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Kingston & District Labour Council held a rally in support of the Queens
Students occupying Queens Principal William Legget's office in adirect
action to protest the Queen's University proposal to deregulate all tuition fees.

Shelly Martel NDP MPP Speaks With The Students

The Students Occupying Legget's Office

Kingston Labour Council Support Rally

Kingston Labour Council Support Rally

Today's announcement (January 24, 2002) from the Ministry of
Training, Colleges, and Universities represents a significant
victory for students and families across Ontario. Minister Dianne
Cunningham announced that the Queen's University proposal to
deregulate all tuition fees has been rejected. In other words, for
the time being, there will continue to be limits on tuition fee increases
for undergraduate programs.

The message you sent from the web site of the Canadian
Federation of Students was one of over 1000 sent by other
supporters of accessible post-secondary education. The
Federation's lobbying efforts and media strategy - combined with
the Queen's students' occupation of Principal William Legget's
office last week, thousands of signatures on petitions, and your
message to the Minister - made Ontario's Conservative
government politically unable to adopt the Queen's proposal.

Thank you.

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