Questions on the Ontario college strike dominated discussion at Premier Kathleen Wynne's town hall meeting downtown Toronto on Monday night.
Around 200 people turned up to the Masonic Temple building in Yorkville to air their concerns -- some waited in line at least 30 minutes before doors opened to get the best seats.
The event was billed by the Premier as a way to address fairness and opportunity in the province, but she fielded questions on a wide variety of issues.
Healthcare, housing and the legalization of cannabis were among the topics raised by concerned Ontarians, but many wanted answers on the college strike.
"Why did you not intervene sooner by giving a binding directive to the College Employer Council?" one student asked during the open mic session.
"The minister and I are going to be asking how we make that process better," Premier Wynne responded.
The questions came at an opportune time for students and faculty who are preparing to return to colleges tomorrow after back-to-work legislation was passed.
"The strike, the collective bargaining process as it played out leaves a lot of questions," Wynne said.
NEWSTALK 1010 asked people exiting the event how they felt the Premier performed.
Most acknowledged the move to conduct the town hall meeting in a way where the public could ask questions as a good one.
"She was welcoming, cordial, and she congratulated people on their questions," said one woman.
But others weren't sold on how her response to a number of issues.
"We got an answer, but it's not the answer we were looking for," one man told NEWSTALK 1010.
"To me, it was political PR."
More town hall meetings are due to be held across the province in the coming weeks and months.
with files from Jacob Brown