Someone had to say it. I've been seeing a lot of this today.

Ontario NDP Leader Marit Stiles on the OSAP private-college scandal: “You have to ask yourself, is this just gross incompetence by this government, or is there something more sinister going on?”

Education Minister Nolan Quinn on the OSAP private-college freeze: “Once we realized that the tips were becoming a little bit more widespread, that’s why we brought in a third party auditor… We’ve investigated over 3,200 different complaints since 2020. These are serious criminal allegations. These are bad actors and we have to act to protect taxpayer dollars.”

Ontario Liberal Critic for Training, Colleges and Universities Tyler Watt spoke about a woman he met who is living in her car who just had her OSAP frozen. He said it is the Ford government's fault.

Premier Doug Ford on the private career college scandal: “There’s a bunch of criminals… I hope these crooks go to jail because they’re nothing but a bunch of fraudsters.”

Stan Cho on the hotel rooms he charged while living in midtown Toronto: “I made a mistake. I made a decision that was for my famiy. I have a young baby at home, I was just having a hip replacement… But that doesn’t excuse the fact that I made a very low judgment."

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The Ford government has spent $3.4 billion on its Primary Care Action Plan and says it has attached more than half a million people. A reporter pointed out that the overall attachment rate is still sitting at 88.7% — basically unchanged from 2024. Here is how Dr Jane Philpott responded

Industry Minister Mélanie Joly says Cleveland-Cliffs broke the job and tariff promises it made when it bought Stelco. She has sent a formal demand letter and listed forced sale of the Canadian assets as one option on the table.

Brad Bradford calls Olivia Chow’s tax record the biggest bait and switch in Toronto history — promising modest increases, then delivering the largest hikes the city has ever seen. He presses her on how she’ll pay for new campaign promises without more taxes.

Transportation Minister Prabmeet Sarkaria on the new Highway 69 bill: The government says the legislation will cut five years off the remaining 68 km widening between Parry Sound and Sudbury by streamlining environmental assessments and letting already-completed work move forward sooner. The stretch is still two lanes. No cost estimate has been released.

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Peel police chief describes one of the Project High Guard victims — a man carjacked after leaving a community hockey league. The attack was violent enough that he was hospitalized.

Bradford said Chow doesn’t ride the TTC and that open drug use and falling ridership are rampant

At the mayoral debate last night, Bradford said Chow’s 65,000-unit housing plan has only delivered 1,500 homes — 2% of the target.

Premier Doug Ford told the Empire Club that Canada’s relationship with the U.S. “has changed permanently” and Ontario must plan as if tariffs are here for good. He also said Ring of Fire critical minerals will add $22 billion and 70,000 jobs — and “President Trump can’t do a thing about it.”

Toronto police charged three Canadian Armed Forces members among seven accused in a July crypto-motivated kidnapping. Officers seized roughly 2,500 rounds of ammunition stolen from the CAF plus 3D-printed firearms. Chief Myron Demkiw says “No one is above the law.”

Protests in Etobicoke resulted in work crews being forced to pull out of the bike lane removals scheduled to start taking place this week Video: Observing The City

Asked about laid-off Stelco workers living on employment insurance, Pierre Poilievre calls it insulting. “These workers want paycheques.” He says a lawsuit should seek the jobs back, or a sale to a Canadian owner.