QUEEN’S PARK – Today, Ontario PC Leader Tim Hudak and Jim Wilson, PC Critic for Training,
Colleges and Universities, launched a petition calling on Dalton McGuinty to cancel his plan to
hand out $30 million in scholarships to foreign students and instead to invest those funds in
Ontario students. Hudak said a PC Government would invest in Ontario students first.

At a time when Ontario families are struggling to pay for their children’s education and tuition
fees are the highest in the country, Dalton McGuinty is overlooking Ontario students by creating
a scholarship program exclusive to foreign students. This is just another example of how out of
touch Dalton McGuinty has become with the priorities of Ontario families.

Jim Wilson will consult with students on the best way the government can reinvest the funds to
benefit Ontario students. The Ontario PC petition was launched online and will be distributed on
campuses around the province.

Quotes

–Ontario PC Leader Tim Hudak

–Jim Wilson, PC Critic for Training, Colleges and Universities

Quick Facts

• In 2010/11 Ontario graduate students saw a 10.6% increase in tuition fees. The $6,917 average amount graduate students now pay is more than any other province.
• Ontario university class sizes are the largest in the country with one professor for every 27 students – 15% larger than other provinces.
• The average debt of a university graduate last year was $26,680.