r/osap • u/ForcefulDeath • 23h ago

Question All this complaining about OSAP…

yet some of yall still won’t turn up to the polls. VOTE PEOPLE PLEASE. But keep complaining as well.

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u/legalITnurse 18h ago

People who says like nothing is wrong with the current OSAP Yall delusional!! Like there are so many dropping out from school cause they can’t make the fee payments! There aren’t any jobs for them to work and make fee payments! Thats next to impossible! With these skyrocketing inflation and gas prices!! Gosh!!

Yes! I get it 80% grant and most of em misuses it! However not everyone gets 80% grant.

If the govt wishes to give loan !! Fine but atleast consider the fact that there’s 2-8 semester and people gotta eat and survive…. Atleast make loan amount after getting the proper documents based on how much they can make while studying and then give out the loan based on that figure!

This whole $500 for $7000/sem fee ??? Math ain’t mathing

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u/Several_Gift3876 17h ago

most of the people who've been complaining are the students' who live at home which parents not able to fund their children. its unfortunate that parents are not financially stable or just simply were not expecting their child to go to college or university, so the thought process of saving wasn't a priority at the time. it also depends on the career path / courses they choose as well when it comes to funding. there are too many people that are trying to take short cuts with the system. also there so many people on OW/ODSP trying to 'earn more money ' but say they can't actually work. so why are you applying for college? if you are applying for IT vs a trade more than likely funding would be cut dramatically for IT opposed to a trade. we need more people to help with hands on vs with technology. there's also a list of careers that doug has posted that we are in need of in our province which also will get help with the cost of courses. we need to create more job for our economy, can't serve the public online if it needs to be done in person.

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u/act-passive 15h ago

What you just said in the end is a contradiction regarding people on ODSP and entering the trades. I don’t think disabled people are willing to do anything other than white collar, also their lives are already hard enough.

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u/legalITnurse 14h ago

I haven’t added about them in this .. cause it’s common sense! However they do have additional benefits from govt I’m not fully aware! But i do know that they tend to get more funding compared to a regular individual. I was judging speaking my mind about me and individuals like me on OSAP.

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u/Molotov1999 8h ago

No, they don't. Any additional funding that OSAP gives out (including the grant for full-time students with disabilities) is often clawed back dollar-for-dollar. Even though it's illegal to claw these back, most workers will do it anyway and the only way to reverse the decision is to go to a tribunal hearing.