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Guest column: Ontario's colleges 'essential part' of fighting trade war ahead

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Maureen Adamson: A trade war can only be won with a skilled, resilient workforce.

Ontario ’s college system is in a financial crisis with a long-standing position of having the lowest publicly funded operating grants in Canada .

Since the federal announcement in January 2024 that international student permits would be capped, 302 programs have closed at 16 colleges with three campus closures.

Ontario must find a way to keep its colleges viable, she says.

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