There are no apologies from the Ford government for its decision to do away with free tuition for students from low income families.
Speaking in Thunder Bay, Finance Minister Vic Fedeli stated the province can’t afford the program right now.
Fedeli says “the Auditor General told us; this program is not sustainable, you can not continue to pay for this in the province of Ontario.”
He stresses the government gave students what many of them demanded and that was lower tuition.
Fedeli notes they also made other moves to help students including the modernization of the OSAP program and making it more sustainable.