Bad news for York and Ryerson students as the Ontario government announced that the planned campus expansions have made their way to the chopping block.

The Ontario governmentissued a press releaseyesterday that outlined its intention to pull funding forRyerson's new Brampton campusandYork's expansion to Markham.

BREAKING: Ford government scrapping plans for 3 new university satellite campuses in GTA: York U in Markham, Ryerson U in Brampton, Wilfrid Laurier U in Milton.#onpoli#cdnpsepic.twitter.com/H1SmoEZsXV

— Mike Crawley (@CBCQueensPark)October 23, 2018

Wilfred Laurier's Milton campus hasalso been cancelled.

The City's disappointed by the Province’s decision to not fund university campus projects in Brampton Milton & Markham. We will continue to work with our partners to advocate for a solution to this issue that brings transformational benefits and economic opportunities to Brampton

— City of Brampton (@CityBrampton)October 23, 2018

The release citeda $15 billion dollar provincialdeficitas the reason for the squashed plans, resulting in the Ministry no longer being "in the position to fund [the projects] given the province's new fiscal restraints."

Tonight’s post-secondary education cut amounts to $307.3 million. Previous government had announced $90M each for Ryerson and Laurier and $127.3M for York. But that funding is still included in the artificially inflated $15B deficit cited in the news release.#onpoli

— Robert Benzie (@robertbenzie)October 23, 2018

NDP leader Andrea Horwathspoke out againstthe move, calling it "callous" and "short-sighted."

Scrapping campuses in York, Brampton and Milton undercuts the futures of thousands of students, and our province's future.#onpoli#CdnPSEhttps://t.co/r05EhAaAng

— Andrea Horwath (@AndreaHorwath)October 24, 2018

Ryerson's Brampton campus was set to feature a focus on STEM learning to fit with Toronto'sgrowing reputationas a leader for technological innovation.

My statement on the provincial government's announcement to cancel funding of@yorkuniversityMarkham Centre Campus.#Onpoli#yorkupic.twitter.com/VBLSNoiTMi

— Mayor Frank Scarpitti (@frankscarpitti)October 24, 2018

York's new spacelooked to accommodatemany of the York region's post-secondary students.