They voted against an independent audit. We still want answers.
Government members rejected a committee request for an Auditor General review of OSAP spending and Ministry oversight. Our family’s case began before that vote. Our demand for answers continues.
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A letter from the Wiltons.
We’re tired. We’re angry. We’re still doing the work. We have spent more than a year reporting concerns, preserving emails and asking for government records. We want answers that address what we actually raised.
Students deserve to know what the people overseeing the system knew, what they did and why. We believe an independent review of the Ministry’s decisions is a reasonable demand.
READING ONTARIO’S WORDS
What was said? What changes for a student?
Every explanation starts with the dated official source.
The words
Read the statement.
See who said it, when they said it and where it was published.
The practical question
Look for an answer you can use.
Can a student apply, receive a payment or meet the next deadline?
Our explanation
Follow the source and the reasoning.
We explain the statement in plain English and label our analysis and opinion.
Read the OSAP commentary
A student needs to know what happens next.
What happened on November 2.
On November 2, the Public Accounts committee rejected a request for a special Auditor General audit of OSAP at private career colleges, including how the Ministry oversaw the program. The recorded vote was two in favour and six against. Government members said the proposed audit could duplicate or complicate existing audits and referrals to police.
The Auditor General retains independent audit powers. Its office says it considers information from the public and elected members when selecting audits, and may begin a special audit.
Quinn also told the House on November 2 that the Auditor General had been notified in early October. We want the office’s account of the work it will undertake and publish.
We think the request should have been supported. The review of what went wrong should include the Ministry’s own decisions.
What will the public get to see?
Ontario says it hired KPMG in August 2026 to examine the accuracy of OSAP applications at private postsecondary schools. The government describes that work as independent.
We want the government to publish the terms of KPMG’s work, explain what it asked the firm to examine and say when the public can read the findings.
- Does the review check the Ministry’s own decisions?
- When will the findings be published, and what, if anything, will be withheld?
- What action will follow for students affected by the pause?
The case is built. Filing is next.
Ontario received our family member’s notice of a planned claim on October 29, before this vote. Our planned case concerns how officials handled her complaints and related records, and the harm we believe that caused. Court filing is planned for December 29, 2026.
We want a court to examine how officials handled the student’s complaints and records. We have organized the evidence for that challenge.
Small monthly contributions would help with legal advice, carrying the case forward and the ordinary family bills that continue throughout it. Research, a careful review or a useful professional introduction can help too. We’re exhausted. We’re still here. We’re ready to take the next step.
Sources & notes.
The links below show what this piece is based on. Timeline entries are our public summaries of records. We keep the original evidence archive private.
- Official House transcript · November 2, 2026
Records Quinn’s Opposition Day statement that the Auditor General had been notified in early October.
- Official Public Accounts agenda · November 2, 2026
Sets out the proposed audit: private career-college OSAP spending from 2020–21 to 2025–26, including how the Ministry oversaw the program.
- Official committee transcript · November 2, 2026
Records the motion, debate and recorded vote.
- The Trillium · Report of the committee vote
Contemporaneous reporting used in the original November 3 version. Retained to document the article’s initial sourcing. A separate House vote that day concerned student relief.
- Auditor General of Ontario · Public requests and audit selection
Explains the office’s independent audit work and its ability to consider public information or initiate a special audit.
- Ontario Ministry statement · October 6, 2026
The government’s description of KPMG’s August engagement and the OSAP review.
- Our case update · October 29 notice
Our account of giving Ontario notice and preparing for the Superior Court filing.
Published November 3, 2026. Updated the same day to include Quinn’s statement that the Auditor General had been notified. This is the family’s opinion on the committee decision; our complaint and notice history is documented on the case pages. Update — November 4, 2026: Added the official Public Accounts transcript and recorded vote, replaced the report-based vote paragraph and updated the Trillium source note. The publication and sourcing history is retained here. A further November 4 language pass explains the sources, the committee’s stated reasons and the practical questions for students.