The student association representing over 7,000 engineering students at Polytechnique Montréal plans to go on strike next week after the university announced its plans to phase out grants aimed at offsetting education costs.

Offered since 2014, these grants aim to help students pay for mandatory internships, though the school said it would stop offering them by the 2027 winter semester. For Canadian students outside of Quebec, their fees are expected to more than double.

“It’s a population that doesn’t have a lot of money. It’s a population that can’t afford paying these increased fees, and there’s no reason that Polytechnique comes out and increases the fee,” said Gabriel Comby, the president of the Polytechnique Student Association (AEP).

“The impacts are tremendous. It’s a lot of mon

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