Ontario extends post-secondary tuition freeze, names panel on sector's finances

TORONTO — Ontario is extending a tuition freeze for public colleges and universities for a fourth year and forming an expert panel to “improve the financial…

Steve Orsini, the president and CEO of the Council of Ontario Universities, said the extended tuition freeze is disappointing.

The government’s tuition cut was introduced at the same time as the province cut a free tuition program for low-income students. The Canadian Federation of Students’ Ontario branch said it is “appalled” the panel doesn’t include any students and that the minister has refused to meet with them on “multiple occasions.”

The panel is set to provide advice and recommendations to the minister by the summer on a “long-term tuition fee policy that considers access to and quality of the learning experience,” the government said.

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