TORONTO, August 29, 2007 – Ontario students are asking the government to implement sensible, which is part of the solution to bridge the gaps existing financial aid. The recommendations for policy, from a previously published report OATUU aimed at improving access for all qualified students and organized in the province and to ensure that participation in post-secondary education in Ontario, depends on your brain is not your wallet.

OATUU is a short list of recommendations for policies that can be implemented quickly and would have a direct impact on the lives of students. The report itself contains an exhaustive list of other improvements that are necessary.

1 The assessment of the needs of the students should be amended to better the actual cost of participation in post-secondary institutions in Ontario.
2 Recovery time space “should be deleted. The students are currently more than 50 dollars a week that the money recovered their financial support.
3 The government tax incentives should be replaced, the preliminary grants. Nothing tax to improve access for people with low incomes.
4 Reduce the interest rate on student loans.
5 Restoration of a real grace period of 6 months. Students continue to pay interest for a period of six months “grace period” after graduation.
6 Lobby the federal government not to Cut $ 350 million, as the Millennium Scholarship Foundation to maintain during the year 2009.
7 Investing in the first initiatives to promote aufsuchen students from underrepresented groups to participate in post-secondary education.

“The government and the opposition have expressed an interest for the construction of an Ontario, where everyone has the opportunity to maximize their potential. In this report, we found that the roadblocks challenge for the success of our students and our province,” said David Simmonds, chairman of the OATUU. “We are the government, with a clear improvement in the way of taking over the current financial and we are pleased with the integration of the party heads into the constructive discussions aimed at improving access Students of Ontario. ”

For more information about the current policies of the OATUU initiatives and campaigns, visit www.ousa.ca.

The construction of the third pillar: the reform of Ontario’s Student Financial Aid System OATUU and other documents are also available as www.ousa.ca