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Ontario alleges student-aid applications came from shared IP addresses

CityNews examines the government's court filings and the unanswered question of when funding for private career colleges will resume.

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Why this story? The video opened at a pace of 172,550 views a day, 62 times a normal first day on this channel (2,770).

Ford government says thousands of OSAP applications came from single IP address

Funding remains on hold. Ontario has paused student assistance for private career colleges across the province, and CityNews reporter Mark McAllister traces the allegations and oversight questions behind that decision.

According to government court documents cited in the report, more than half of the Ontario Student Assistance Program applications at two private career colleges came from a single IP address at each. The company involved denies the allegations.

OSAP provides grants and loans to help students pay for post-secondary education. The report puts the government's handling of that assistance under scrutiny, with NDP Leader Marit Stiles questioning why warning signs did not prompt earlier action.

Colleges and Universities Minister Nolan Quinn says the government referred the case to the Ontario Provincial Police and brought in auditor KPMG. McAllister reports that the province received hundreds of tips about recruiter misconduct before the funding pause.

A Liberal proposal to have Ontario's Auditor General investigate failed. Liberal MPP Lee Fairclough argues that the public deserves an explanation and criticizes the government's reliance on the KPMG review.

The report drew about 172,000 views in its first day, more than sixty times CityNews's usual start for Shorts. Its central practical question remains unanswered: Quinn has not said when OSAP funding for private career colleges will resume.