Can Ontario Students Afford a Post-Secondary Education? | The Rundown

Premier Doug Ford has announced that his government will be lifting the tuition freeze that's been in place since 2019. Colleges and universities will now be able to raise fees 2 per cent a year for three years. And the Ontario Student Assistance Program, better known as OSAP, is changing too. It used to be mostly grants. Now it'll be mostly loans. How will tuition hikes and the prospect of more debt affect the decisions students make? We discuss with Cyrielle Ngeleka, chairperson of the Canadian Federation of Students-Ontario. 0:00 Intro 0:23 Why students are concerned about OSAP changes 0:55 Graduate studies plans put on hold 1:21 What protesters were saying on the ground 2:06 Cost-of-living crisis and student affordability 2:29 Tuition increases explained and why 2% matters 3:12 Colleges in financial trouble and program cuts 3:41 Is the $6.4 billion investment the right solution? 4:31 Should education be treated as a job investment? 5:14 No new OSAP funding and rising student demand 5:31 Are 70,000 new seats enough for Ontario’s future? 6:31 What a truly sustainable education system looks like About The Rundown: The Rundown is your nightly half-hour deep dive into just one headline. With host Jeyan Jeganathan, we’ll cover everything from housing and health care to climate and AI. We’ll break down why each topic matters, who’s living it, and what’s being done to make things better – starting right here in Ontario. Slow down. Tune in. Make sense of the moment. And tell us what you think. Follow on social media: Instagram – https://www.instagram.com/therundowntvo Facebook- https://www.facebook.com/TheRundownTVO X- https://twitter.com/therundowntvo Bluesky- https://bsky.app/profile/therundowntvo.bsky.social Subscribe to TVO Today to watch more content like this: https://www.youtube.com/@tvotoday Listen to the podcast: https://www.tvo.org/podcasts/the-rundown-audio Check out the rest of the TVO ecosystem TVO Docs - https://www.youtube.com/@tvo TVO Kids - https://www.youtube.com/@TVOkids TVO Learn - https://www.youtube.com/@tvolearn Download the TVO Today App Apple - https://apps.apple.com/ca/app/tvo-today/id1616182112 Available on: Roku, Apple TV, Android TV, Samsung, LG, Amazon Fire TV Enjoying this content and want to make a meaningful impact? Consider donating today! https://support.tvo.org/site/Donation2?mfc_pref=T&idb=599945504&df_id=16843&16843.donation=form1&DONATION_LEVEL_ID_SELECTED=1661&mfc_pref=T