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OSAP pause hits paramedic students bound to work in underserved areas
More than 40 CTS Canadian Career College students have dropped out after the province paused aid while KPMG audits OSAP use.
- Paramedic students at CTS Canadian Career College are dropping out after the provincewide Ontario Student Assistance Program pause halted their Learn and Stay Grant funding; more than 40 students have already left.
- Universities Minister Nolan Quinn paused OSAP for all career colleges to allow KPMG to audit the system after provincial grants to career colleges nearly doubled to about $1 billion.
- Aaron Madgett, a student at the CTS campus in Sault Ste. Marie, said the funding cut 'ripped away all the goals and aspirations' he held, while 115 grant-funded students remain struggling with expenses.
- NDP Leader Marit Stiles and Interim Liberal leader John Fraser criticized the government for making students pay for systemic problems, while Quinn's office stated 'work is underway to reassess' grant eligibility.
- Quinn touted in the Ontario Legislature that he is working to build a 'stronger OSAP for all' free from abuse, as the government faces pressure to provide a plan within 14 days.
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'I was gutted': OSAP pause hits paramedic students
Paramedic students at a career college in northern Ontario who were approved to receive funding through a signature government program aiming to boost health-care staffing have been swept up in the provincewide pause on student aid. More than 40 affected students have already dropped out, their school says. Members of Premier Doug Ford’s government have […]
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OSAP pause hits paramedic students bound to work in underserved areas
TORONTO - Paramedic students at a career college in northern Ontario who were approved to receive funding through a signature government program aiming to boost health-care staffing have been swept
·Toronto, Canada
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