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The front page of The Guardian for March 29, 1968, featured this photo of PWC students protesting Bill 57 on the steps ofthe (onfederation Centre ofthe Arts, next to the provintial Legislature

mously rejected the Act, threatening resignations “and other actions that could reﬂect detrimentally on the reputation of Prince Edward lsl;1nd."“ A petition was signed by a full 10 per cent of the Islands population. And on lVlarch 28, ISO student protesters marched on the Legislature. In anticipation ofAlex Campbell delivering an April 2 address to the House on higher education, the jazzr/m/—Pfoneer said, “Anything short ot‘explosive will he anticlimactic.“

rlhe Premier did not disappoint. After outlining his recent tail— ures to co—ordinate Island higher education, he turned to the students lining the gallery: “But the past is the past!" His government would

commit $120 million over the next decade on a student aid program,

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