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TORONTO — Newly minted Colleges and Universities Minister Brad Duguid is giving an “F” to a Conservative proposal to scrap a 30 per cent break on post-secondary tuition.

But he’s not shooting down the opposition’s idea to tie student aid to those who get good marks.

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The Tories say two-thirds of Ontario students don’t qualify for the grant created by the governing Liberals, and it’s not going to the ones who really need it.

Colleges and Universities critic Rob Leone, a former professor, says it doesn’t help single parents who are going back to school after raising their kids.

The Tories say student aid should be given to those who are hitting the books and can show they’re using the money to get an education that will help get them employment.

Duguid said he’s open to looking at those ideas, but getting rid of the tuition grant isn’t going to happen.

“If their plan is to take $40 million out of the pockets of middle- and lower-income students, to me that’s a non-starter for our students, that’s a non-starter for our system that would defeat the purpose of trying to make our system more accessible,” he said.