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Liberal MPP Lee Fairclough says the KPMG audit into private career college student aid was paid for with public money and should be released.
NDP Leader Marit Stiles says Ontarians paid for the KPMG report and deserve to know what it found about private career college student aid.
Colleges and Universities Minister Nolan Quinn refuses to release the taxpayer-funded KPMG audit into private career college student aid.
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Const. Tyler Bell-Morena of @PeelPolice describes how this incident on @UTM began with an intimate partner violence call in Brampton in which a gun was allegedly used on a female victim.
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An "active threat" is taking place at the University of Toronto Mississauga campus.
Posts on Reddit suggest that someone is shooting at officers.
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Minister attacks opposition leaders as student loan questions continue at Queen’s Park westernstandard.news/news/mi…
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WATCH: Liberals, NDP say student assistance controls failed and call for auditor general review westernstandard.news/watch/w…
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PCs vote down Ontario Auditor General probe of career college spending westernstandard.news/news/pc…
Liberal Interim Leader John Fraser is calling for the Auditor General to review the OSAP private career college mess.
He says a KPMG review isn’t good enough because it only reports to the government, not the public. “We don’t trust them at all.”
NDP Leader Marit Stiles says the government applied the actions of bad actors to every student and is now forcing them to carry generational debt.
Her party’s motion today demands a plan within 14 days to end the OSAP cuts and support students left without aid.
Liberal MPP Stephanie Bowman says the Ford government’s own systems failed to stop hundreds of millions in OSAP money from going out the door — including applications tied to a single IP address.
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From @WesternStandard: Canadian Taxpayer Federation Ontario director Noah Jarvis called the statement “bad news for taxpayers,” noting it raises spending by $3.1 billion above the 2026 budget plan.
He said the province is borrowing nearly $29 billion this year, pushing total debt to about $483 billion, and warned that rising interest charges will fall on taxpayers.
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Una mujer de 35 años golpeó aleatoriamente a otra en plena calle del centro de Guelph, Ontario (Canadá), dónde la agredida caminaba junto a una amiga en sentido contrario cuando recibió un puñetazo en la sien que la tiró al suelo.
La policía de Guelph detuvo a la sospechosa minutos después, la dejó en espera de audiencia de fianza para hoy 30 de octubre.
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Bad news for taxpayers: Premier Doug Ford is cranking up government spending and borrowing.
Spending is up $3.1 billion compared to their budget.
The Ford Government will add nearly $29 billion to the provincial debt.
And debt interest charges are on the rise.
Ford needs to immediately reverse course and cut wasteful government spending.
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Spending is up, debt is up, and taxpayers are footing the bill.
Premier Doug Ford's is spending $3.1 billion more than he planned in his 2026 budget. And debt interest charges are rising even faster.
Taxpayers can't afford to pay for Ford's debt binge.
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WATCH: Ontario projects $16.9B deficit as balance date is delayed again
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WATCH: Ontario opposition says it will seek Integrity Commissioner probe of MPP Scott over lobbyist texts
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Ontario’s fall economic statement just landed — and the Canadian Taxpayer Federation says it’s bad news for taxpayers.
@WesternStandard spoke with Ontario Director @noahrjarvis at Queen’s Park:
The update ratchets up spending $3.1B above the budget plan, means more debt on the backs of taxpayers, and continues the "borrowing binge."
John Fraser points to a $150,000 career-college industry dinner held after an Auditor General’s report and accuses the government of operating on a “show me the money” basis.
“Look at career colleges and the $150,000 industry dinner that the minister had, the Winter Riding Association right after the Auditor General’s report… This has been going on for the duration of this government. They’ve been saying to people, you want something? Well, come over here. Show me the money.”