Premier Ford suggests some students taking advantage of OSAP as he defends cuts to government grants
Premier Ford suggests some students taking advantage of OSAP as he defends cuts to government grants
Premier Ford suggests some students taking advantage of OSAP as he defends cuts to government grants
Premier Doug Ford said he has been fielding thousands of calls from concerned students since his government announced they would be changing the structure of the Ontario Student Assistance Program (OS...

“You’re picking basket-weaving courses and there’s not too many baskets being sold out there. Go into healthcare, go into trades,” shared Ford. “Those are where the jobs are.”
If Ford was really serious about promoting healthcare and the trades, he would make OSAP loan/grant ratios dependent on the course taken. Make OSAP 90% grant 10% loan for the trades and health care, and 90% loan 10% grant for basket weaving courses.