Minister defends changes to Ontario Student Assistance Program

The provincial minister overseeing Ontario’s colleges and universities defended cuts to the student-grant portion of the Ontario Student Assistance Program (OSAP). Minister of Colleges, Universities, Research Excellence and Security (MCURES), Nolan Quinn — responding to questions during a press conference at the Cornwall Community Hospital on Feb. 19 — said the program was unsustainable as-is. “We had a pressure of $2.3 billion this fall if we didn’t act and change