As Ontario’s public colleges continue to struggle with massively reduced revenue from international students, the Ford government says it is taking a detailed look at how it funds post-secondary education.

The province’s public colleges and universities have endured two years of cuts and layoffs since a federal cap on the number of international students was introduced and then tightened.

Shortly after the Progressive Conservatives won the 2018 election, they cut college tuition by 10 per cent and then froze it, with public colleges relying increasingly on international students to make up the shortfall.

Before the cap came into place, Ontario colleges were drawing an average of roughly 30 per cent of their revenue from international students.

Minister of Colleges, Universities, Re

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