On the news, it comes as no surprise that the Ontario government, under Doug Ford, new OSAP plan includes eliminating the six-month grace period on loans, eliminating free tuition for low-income families, shifting from mostly grant-based to mostly loans-based funding, as well as forcing colleges and universities to absorb the loss of revenue from the ten percent tuition cut, inevitably making students pay the brunt of the cost. That’s a load of bullshit, if you ask me. I got wind of this when I was on Facebook minding my own business on the home page, and there I saw it and it got my attention.
But’s that obvious. It started at Yonge-Dundas Square, and I made it there an hour early. Most of the waiting time was spent at the SLC building at Ryerson University. Anyway, my presence was finally needed when the clock reached two o’clock. Fortunately, I noticed as soon as I reached the square that people with protest signs started to show up. The only problem that lay ahead was to take as many photos as possible without getting lost or trampled by the crowd, as well as not slipping on the snowy, icy ground. I just had to be very careful.
I took a lot of great shots. Then I spent a couple of minutes reviewing the images and deleting any less worthy ones. We made our way from Dundas Square, all the way through Dundas Street West and up University Avenue, to Queen’s Park, where the Ontario Legislative Building was located. There the protestors made sure their voices would be heard, by the Ontario government and Ford himself.
That was all I did for the day, other than getting tickets for Anime North immediately afterward, and attending a York University play in the evening. Might not seem like much, but it was a lot of stuff and work to do in one day, as least for me. Now it’s time to rest.
Also, see Chapters 66 and 68.
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