On this we agree wholeheartedly. I wonder how well they succeed in the real world.
Quebec Student Protest
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Even there, I'm not convinced that risk of 'border hoppers' would justify the cost of monitoring for border hoppers. It turns out that, on the high end, the risk of braindrain was pretty overstated. Most well compensated people aren't that inclined to move just to be even more well compensated. Even then, a significant portion of those people would have lifelong ties to Canada, and many of them repatriate at some point in the future (bringing their cash and experience with them). Putting up a barrier to working elsewhere would likely make those who choose to go stay completely away until the statue of limitations is up on laws surrounding their debt.
No, no, you confused. "Lynn" and "Leah" are the same person. FUJI is ok most of the time but two sure way to tell he has lost an argument is when he resorts to personal attacks and/or thinks the IRA is out to kill him.Have I ever mentioned that I used to think Fuji and "Lynn" were the same person?
Let me see if I have this straight. Fuji's the one who thinks Dalton McGuinty is a competent premier, Lynn thinks Bob Rae is a good MP, and Leah....
Nah, I'm still confused.
Wowserina jim-bob. You get a pretty-big gold star for remembering Lynn. I even forget that handleHave I ever mentioned that I used to think Fuji and "Lynn" were the same person?
Life was easier when I could say stuff anonymously
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Not one in the same but I'm a fan.
All this is happening while the Charest Gov and municiple govs is being investiaging for corruption. Asking students to pay more for tuition while you pumped billions to the Mob and dirty construction companies is a hard sell.
Personally I support free education. The students are bettering society by increasing the proportions of people who are educated and informed.
Personally I support free education. The students are bettering society by increasing the proportions of people who are educated and informed.
Listening to the leaders speaking yesterday at their news conference, it was clear logic is not their strong suit. $400 isn't going to make that much of a deference to getting people educated. Much of your construction fraud is done at he municipal level so the provincial government is not the only ones involved.
Future union leaders
Students threaten to disrupt the F1 race if their demands are not met.
Shows they must have missed their economics classes, and would rather bang on pots than work.
The threat also shows they are NOT very bright, the province will now be able to force the increase down their throats, because it can't respond to threats.
This bunch is obviously unemployable anyway, and should be looking for jobs at farms with other people with similar marketable skills.
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Students threaten to disrupt the F1 race if their demands are not met.
Shows they must have missed their economics classes, and would rather bang on pots than work.
The threat also shows they are NOT very bright, the province will now be able to force the increase down their throats, because it can't respond to threats.
This bunch is obviously unemployable anyway, and should be looking for jobs at farms with other people with similar marketable skills.
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The proportion of francophones who attended university or held executive posts in Quebec was very much lower than the proportion of anglophones who did.train said:
Somehow you are stupid enough to think if you can name a few francophones who were the exceptions that this counters the overall statistics. Fail.
But who needs statistics when you have anecdotes, testimonials, and loud people saying trust me?
Although some will simply call them fuzzy numbers....But who needs statistics when you have anecdotes, testimonials, and loud people saying trust me?
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Don't think of it as 254.00 dollars per year, think of it like a student would.
That's like 9 cases of beer ! !
I agree with you here. Consider the worst case scenario where they only get paid minimum wage when they graduate. By now, the delay in their graduation due to the strike has undoubtedly cost them far more in lost future wages than the proposed increase in tuition. Even if they did force the government to cancel the increase, they would still be worse off than if they had just accepted the increase.
I have always found that certain people get utility out of protesting. Thus, while I would consider spending time protesting and keeping others from attending class to be a cost, I am not convinced that protestors do. They likely think they are doing something positive and get satisfaction out that that.
While I think it may be vaguely possible to analyze political positioning in "utility" terms, that smacks of trying to use hammer to saw wood. I think you would be better served by taking a course in the humanities if you really want to understand this one, I have found that economists generally just don't "get" politics and even more so fail at understanding politics by other means.
