Students Overlooked Again in Ontario Budget as Election Looms

Students Overlooked Again in Ontario Budget as Election Looms
Ontario Liberal Leader Steven Del Duca makes an announcement on long term care, in Toronto, on April 26, 2022. The Canadian Press/Christopher Katsarov
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There was scant relief for young people in a pre-election Ontario budget thick with promised spending on highways and mining projects

The last provincial budget before Premier Doug Ford’s government faces Ontario voters this summer proposes to make degree qualifications available from colleges and eliminate a rebate for international students whose fees help prop up post-secondary institutions’ budgets.