39
submitted 1 week ago by DarylInCanada@lemmy.ca to c/canada@lemmy.ca

“You’re picking basket-weaving courses and there’s not too many baskets being sold out there. Go into healthcare, go into trades,” shared Ford. “Those are where the jobs are.”

If Ford was really serious about promoting healthcare and the trades, he would make OSAP loan/grant ratios dependent on the course taken. Make OSAP 90% grant 10% loan for the trades and health care, and 90% loan 10% grant for basket weaving courses.

top 8 comments
sorted by: hot top controversial new old
[-] snoons@lemmy.ca 10 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

I would think basket weaving courses are an elective to take as alongside the normal courses. Ofc maybe some people take just those courses for the knowledge. Personally I want to weave my own laundry basket rather then keep buying cruddy plastic ones from walmart.

*Also, those courses might count toward a degree in Art Education, which, IIRC, is part of a psych degree in early childhood development. Really not sure about that though, but it could be something like that.

[-] SaveTheTuaHawk@lemmy.ca 4 points 1 week ago

Doug doesn't understand electives and rounded education. He also recommended programs that are now severely restricted for student numbers because of eight years of chronic underfunding.

He somehow thinks students can just enter any program anywhere. Life Sciences or Health Sciences at McMaster have an entry cutoff of 96 and 94.

There are no degree programs on electives.

[-] Tollana1234567@lemmy.today 6 points 1 week ago

trying to out-clown danielle smith.

[-] faxed@lemmy.ca 5 points 1 week ago

Even arguing against a straw horse would have risked defeat with his stupid argument. So a straw basket argument was the best he could muster.

What a goof.

[-] kat_angstrom@lemmy.world 5 points 1 week ago

"Some". No numbers are offered, no case studies, no examples. Hot air and nothing but

[-] panda_abyss@lemmy.ca 4 points 1 week ago

Does Ford really have the background to comment on this?

[-] SaveTheTuaHawk@lemmy.ca 3 points 1 week ago

Grade 12 grad who somehow managed to flunk out of a grade 13 equivalency program at Humber, never held a real job his entire life.

He has NO IDEA what goes on at universities, neither do the chronic losers who vote for him.

[-] Thedogdrinkscoffee@lemmy.ca 2 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

He is a certified idiot. I can't think of anyone more suitable to spew this trash.

this post was submitted on 18 Feb 2026
39 points (100.0% liked)

Canada

11654 readers
563 users here now

What's going on Canada?



Related Communities


🍁 Meta


🗺️ Provinces / Territories


🏙️ Cities / Local Communities

Sorted alphabetically by city name.


🏒 SportsHockey

Football (NFL): incomplete

Football (CFL): incomplete

Baseball

Basketball

Soccer


💻 Schools / Universities

Sorted by province, then by total full-time enrolment.


💵 Finance, Shopping, Sales


🗣️ Politics


🍁 Social / Culture


Rules

  1. Keep the original title when submitting an article. You can put your own commentary in the body of the post or in the comment section.

Reminder that the rules for lemmy.ca also apply here. See the sidebar on the homepage: lemmy.ca


founded 5 years ago
MODERATORS