Sophia Stacey is originally from Medicine Hat, Alberta. She decided to study at Bishop’s University to learn French. Conquered by the region, she had planned to get her master’s degree and then enter the job market in Estrie, but the increase in tuition fees imposed by the CAQ on Canadians outside Quebec would drive her out of the province, disappointed and insolvent. the bill.
“Seeing that the government is not grateful for what we have invested in the Quebec economy and community hurts me,” said the student, who is also president of the university’s student union.
She has been working in Lennoxville for two years, funding accommodation and spending money in the area. “I invested more in the regional economy than the Quebec government invested in my education,” she compares.
At the end of the year he will complete his high school diploma. She then planned to complete her master’s degree here, but that will not be financially possible for her. “There is a shortage of mental health workers here and I would love to work there, but it won’t be affordable for me to get my master’s degree here, so I’ll have to do it somewhere else. And why should I invest my time and savings to live here when the government says students like me are not welcome in Quebec?
The president of the Bishop’s University Student Association signs an open letter calling on the government to exempt the regional body from this measure. A letter supported by the mayor of Sherbrooke and around twenty student associations, representing a total of more than 450,000 Canadians.
The CAQ says it is working on a solution to help Bishop’s. According to the student union, only one thing is possible: the status quo.