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Ontario won't make career college OSAP audit public, minister says

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Jones, A. (2026, November 3). Ontario won't make career college OSAP audit public, minister says. Toronto Star. https://www.thestar.com/news/ontario/ontario-won-t-make-career-college-osap-audit-public-minister-says/article_f92cb1d8-2843-5c52-826f-0c49baf54bbe.html

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Ontario's Minister of Colleges and Universities, Nolan Quinn, has decided against making public an audit conducted by KPMG regarding how career colleges in Ontario are using OSAP (Ontario Student Assistance Program) funds. The minister initiated this audit after observing increasing use of these financial aids at career colleges.

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Ontario's colleges and universities minister, Nolan Quinn, has decided not to release a government-commissioned audit by KPMG into how student financial aid is used at career colleges in Ontario. Quinn announced in early October that he had hired KPMG for this audit due to rising concerns about the usage of such aid. However, despite these initial promises, Quinn now states that the results will remain confidential. The decision not to make the audit public has sparked debate over transparency and accountability in student financial aid management.

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🔮 Ontario’s colleges and universities minister says he will not be releasing a government-commissioned audit into student financial aid usage at career colleges.

2026-11-03 · assertive framing · Ontario won't make career college OSAP audit public, minister says

🔮 He said his stomach dropped when he heard the funding was paused, and wondered if he would have to quit school.

2026-11-03 · assertive framing · Ontario’s OSAP pause hits paramedic students

🔮 Quinn earlier this year drastically reduced the amount of OSAP grants that students at universities and publicly funded colleges could receive in the name of "sustainability" as the program was facing rising costs.

2026-11-02 · assertive framing · Ontario education ministry alleges thousands of OSAP applications came from single IP address

🔮 TORONTO - Ontario Finance Minister Peter Bethlenfalvy is set to provide an update on the province’s finances today by tabling his government’s fall economic statement.

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🔮 There has been no public communication from the government about the status of the program that aims to get people off social assistance and into the work force, but people who were depending on the program and the institutions that were set to train them are taking note.

2026-10-28 · assertive framing · Ontario pauses some skills training funding for unemployed people

🔮 In May of 2025, the federal government told the province about serious concerns with those schools.

2026-10-27 · assertive framing · Ontario’s delayed inspections of two career colleges was after funding approval, records show

🔮 Now that the Ontario government has confirmed that a provincewide pause on student financial assistance payments to career colleges will last for months, some students say they’re worried it will prevent them from graduating.

2026-10-21 · assertive framing · Career college students worry about impact of OSAP pause, extended to 2027

🔮 She has undergone radiotherapy, chemotherapy and surgeries, though the synovial sarcoma couldn't be fully removed.

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🔮 She has undergone radiotherapy, chemotherapy and surgeries, though the synovial sarcoma couldn’t be fully removed.

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🔮 While the audit is ongoing, Quinn said, OSAP payments to private postsecondary institutions would be paused.

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Ontario’s colleges and universities minister says he will not be releasing a government-commissioned audit into student financial aid usage at career colleges. asserted

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Nolan Quinn announced last month that he had engaged KPMG to audit the sector following concerns about rising usage. asserted

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Ontario won't make career college OSAP audit public, minister says

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