Fears the Ford government is going to take the axe to student grants.
The government expected to make it official today, its cutting post secondary tuitition fees by 10 percent but critics fear thats only part of the story, and will take aim at grants which were beefed up by the previous Liberal regime
Documents indicate that Merrilee Fullerton, the Progressive Conservative government's minister of training, colleges and universities, will announce the mandated drop in tuition for colleges and universities today.
The Canadian Federation of Students wrote on Twitter that it was concerned about the government's intentions, and whether the move would truly make education more affordable in Ontario.
The federation warned that the province's auditor general ``set the stage'' last month for major cuts to student grants under the Ontario Student Assistance Program.
In her December report, Bonnie Lysyk found that costs for OSAP jumped by 25 per cent in 2017-2018, and the program could cost Ontario $2 billion annually by 2020-2021.
The Tories are in the midst of trying to trim a deficit they peg at $14.5 billion, although the province's financial accountability officer says it's closer to $12 billion.