QUEEN’S PARK – MPP for Guelph Mike Schreiner released the following statement following the government’s announcement of new legislation to strengthen OSAP.
“The government’s OSAP changes are years too late.
Good students who have done everything right are dropping out of school, lining up at foodbanks or crashing on friends’ couches to make ends meet. All because this government unfairly paused their funding while scrambling to regain control of the system they broke.
Meanwhile, millions of taxpayer dollars have already been lost to fraudulent activity within the sector—and the government won’t even say how much.
The priority now needs to be helping students who had their funding unfairly and abruptly paused.
We are calling on the government to make things right and prioritize the young people who are struggling right now. We stand with students demanding that funding immediately resume for schools with no evidence of wrongdoing.”