Hundreds of thousands of students in financial need get tuition money though the Ontario Student Assistance Program each year. But around 124,000 Ontario students left college or university with government student loan debt in 2016-2017, and their average student debt load was $17,700 each, the Ministry of Advanced Education said. The Liberals’s recent OHIP+ initiative, making prescriptions free for Ontarians under the age of 25, will help college and university students afford psychiatric medication. But, Basmat said, the government should cover or supplement other mental health treatments, like therapy, through the program too. The Progressive Conservatives would spend $1.9 billion over 10 years on mental health support.

Source: thestar May 24, 2018 19:52 UTC