MONTREAL - Jack Hutchison and Loic Sanscartier say they are part of the "silent majority."
After weeks of tuition protests, the two student members of Concordia Students against the Strike say that while they may not agree with the tuition hike, they think those protesting the rise in university costs do not represent the majority.
"We have no official position on tuition fees, a lot of the people in our group are for the increase and a lot of them are against the increase," said Sanscartier. "What we have an issue with is a strike as a form of protest."
The two call the Concordia vote to protest "anti-democratic," despite the fact that it was the largest general assembly in the history of the university.
"The problem is that it was run by the Concordia Student Union and they have taken a position in the strike, for the strike," said Hutchison. "They have general assemblies where they only present one side of the argument."
While the union representing all Concordia undergraduate students voted to join the walk out, some smaller faculties did not. Students at the John Molson School of Business voted 84 per cent in favour of not joining the protest.
"A lot of people are talking about us now, which is a good thing," said Sanscartier.
The two plan to do their best to make sure that a vote next week to extend the protest mandate at Concordia does not pass.
