have been about 40 hours of protests. The tuition hike of $375 annually works out to about $9.38 per hour for those 40 hours. So if the students simply worked for 40 hours, instead of protesting, the $375 would be covered.

Harry Selick

Kirkland

Tens of thousands of students are on strike protesting tuition fee increases of more than $300 per year.

How many of them have cellphones that cost $100? I hope the minister stands firm to bring tuition fees up to the national average.

Georges Plourde

Kirkland