Health care students at private career colleges concerned after OSAP freeze - CP24

ADVERTISEMENTWatchStudents at private career colleges say the OSAP payment freeze could add extra strain to Ontario's health care system. Kamil Karamali reports. October 11, 2026 at 10:08p.m. EDT

The Ontario Liberal Party is accusing the Ford government of having ties to private career colleges that have been blocked from the Ontario Student Assistance Program (OSAP) until at least 2030. The Liberal party said two months after government inspectors went to the Academy of Learning, Transportation Minister Prabmeet Sarkaria and MPP Amarjot Sandhu were present for a campus opening.

Liberals push Ford government to lift OSAP pause for non-offending collegesOctober 14|Duration 2:05The Ontario Liberals are calling on the Ford government to restore OSAP funding for private career colleges with no evidence of wrongdoing. OSAP payments remain paused across the sector amid an audit into alleged program misuse. As CBC’s Lorenda Reddekopp explains, it's left thousands of students in limbo. Ontario's colleges and universities minister has barred three career colleges from being able to offer publicly funded student financial assistance until at least 2030, after previously blocking them from the program just for this year. An order from Nolan Quinn in May meant that six schools, including four Academy of Learning locations, could not access the Ontario Student Assistance Program for the 2026-27 academic year, which most of them are fighting in court. Quinn's decision followed government inspections that found evidence suggesting third parties were completing the coursework — sometimes entire courses in one day — and a few students who couldn't name their school or program, officials allege in documents filed in court.

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Open this photo in gallery:People take part in a rally over OSAP cuts outside Queen's Park in Toronto, in March. Allison Jones/The Canadian PressOntario’s colleges and universities minister has barred three career colleges from being able to offer publicly funded student financial assistance until at least 2030, after previously blocking them from the program just for this year. An order in May from Nolan Quinn meant that six schools, including four Academy of Learning locations, could not access the Ontario Student Assistance Program for the 2026-27 academic year, which most of them are fighting in court.