Canada, Cause Commune #34 - Zero deficit .... Permanent austerity! (fr)

The promises of the PQ, you believed? As stated Coluche: "The right of selling promises 
and do not take the left sells the> hope and breaks." But in the case of PQ is a mixture 
of both. After betting on political alternation and surfed popular discontent spring 2012, 
the PQ is quickly returned to his mantra Bouchard years. Of course, we rushed to the 
government to justify this situation by the state of public finances in the province and 
their minority status in the National Assembly. ---- Obsession and the willingness of 
policymakers to PQ zero deficit would be justified in order to demonstrate that the party 
can first form a "good government" for a majority next election and a referendum 
hypothetical third round . That at least is the way that the party is trying to swallow 
the snake to its members.

But a "good government" who exactly? With the measures taken - or not taken further - 
until now by the government: back on the abolition of health tax on the creation of two 
new levels of taxation and the abolition of the rate increase of the heritage Hydro-Qu?bec 
(rates will now be indexed), etc.. This is not a piece of skirt but it gives us a glimpse 
its entirety. In fact, it is more vis-?-vis the Council of management and rating agencies, 
it is important to demonstrate the PQ can be a "good government" or a good student - this 
is the choice - the rest does not matter.

UQAC austerity: a first in a long line?

Minister Marceau has quickly betrayed the commitments made by his party in the last 
election and made his knife to public spending. In this case, it would be more appropriate 
to use as the image axes. Saguenay Lac-St-Jean, is eagerly and zeal that the university 
administration, the announcement of the cuts, began to slash the budget. Indeed, even 
before the summit on the post-secondary education, the administration announced a major 
series of cuts and fare increases, even at the expense of its missions of research and 
teaching. Among these, we note the closure of the study Charlevoix, hosting nearly 100 
higher education or the disappearance of a number of services until the student 
population: the service of employment assistance The program of academic achievement and 
health services (social work, psychologist and physician). But fear not, in its infinite 
wisdom, the university administration has found the solution: provide these services - 
health services for less - through volunteer work students. After all, the university 
offers programs in these areas and people of higher education are not lacking. In the 
worst case, the student will be suggested by the rector: go to the hospital!

Managers are also the ax to the side of international mobility grants for students, and 
merge the First Nations Centre Nikanite and Knowledge Centre able UQAC CESAM. To justify 
the 60% increase thumbnail parking, the rector said that if people of higher education 
"have" new cars, they may well pay more. Of course, the park is without a doubt reserved 
for the exclusive use of the student population and transit, what about public 
transportation ... it is the most developed in the world.

The administration also announced layoffs and hiring freezes, after the mixers is to be 
given to their heart on the campus of UQAC recent years and spending for dubious were 
reported by the "great journalists "Quebecor Gesca and can not be accused of great 
sympathy red squares. Among these were: the purchase of pens whose unit cost is $ 500 for 
travel expenses astronomical payments since 2006 more than $ 700,000 collected even 
operating funds of the university to improve generous pension fund executives, etc.. Even 
cutting, the administration is no exception UQAC its market vision of education. She says 
even stronger as a simple product to serve its students, or rather, as she thinks, her 
clients, the rest is secondary and therefore an excuse to replenish its coffers and more 
than anything else to prevent managers do not have to tighten the belly!

Shit spring "Maple" fight now!