Premier Doug Ford stood outside his office at Queen’s Park on Thursday speaking in sombre tones.
The topic was education, but not the strikes gripping the province. Ford was there to talk about scholarships in the memory of the 57 Canadians who died when Iran shot down Ukraine International Flight PS752.
“Many of the victims were young people, were students attending college or university right here in Ontario,” Ford said, as he announced the scholarships.
Ford noted that many of those lost were students or academics who had connections to Ontario colleges or universities. Students, professors, researchers — all lost on that flight but not forgotten.
“We’re establishing 57 individual scholarships of $10,000 each to honour and commemorate each of the bright lights we lost. And of course, we want to hear from the families of the victims to determine how we best preserve memory of their loved ones through this fund,” Ford said.
The premier said he would be in discussions with families on how best to honour those lost, specifically the 34 of the 57 with a connection to an Ontario post-secondary education.
Now, while Ford was there to talk about education in terms of scholarships, most of the questions he faced were about the rotating strikes hitting elementary and high schools across the province.
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