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Ontario Assembly

43rd Parl. 1st Sess.
May 6, 2024 10:15AM

Well, Speaker, through you, I’ve already indicated in my comments that the investment that we made is the single largest in Ontario’s post-secondary system in over a decade.

What’s also clear, though, is that under the Liberals, college and university ballooned in cost, with students having to pay for the increases. Unlike the Liberals, propped up by the NDP, we’re not going to fund colleges and universities off the backs of students.

This also means ensuring that they follow the Ontario Human Rights Code, the Criminal Code, and ensure the protection of academic activities where students could share ideas in good faith. And Speaker, I know that would be your expectation as well.

We know that some institutions have not treated all professors and students and employees the same and can create multiple standards that members of the institution are held to, but by and large, there’s a limited publication of the results of non-academic conduct cases, specifically the way that cases are handled and ensuring that there’s a meaningful conclusion at the end of the process.

Something that often came up during her consultations was that even at institutions with quality mental health services, students still had difficulty navigating the number of supports available to them. Bill 166 is intended to build off those consultations and would require institutions to have a mental health policy, publish it and, if necessary, allow the minister to intervene and issue directives—

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