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== Background ==
During the [[
Coalitions representing most CEGEPs and universities started to negotiate with the government. Talks and protests, in the form of marches, went on for over a year. Students from most CEGEPs and universities took the streets on April 14, 2004 (the first anniversary of the Charest government's election) and November 10, 2004.
== Student strike ==
During their January 29–30, 2005 congress, the [[students' union]]s members of the [[ASSÉ]] (''Association pour une Solidarité Syndicale Étudiante'') and other independent students' unions decide to form the ''Coalition de l'Association pour une Solidarité Syndicale Étudiante Élargie'' ([[CASSÉÉ]]) to coordinate the upcoming strike campaign. ("Cassé" is a [[French language|French]] word equivalent to "
The strike was initiated on February 21, by a member of the CASSÉÉ, the [[anthropology]] students' association from [[University of Montreal]] (''Association étudiante d'anthropologie de l'Université de Montréal''). But the real start was given on February 24 when over 30,000 students members of the CASSÉÉ, and a few other unions joined the strike.
The [[FECQ]] and the [[FEUQ]], federations of CEGEP and university unions, called for a [[student strike]] on March 4 and March 9<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://tvanouvelles.ca/infos/national/archives/2005/03/20050308-152612.html |title=Tous les étudiants appelés à se joindre à la grève |access-date=2012-06-30 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20120713000501/http://tvanouvelles.ca/infos/national/archives/2005/03/20050308-152612.html |archive-date=2012-07-13 |url-status=dead }}</ref> respectively. By March 15, over 100,000 students were on strike. This turn of events surprised many, as these organizations were traditionally opposed to strikes/[[boycotts]] as a negotiation [[tactic (method)|tactic]].{{Citation needed|date=July 2008}}
On March 16, 2005 students from traditionally more moderate institutions like [[École Polytechnique de Montréal]], as well as from [[Concordia University (Quebec)|Concordia University]] and McGill's Post-Graduate Student Society joined the strike for 24 hours. Between 10,000 and 100,000 students (80,000 being the number most reported){{Citation needed|date=July 2008}} took the streets for a peaceful march in [[Montreal]], creating the largest student protest staged in Quebec until March 22, 2012.
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==Agreement==
On April 2, the student federations and the government reached an agreement that was still left to be voted on by the individual student associations during the week. This agreement consists of a CAN $70M refunding for
The FEUQ officially endorsed the agreement, while the FECQ maintained a neutral position, saying it was "interesting enough" to be voted on by the individual members' unions. The CASSÉÉ rejected it. Over the next week, the movement mostly ended, with over two thirds of the students voting for a return to class during the week. However, at least 20 unions representing over 100,000 students rejected the offer and by April 11, there were still approximately 20,000 students boycotting class. During the following 2 weeks, most associations ended or suspended the boycott to allow the students to complete their semester.
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*[[Students' union]]
*[[Student protest]]
*[[2012 Quebec general election
==References==▼
{{Reflist}}▼
== External links ==
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* [http://www.fecq.org FECQ]
* [http://www.asse-solidarite.qc.ca ASSÉ]
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▲==References==
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[[Category:Political history of Quebec|Student strike, 2005 Quebec]]
[[Category:Student strikes in Canada]]
[[Category:2005 in Quebec|Quebec Student Strike, 2005]]
[[Category:Student protests in Canada]]
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