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Ontario government announces six-month deferral period for OSAP loans

Loans will not accrue interest during this time

Ford government’s first Strategic Mandate Agreement hopes to tie funding to economic performance metrics

Funding requirements will drastically shift, negotiations ongoing

U of T professors, alumni call on Gertler to “speak out” against Ford funding changes

Open letter asserts performance-tied funding serves ideological goals, not students

Provincial budget outlines $9.2 billion deficit, $16.5 billion net debt increase

Ford government’s first budget sees GDP growth slow, employment growth increase

Federal government lowers student loan interest, establishes free grace period

Additional job opportunities, mental health leave support among other changes in 2019 federal budget

OSAP grace period remains but interest to begin accruing on day one, says MPP David Piccini to The Varsity

Ambiguity about how government would enforce opt-out fees

This is what U of T stakeholders have to say about Ford’s drastic postsecondary education changes

Takeaways: student groups concerned with lack of consultation, U of T to review budgets

Ontario universities must slash tuition by 10 per cent, non-needs-based OSAP to be eliminated, government says

Non-essential non-tuition fees no longer mandatory, potentially affecting student unions, Hart House