The Ontario provincial government has its fingers in many pies and not all of them are to its taste. If you want a highway built, a bike lane torn up or a few billion bucks to help build a battery plant, Premier Doug Ford’s your man. If you want a financially sustainable university system with the capacity to meet future student demand, not so much.

In a new report, the Council of Ontario Universities (COU) makes a cogent and compelling argument for better financial support, either through higher tuition, larger government grants or both. The COU report says that by 2030, without greater provincial funding, 100,000 qualified prospective students won’t be able to find a spot in Ontario universities. That’s a situation that should anger parents and motivate politicians.