To the Legislative Assembly of Ontario:
WHEREAS the Ontario government has created an expensive vicious cycle for Ontario's youth with sky-high rents, fewer opportunities, and higher costs at every turn;
WHEREAS Ontario now has the highest youth unemployment rate in Canada, yet the Ontario government is making life even harder by hiking tuition and gutting OSAP grants;
WHEREAS cutting OSAP grants means students will be buried in thousands of dollars of debt before they can even find their first job, forcing young people to choose between an education or a lifetime of debt;
WHEREAS for years, both Liberal and Conservative governments have left Ontario ranking dead last in per-student funding in Canada, and Ford's careless cuts are putting Ontario's economic future at risk, and
WHEREAS Ontario's youth shouldn't have to pay the price for the governments failures, and deserve a government that invests in their future.
THEREFORE we, the undersigned, petition the Legislative Assembly of Ontario as follows: Direct the Minister of Colleges and Universities to reverse the cuts to OSAP grants, stop the government’s tuition hikes, and provide colleges and universities with the funding they need so Ontario's young people can get ahead.