Hands Off Our Education: Bill 33 and OSAP Cuts

Hands Off Our Education! is a provincial campaign launched by the Canadian Federation of Students-Ontario, aimed at opposing the persistent and targeted attacks on access to education in Ontario poised by the Ford government came into power, including the the introduction of Bill 33 (May 2025), and threats OSAP funding, and potential increases to tuition (February 2026).

What is the Hands Off Campaign fighting for?
-> Grants not loans; and remove all interest on OSAP loans.
-> Halt government interference on admissions, research security plans, and student fees.
-> Stop tuition hikes

The Time is NOW

Since the passing of Bill 33, also known as the “Supporting Children and Students Act”, in the Ontario legislature on November 19, 2025, the Hands Off! campaign has now morphed into an all encompassing campaign, aimed at building student power and mobilizing to reverse these detrimental changes.

Review the official campaign page here.

The Ford government announced harmful, multi-sector changes to Ontario’s public post-secondary education system, including changes to the Ontario Student Assistance Program (OSAP) and an end to the tuition freeze introducing a 2% annual increase in tuition fees for the next three years.

Under the new changes to OSAP, non re-payable grants which previously made up as much as 85% dropped to a maximum of 25% while OSAP loans increased to a minimum of 75%. This forces students to take on more debt than ever before. It means more debt, higher costs, more barriers for students who are already struggling with the high cost of living, rent, food, and housing.

We’ve seen these attacks before. From the passing of Bill 33 in 2025, to the 2019 cuts to OSAP and the persistent underfunding of post-secondary education – the very cause of the current crisis in the sector. Students continue to bear the burden of provincial failures. But we cannot and will not stop. We will continue to organize and demand for accessible and free education because education is a right, not a privilege.

Sign the petition to join students across the province in saying NO to OSAP cuts and tuition fee increases.

Images of the 2026 Day of Actions

Policing Free Schools

Bill 33 grants the Education Minister the power to take over school boards and mandate the implementation of School Resource Officer (SRO) programs in publicly funded schools.

TMAPS is an active supporter of Policing Free Schools, a community-based organization that is dedicated to catalyzing systemic changes and a paradigm shift for the co-creation of transformative, healthy, policing-free educational spaces.

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