recent<\/a> tuition lift, and Ontario Student Assistance Program (OSAP) changes by Premier Doug Ford.<\/p>\n\u201cThe Ford government\u2019s decision to open the floodgates to tuition increases AND the decimation of OSAP will destroy what\u2019s left of education in Ontario,\u201d the CFSO said in an Instagram post on Feb. 18. \u201cEnough is enough \u2013 it\u2019s time to take to the streets and flex the true power of students in the province.\u201d<\/p>\n
The rally is expected to begin at 12:30 p.m., with CFSO calling on students, educators, parents and community leaders to join the fight.<\/p>\n
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The cause has garnered support from various people and organizations, including The Ontario Public Service Employees Union (OPSEU).<\/p>\n
In a post on social media, OPSEU said they\u2019d be attending the rally.<\/p>\n
\u201c\u2026join us in telling Doug Ford that workers and students are united in our fight to protect education,\u201d the post said in part.<\/p>\n
The posts also garnered reaction from other community members.<\/p>\n
\u201cLet\u2019s go \u2013 everyone, parents, community, students, this affects us all,\u201d said one Instagram user.<\/p>\n
\u201cThis is amazing, see you there!!!\u201d said another Instagram user.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe students united will never be defeated,\u201d said another Instagram user.<\/p>\n
There will be no sitting day at the Queen\u2019s Park Legislative Assembly of Ontario during the rally.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"What to know The \u201cHand Off Our Education Rally,\u201d organized by the Canadian Federation of Students\u2013Ontario, is set…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":152672,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[37],"tags":[8810,9,24,63,63395,6986,122,124,123,14000],"class_list":{"0":"post-152671","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-queens","8":"tag-ford","9":"tag-new-york","10":"tag-new-york-city","11":"tag-nyc","12":"tag-osap","13":"tag-protest","14":"tag-queens","15":"tag-queens-headlines","16":"tag-queens-news","17":"tag-tuition"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/152671","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=152671"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/152671\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/152672"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=152671"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=152671"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=152671"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}