QUEBEC - The Quebec government is proposing changes to its student-loan program in a bid to end walkouts by thousands of post-secondary students.
The government says loan reimbursements will be pegged to the income of students and their parents.
But Education Minister Line Beauchamp told a news conference in Quebec City this morning the government is still committed to hiking tuition fees by $325 a year for the next five years.
Although the increases would still leave Quebec with among the lowest annual tuition rates in the country, at around $3,800, protest leaders say they would limit access to affordable education.
The students have been warned their semester might be cancelled if they don't get back to class by next week.
They are also facing legal threats from students who have successfully filed for court injunctions ordering some schools reopened.
