Claims extracted
27
sentences that state something as happening or true
Uncertain
19%
5 of 27 hedged
("reportedly", "may", "according to")
Leaning
Leans right
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Publisher signals
94/100
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In the midst of an Ontario Student Assistance Program (OSAP) crisis, Ontario Premier Doug Ford told students to stop complaining and stay in school.
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Ford → tell → school
“Give your heads a shake, kids,” he said.
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he → give → shake
“The ones that study, you’re going to be successful because the No. 1 thing you need when you leave university or college is a good-paying job.
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you → study → university
We have the brightest students in the world as far as I’m concerned.”
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I → have → world
That would be a tough thing for students to do if their school shuts down due to lack of funds.
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school → do → funds
A KPMG report showed possible inadequate student verification, common ownership links, ties to immigration services firms, and unusually high concentrations of OSAP applications from specific geographic areas.
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report → show → areas
As a result, Colleges and Universities Minister Nolan Quinn stopped OSAP payments to all private post-secondary institution students.
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Quinn → stop → students
A school claiming it may have to shut down is the Southern Ontario Dental College, which has trained dental hygienists and dental assistants for 22 years.
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which → claim → years
The college’s COO is Alysse Estrabillo, who says that at the moment they continue classes, but are students and the college all in a panic?
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they → say → panic
I asked if she could tell us honestly that when the dust clears, her college will not be found to have done anything illegal?
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college → ask → anything
‘We have not done anything incorrect or illegal’
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We → do → anything
“We’ve not done anything incorrect or illegal,” she said.
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she → do → anything
“We are a heavily regulated career college, and we are operating by the book.”
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we → regulate → book
“We are operating as per usual and we have students who have not paid their tuition, because they heavily rely on OSAP to pay their tuition and their living expenses.
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they → operate → tuition
Estrabillo says that while the school at this point is operating without the money, the students are under stress knowing it could all end.
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it → say → stress
The school can’t operate forever without tuition revenue.
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school → operate → revenue
What is the ministry saying to you?
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ministry → say → you
We hear what you hear on the news,” Estrabillo says.
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Estrabillo → hear → news
“Well, 90% of our students rely on OSAP,” Estrabillo said.
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Estrabillo → rely → OSAP
“The median age of our students is 35, so we have people coming as a second career, bettering their careers, and be in a profession that they know is in high demand.
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they → have → demand
Some of them are quitting full-time jobs to come and study with us.”
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Some → quit → us
“We have never had issues in all the 22 years that we have been operating, so we are hoping and praying every day that this OSAP thing can get figured out and that the money comes back to the students so that we can keep doing what we have been doing.”
Does she feel the college and their students are victims of anyone who may have ripped off the system?
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who → have → system
“I definitely feel that we are victims for sure, because we’ve done nothing wrong and all of our students have come to us in good faith to get a great education, and that’s the sad part of it all,” she said.
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she → feel → it
It certainly appears that there could be malfeasance in the OSAP program that the government is right to investigate.
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government → appear → that
Many people contacting my NEWSTALK1010 radio show have said they feel students should pay their own way.
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students → contact → way
That’s a legitimate point to debate, but the colleges and students of Ontario went into this year’s schooling trusting OSAP.
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colleges → ’ → OSAP
They aren’t complaining when they ask the government to abide by its own promises.
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they → complain → promises
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