Barrie students plan demonstration to protest OSAP cuts

Barrie students plan demonstration to protest OSAP cuts

Barrie students are planning on walking out of school next Wednesday to protest the cuts to Ontario Student Assistance Program (OSAP) grant funding.

Students to rally in protest

Local high school students will protest the provincial government’s changes to the Ontario Student Assistance Program (OSAP). Nicholson Catholic College student Anna Baldwin Powell says students will leave several Belleville schools for a rally Tuesday in Market Square. A time for the rally has not yet been set. Doug Ford’s government has changed the OSAP program to make 75 percent of the money available to students in the form of loans and 25 p…