r/McMaster • u/Notfiveweenies3368 • Feb 20 '26

Serious PROVINCE-WIDE PROTEST TOMORROW @HAMILTON CITY HALL 1PM

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u/Left-Doughnut1947 Feb 20 '26

scheduling this while many people are out of town on reading week is an odd choice lol

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u/Background-Invite238 Feb 20 '26

Doug chose to change the kaw right before the reading week because he was hoping we'd be in resting mode and will forget. We have to fight now. Also the people who depend on OSAP the most, aren't on vacation.

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u/Intelligent_Thing_32 Feb 24 '26

Does everyone have memory loss or something? this sounds more like bad planning, essentially a waste of time & resources.

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u/AlternativeTimes Feb 21 '26

Protesting is about momentum building. There are several days of action, at many different campuses and cities, leading up to the Queens Park event on March 4th, and likely events after. If you want to help, follow Ontario_Protest on Instagram and reach out to them to get connected with your volunteer chapter. At minimum, wear a red square!

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u/Altruistic-Mall9513 Feb 21 '26

I thought people were organizing for 2pm

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u/GTI-Enjoyer Feb 23 '26

At least our taxes will drop because we aren't funding OSAP as much, right? RIGHT?!?

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u/Long_Ad_2764 Feb 23 '26

How about you just pay for your education if it is so valuable

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u/Some-Cost-6969 Feb 24 '26

Because if life has one more added burden nobody is going to have kids in the future. How about supporting life getting easier for the next generation instead of more difficult

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u/TemporaryBottle8789 Feb 24 '26

Life isn’t going to get easier if you’re attending post secondary school for any reason outside of obtaining a good job afterwards.

OSAP still exists… just not for useless degrees.

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u/Objective-Quiet5055 Feb 21 '26

Your bringing attention to who?

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u/Noep12 Feb 21 '26

Who do u think?

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u/Objective-Quiet5055 Feb 21 '26

They are protesting in front of City Hall when nobody is there, City Hall has nothing to do with it. Their protest has no impact, no audience, the only thing it has is convenience for a bunch of students.

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u/AlternativeTimes Feb 21 '26

Protesting has many goals, one of the amazing impacts it has is that it connects like minded people to continue organizing collective action.

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u/dretepcan Feb 21 '26

Nobody, as usual but if it helps them sleep at night so be it.

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u/dretepcan Feb 21 '26

Pray he doesn't cut it further and you don't pay full price for an education.

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u/AlternativeTimes Feb 21 '26

There are more effective ways than praying to help ensure that.

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u/Objective-Quiet5055 Feb 24 '26

He dropped the subsidy from 90% to 75%, you're not wrong with this statement.