My youngest got her University Degree today!!!!

My baby holding her diploma!

Today I went to watch my youngest receive her university diploma. A very proud moment in the life of a mother. I will NOT be made to feel guilty because I went to her graduation ceremony. My joy as a mother to see my child blossom into a young woman with a university degree will not be damped by the protesting students and their supporters. 

I mean I never got to see either daughter graduate from High school. I got to see my eldest graduate from "navy boot camp" and my youngest today from university. These are very special moments in the life of a mother and I would never get back the opportunity to share with my daughters these milestones.  I would have gone to my eldest' university graduation if she had attended but since she is currently sailing on the HMCS Moncton now, it's a moot point. 

This in no way takes away the fact that I feel that education in Quebec should be free and I support the movement, but it's pretty petty of them to bitch me out for supporting my children!

A letter from Occupy McGill

This morning I found an article on the Occupiers of McGill last week, the one that brought Riot police to the McGill Campus.  There is no reason for the riot police to have been there at all, but I'll let the article speak for itself.

Here is another article about McGill from a different point of view.  


There was a March on Monday called "We are all McGill". I haven't heard too much about what happened there.

Riot Police at McGill University yesterday after march against rise of School fees

Here's an article written by the McGill student newspaper about what happened following a huge march by Quebec students against the rise of school fees. Estimates between 20000 and 30000 students participated. The march ended at Jean Charest's office which is near McGill.

The first video is events that lead to having McGill swarmed by 100 Riot police

This one covers from the beginning to near the end of what happens at McGill. 

45 seconds into this video, you see police swarm the students in attack formation

This video is labelled "This is our campus, shame on you"