The Liberal government has proposed a budget that cuts more than $100 million in student aid, including the Work Study program, increases tuition fees by up to eight per cent and reduces the amount of money allocated for the Ontario Tuition Grant. On average, for every $1 invested into the new grant program, students will have $1.20 clawed back through higher tuition fees and program cuts in 2012-13.
Under Pressure
"Under Pressure," a report produced by the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives (CCPA) and commissioned by the Ontario University Coalition (OUC), examines family earnings and tuition fees over the last two decades and presents how stagnant family incomes, increasing household debt and rising tuition fees have forced Ontario families to make difficult choices about what to prioritize.
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Students' Analysis
Despite having been elected on the promise to reduce college and undergraduate tuition fees by 30 per cent, Dalton McGuinty's 2012 budget cancels nine scholarship programs and increases tuition fees by five per cent, on average. Even when accounting for the limited help of the Ontario Tuition Grant, the average student will have $1.20 of student aid clawed back through cuts and tuition fee increases for every $1 invested.
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Students have long called for a tuition fee reduction and are pleased that the government has committed $430 million dollars to provide a grant for some students. However, students hope to work with the Ontario government to improve the policy. We are concerned that the tuition fee grant will exclude students who need it the most, is inadequate at assessing need, will be expensive to administer, will be difficult to implement at an institutional level and will fail to bring more access to the sector in the way that the government intends.
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