Premier Doug Ford had choice words for students expressing concerns over recent cuts to the Ontario Student Assistance Program (OSAP) Tuesday, telling them to “not pick basket-weaving courses” and to invest in education that gives people in-demand jobs.
Speaking to reporters at Queen’s Park, Ford said he received “thousands of calls” from students over the long weekend, who expressed concerns about the province cutting the amount of grant money students can receive through OSAP.
“I mentioned to the students, you have to invest in your future, into in-demand jobs,” he said.
“You’re picking basket-weaving courses, and there’s not too many baskets being sold out there.”
The problem with Ford’s rant and the idiot basket weaver media who cover him is that because of a decade of underfunding, most of the programs he mentioned do not have space for a fraction of those applying. It is very difficult to get into engineering or health care programs at a good career level, not some bullshit Humber college program with the same name.