The government has applied for leave to appeal the Divisional Court ruling, which last month said that the government overstepped its authority with the Student Choice Initiative
This translation has been automatically generated and has not been verified for accuracy.The Ontario government is fighting to restore a provincial directive making many fees optional for college and university students that a court struck down last month.
A panel of Divisional Court judges ruled last month that the government had overstepped its authority by interfering with the autonomy of universities and student governments. The decision was greeted as an unexpected victory for the student movement, and the Canadian Federation of Students and the York Federation of Students, which brought the court action.
“Attaching conditions to government grants in no way interferes with university autonomy and independence. Universities remain free to exercise their independence and autonomy through the choice to accept public funding, subject to whatever conditions are attached,” the government brief says.
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