MONTREAL — The union representing more than 7,000 engineering students at Polytechnique in Montreal says it will strike next week, after the university announced it would phase out grants aimed at offsetting education costs.

Polytechnique had offered the grants since 2014 to help students pay for mandatory internships, but the school recently said it would stop offering them by the 2027 winter semester.

For Canadian students outside Quebec, their fees will more than double. Gabriel Comby, president of the Polytechnique student union, says the administration shouldn’t be placing its financial burdens on students.

“This money will come from the pockets of students from the regions, whose parents can’t afford to pay for an apartment in Montreal, and who struggle to make ends meet,” he said

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