Ontario Premier Doug Ford again ruled out increasing tuition fees in Ontario as colleges and universities beg for help amidst a financial crunch.
On Tuesday, Ford confirmed he wouldn’t increase tuition fees but repeatedly said he and his government would stand with the struggling post-secondary sector.
“We’re going to be there to support the colleges, the university,” Ford said.
“We’re going to have full communication with the colleges and universities, we’re there to support them.”
Ford’s government cut tuition by 10 per cent in 2019 for Canadian students and froze it.
The tuition cut and freeze combined with low levels of provincial funding to post-secondary institutions forced many schools to look for different revenue streams, increasing reliance on international students, who pay much higher tuition.
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Ford said he was “caught off guard” when the Trudeau government capped the number of international students.
“Never got a phone call (to say) that they’re doing this,” he …