Premier Doug Ford had sharp words for students protesting changes the provincial government made to the Ontario Student Assistance Program (OSAP) in February.
“Give your head a shake kids,” Ford said to students in response to a question asked to him at a November 9th press conference in Peterborough. “Some kids…they say ‘let’s all run out’, they all run out like sheep!”
On Thursday, Trent University students joined post-secondary students across the province of Ontario in walking out of class to protest changes to OSAP which eliminated the bulk of financial assistance grants in favour of loans, and lifted a seven-year Ontario tuition freeze.
Students CFFF broadcast journalist Evan Robins spoke to at the November 5th protest called the changes a “debt sentence.” Listen to hear more of what student protesters, faculty, and Trent University administration had to say.
