continued
      from
      page
      6
     
    
   
   
    
     
      right
      direction,”
      Young
     
     
      says.
      “However,
      it
     
     
      would
      be
      more
      effective
     
     
      to
      promote
      work
      initia-
     
     
      tives
      for
      students,
      like
     
     
      paid
      internship,
      [and]
     
     
      coop
      programs.”
     
    

    
     
      Young
      believes
     
     
      these
      initiatives
      would
     
     
      have
      provided
      students
     
     
      with
      better,
      more
      mar-
     
     
      ketable
      skills,
      with
      the
     
     
      added
      benefit
      of
      money,
     
     
      which
      could
      be
      put
     
     
      towards
      tuition.
      Summer
     
     
      earning
      are
      often
      not
     
     
      enough.
     
    

    
     
      Binns
      is
      commit-
     
     
      ted
      to
      invest
      in
      education
     
    
   
   
    
     
       
     
    
   
   
    
     
      PEI
      goverment
      assures
      |
      2
      Montreal
      Massacre:
      10
      Years
      Later
     
    
   
   
    
     
      it
      will
      work
      with
      UPEI
     
     
      President
      Wade
     
     
      MacLauchlan
      and
      the
     
     
      University
      Community
     
     
      to
      meet
      the
      needs
      of
     
     
      students,
      Young
      believes
     
     
      this
      is
      not
      clearly
      target-
     
     
      ing
      the
      problem.
     
    

    
     
      “The
      hard
      truth
      is
     
     
      the
      ‘needs
      of
      students
      in
     
     
      the
      new
      millennium’
      is
     
     
      [putting
      an
      end
      to]
      rising
     
     
      tuition
      of
      almost
      10
      per
     
     
      cent
      a
      year,
      outrageous
     
     
      student
      loans
      and
      subse-
     
     
      quent
      debts
      amounting
     
     
      to
      upwards
      of
      25,
      000
     
     
      dollars
      after
      4
      years,”
     
     
      Young
      says,
      questioning
     
     
      what
      the
      Binns
      gov-
     
    
   
   
    
     
      “Special
      attention
      will
     
     
      he
      given
      to
      the
      skills
     
    
   
   
    
     
       
     
    
   
   
    
     
      and
      training.
     
    

    
     
      “We
      will
      con-
     
     
      tinue
      to
      invest
      in
      educa-
     
     
      tion
      and
      training.
      Special
     
     
      attention
      will
      be
      given
      to
     
     
      the
      skills
      necessary
      for
     
     
      the
      new
      millennium,”
     
     
      says
      Binns,
      insisting
      that
     
     
      the
      solid
      base
      provided
     
     
      by
      a
      good
      education
     
     
      should
      never
      be
      ne-
     
     
      glected.
     
    

    
     
      “This
      is
      so
     
     
      ambiguous,”
      says
     
     
      Young.
      “We
      don’t
      know
     
     
      if
      that
      means
      the
      govern-
     
     
      ment
      is
      open
      to
      the
      idea
     
     
      of
      reducing
      or
      freezing
     
     
      tuition,
      or
      simply
      re-
     
     
      negociate
      with
      the
     
     
      university
      administra-
     
     
      tion.”
     
    

    
     
      Although,
      the
     
    
   
   
    
     
       
     
    
   
   
    
     
      ernment
      will
      do
      specifi-
     
     
      cally
      to
      help
      students.
     
    

    
     
      Kristin
      Little,
      3"
     
     
      year
      psyhology
      major
     
     
      agrees.
     
    

    
     
      “T
      think
      they
     
     
      should
      make
      more
     
     
      money
      available,
      not
     
     
      necessarily
      through
     
     
      loans,
      but
      rather
      through
     
     
      scholarships
      and
      bursa-
     
     
      ries,
      to
      help
      us,”
      says
      —
     
     
      Little.
     
    

    
     
      B.J
      McCarville,
     
     
      Vice
      President
      External,
     
     
      and
      liaison
      officer
     
     
      between
      the
      Union
      and
     
     
      all
      groups
      outside
      the
     
     
      university,
      including
      the
     
     
      PEI
      government,
      was
     
     
      unavailable
      for
      com-
     
    
   
   
    
     
      ment.
      :
      fo
     
    
   
   
    
     
       
     
    
   
   
    
     
      by
      Toby
      Cameron
     
    
   
   
    
     
       
     
    
   
   
    
     
      A
      decade
      ago,
     
     
      something
      happened
      that
     
     
      would
      change
      Canadians
     
     
      forever,
      and
      leave
      a
     
     
      legacy
      of
      fear
      for
      all
     
     
      Canadian
      women,
      young
     
     
      and
      old,
      for
      all
      the
     
     
      generations
      to
      follow.
     
     
      What
      happened,
      you
     
     
      ask?
      One
      of
      the
      most
     
    
   
   
    
     
      senseless,
      tragic,
      horren-
     
    
   
   
    
     
      dous
      crimes
      against
     
     
      women
      in
      Canadian
     
     
      history.
     
    

    
     
      On
      Dec.
      6,
      1989,
     
     
      students
      at
      the
      Univer-
     
     
      sity
      of
      Montreal’s
      Ecole
     
     
      Polytechnique
      were
      near
     
     
      the
      end
      of
      their
      second
     
     
      last
      day
      of
      classes
      before
     
     
      exams.
      At
      about
      five
     
     
      o'clock,
      a
      twenty-five
     
     
      year-old
      man
      entered
      the
     
     
      school
      with
      a
      grudge
      to
     
     
      settle.
      As
      he
      made
      his
     
     
      way
      to
      the
      second
      floor,
     
     
      he
      encountered
      twenty-
     
     
      five
      year-old
      finance
     
     
      department
      employee
     
     
      Maryse
      Laganiere.
      He
     
     
      lifted
      his
      .223
      calibre
     
     
      Strum
      Ruger
      semi-
     
     
      automatic
      rifle,
      fired,
     
     
      and
      counted
      his
      first
     
     
      victim.
     
    

    
     
      The
      intruder
     
     
      continued
      down
      the
     
     
      hallway
      to
      classroom
     
     
      303,
      where
      he
      ordered
     
     
      all
      the
      males
      to
      leave
      the
     
     
      room.
      They
      thought
      it
     
     
      was
      a
      joke
      until
      he
     
     
      brandished
      his
      rifle.
     
     
      Obligingly
      the
      men
      left
     
     
      the
      room
      --
      and
      their
     
     
      female
      classmates
      --
     
     
      behind.
      The
      man
      then
     
     
      yelled:
      “You’re
      all
      a
     
     
      bunch
      of
      feminists
      and
      I
     
     
      hate
      feminists!”
      With
     
    
   
   
    
     
      a
     
    
   
   
    
     
      that
      he
      opened
      fire.
      In
      a
     
     
      matter
      of
      seconds
      six
      of
     
     
      the
      ten
      women
      in
      the
     
     
      room
      were
      dead.
     
     
      Returning
      to
      the
     
     
      first
      floor,
      the
      intruder
     
     
      fired
      mercilessly
      at
     
     
      students
      fleeing
      for
     
     
      cover,
      then
      made
      his
     
     
      way
      to
      the
      cafeteria
     
     
      where
      he
      shot
      and
      killed
     
     
      three
      more
      women.
     
     
      Back
      upstairs
      he
      entered
     
     
      another
      classroom
      and
     
     
      opened
      fire,
      sending
     
     
      students
      and
      professors
     
     
      scrambling
      for
      cover.
     
     
      Leaping
      over
      and
      on
      top
     
     
      of
      desks,
      he
      shot
      at
     
     
      women
      desperately
     
    
   
   
    
     
      blamed
      them
      for
      all
      the
     
     
      failures
      in
      his
      life.
      What
     
     
      did
      that
      mean?
      Was
      this
     
     
      an
      act
      of
      isolated
      unpre-
     
     
      dictable
      madness,
      or
      did
     
     
      it
      represent
      an
      extreme,
     
     
      but
      perhaps
      inevitable,
     
     
      aspect
      of
      the
      continuum
     
     
      of
      violence
      experienced
     
     
      by
      women
      everywhere?
     
     
      The
      Montreal
     
     
      Massacre,
      as
      it
      became
     
     
      known,
      like
      no
      other
     
     
      event
      before
      it,
      focused
     
     
      national
      attention
      on
      the
     
     
      issue
      of
      violence
      against
     
     
      women.
      Memorial
     
     
      services
      were
      held
      all
     
     
      across
      the
      country
      (and
     
     
      continue
      to
      be
      held
     
    
   
   
    
     
       
     
    
   
   
    
     
       
     
    
   
   
    
     
      Finally
      the
      intruder
      turned
      his
     
     
      gun
      on
      himself
      and
      ended
      the
     
     
      most
      horrendous
      killing
      spree
     
     
      in
      Canadian
      history.
     
    
   
   
    
     
       
     
    
   
   
    
     
       
     
    
   
   
    
     
      trying
      to
      hide.
      Four
     
     
      more
      women
      lay
      dead.
     
     
      Finally,
      after
      a
     
     
      gruelling
      twenty
      min-
     
     
      utes,
      the
      intruder
      turned
     
     
      his
      gun
      on
      himself
      and
     
     
      ended
      the
      most
      horren-
     
     
      dous
      killing
      spree
      in
     
     
      Canadian
      history.
      Four-
     
     
      teen
      women
      were
      dead,
     
     
      and
      nine
      women
      and
     
     
      four
      men
      were
      injured.
     
     
      The
      end
      of
      this
      man’s
     
     
      life
      marked
      the
      begin-
     
     
      ning
      of
      a
      period
      of
     
     
      mourning,
      not
      only
      for
     
     
      the
      families
      of
      the
      vic-
     
     
      tims
      but
      for
      the
      entire
     
     
      country.
      It
      was
      also
      the
     
     
      start
      of
      a
      period
      of
     
     
      national
      reflection.
      It
     
     
      was
      clear
      that
      this
      man
     
    
   
   
    
     
      ee
      ee
     
    
   
   
    
     
      every
      year
      since)
      to
     
     
      remember
      the
      fourteen
     
     
      women
      and
      all
      other
     
     
      women
      who
      are
      victims
     
     
      of
      violence.
      The
      federal
     
     
      government
      declared
     
     
      Dec.
      6a
      national
      day
      of
     
     
      remembrance
      and
      action
     
     
      on
      violence
      against
     
     
      women.
      The
      white
     
     
      ribbon
      campaign
      came
     
     
      into
      being
      to
      give
      voice
     
     
      to
      the
      growing
      number
     
     
      of
      men
      who
      were
      speak-
     
     
      ing
      out
      against
      violence
     
     
      against
      women.
     
     
      Progress
      was
      made,
      but
     
     
      we
      have
      a
      long
      way
      to
     
     
      go.
     
    

    
     
      Most
      of
      us
      were
     
     
      too
      young
      to
      have
      a
      clear
     
    
   
   
    
     
      continued
      on
      page
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