Quebec government ignored advice from advisory committee to ditch out-of-province tuition hikes
The CAQ government is sticking with its plan to increase tuition for out-of-province students, despite calls from an advisory committee to either provide more justification for the controversial measure or ditch the idea altogether.
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![As of next fall, new out-of-province students will need to pay $17,000 in tuition for undergraduate programs, a measure that will affect English-language universities like Concordia. There is a building on a street.](https://i.cbc.ca/1.6632904.1697811002!/fileImage/httpImage/image.jpg_gen/derivatives/16x9_620/concordia-sex-assault-warning-20171114.jpg)
The CAQ government is sticking with its plan to increase tuition for out-of-province students, despite calls from an advisory committee to either provide more justification for the controversial measure or ditch the idea altogether.