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{
"time": "2026-02-23 14:10:00",
"attribution": {
"en": "Iqra Khalid (Mississauga\u2014Erin Mills, Lib.)",
"fr": "Iqra Khalid (Mississauga\u2014Erin Mills, Lib.)"
},
"content": {
"en": "<p data-HoCid=\"9175042\" data-originallang=\"en\">Mr. Speaker, students in Mississauga\u2014Erin Mills are clear: Doug Ford's decision to slash OSAP grants and increase student loans is devastating. This change will affect hundreds of thousands of students who rely on OSAP for post-secondary education and equality of opportunity.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"9175043\" data-originallang=\"en\"> Yesterday, a health sciences student, not a so-called basket weaver, from my Mississauga\u2014Erin Mills youth council shared how she now expects over $10,000 in additional debt, forcing her to delay her graduate studies and rethink her path. These policies push students deeper into debt and make it harder for them to build the skills that our economy needs.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"9175044\" data-originallang=\"en\"> The federal government puts in 60% for OSAP loans, and that part is not impacted, but the Ontario government needs to understand that supporting youth means supporting our economy. Students deserve opportunity, not obstacles.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"9175045\" data-originallang=\"en\"> Today, I call on Doug Ford to do the right thing and reverse the proposed measures so our youth can have that equality of opportunity.</p>",
"fr": "<p data-HoCid=\"9175042\" data-originallang=\"en\">Monsieur le Pr\u00e9sident, les \u00e9tudiants de Mississauga\u2014Erin Mills disent sans \u00e9quivoque que la d\u00e9cision de Doug Ford de sabrer les subventions du R\u00e9gime d'aide financi\u00e8re aux \u00e9tudiantes et \u00e9tudiants de l'Ontario, ou RAFEO, tout en augmentant les pr\u00eats \u00e9tudiants a des cons\u00e9quences d\u00e9sastreuses. Ce changement touchera des centaines de milliers d'\u00e9tudiants qui comptent sur le RAFEO pour pouvoir faire des \u00e9tudes postsecondaires et avoir des chances \u00e9gales de r\u00e9ussir.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"9175043\" data-originallang=\"en\">Hier, une membre de mon conseil jeunesse de Mississauga\u2014Erin Mills qui est \u00e9tudiante en sciences de la sant\u00e9 \u2014 on ne parle pas de quelqu'un qui tresse des paniers ici \u2014 a dit qu'elle s'attendait maintenant \u00e0 devoir assumer une dette suppl\u00e9mentaire de plus de 10 000 $, ce qui l'obligerait \u00e0 retarder ses \u00e9tudes sup\u00e9rieures et \u00e0 revoir son cheminement. \u00c0 cause de ces politiques, des \u00e9tudiants s'endettent davantage et ils ont plus de difficult\u00e9 \u00e0 acqu\u00e9rir les comp\u00e9tences dont notre \u00e9conomie a besoin.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"9175044\" data-originallang=\"en\">Le gouvernement f\u00e9d\u00e9ral finance \u00e0 60 % les pr\u00eats du RAFEO, et cette partie des pr\u00eats n'est pas touch\u00e9e, mais le gouvernement de l'Ontario doit comprendre que soutenir les jeunes, c'est aussi soutenir notre \u00e9conomie. Les \u00e9tudiants m\u00e9ritent qu'on leur donne la chance de r\u00e9ussir au lieu de leur mettre des b\u00e2tons dans les roues.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"9175045\" data-originallang=\"en\">Aujourd'hui, je demande \u00e0 Doug Ford de prendre la d\u00e9cision qui s'impose en annulant les mesures propos\u00e9es afin que les jeunes aient des chances \u00e9gales de r\u00e9ussir.</p>"
},
"url": "/debates/2026/2/23/iqra-khalid-1/",
"politician_url": "/politicians/iqra-khalid/",
"politician_membership_url": "/politicians/memberships/4417/",
"procedural": false,
"source_id": "13366812",
"h1": {
"en": "Statements by Members",
"fr": "D\u00e9clarations de d\u00e9put\u00e9s"
},
"h2": {
"en": "Ontario Student Assistance Program",
"fr": "Le R\u00e9gime d'aide financi\u00e8re aux \u00e9tudiantes et \u00e9tudiants de l'Ontario"
},
"document_url": "/debates/2026/2/23/",
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"document_speeches_url": "/speeches/?document=%2Fdebates%2F2026%2F2%2F23%2F"
}
}