This website is a testimony to the problems Canadian Student Loan borrowers experienced from approximately 1996 to 2008 and until their loans were paid off.

The privatization of the Student Loans system by the Chretien and Martin Liberal governments broke the system and defaulted thousands of borrowers who were trying to pay their loans. There were even stories of suicide due to the harassment of borrowers.

Read the report that I prepared back in 2007 here. Canada Student Loans-The Need for Change Fortunately the new Conservative government at the time revamped the program and fixed the system for new borrowers, but borrowers under the previous program were left with ruined credit and continued harassment from debt collectors.

I call on the Canadian Government to apologize to the borrowers affected by this fiasco and make amends.

Unfortunately the Liberal government is again clobbering the Education system with their upcoming changes to International Student Visas. Yes, there's a problem, but instead of a well thought out plan, they have pulled the emergency brake on the train causing a derailment. This has introduced unprecedented instability for both private and public education institutions who serve both international and local students.

Universities can't plan. I've heard of courses being cut because the government has no process in place for universities to send the newly required acceptance letters to the government.

This means that students who have been accepted can not attend courses that start in the summer 2024 semester. With cut sections, current Canadian students will have trouble getting courses, and may have to switch to part-time which changes their enrollment status and might trigger repayment of their loans or ineligibility for funding. I've seen this before. It wreaks havoc on the student loan borrowers.

Again, the Liberal government has messed up the education environment. Will the new system needed in a rush for the acceptance letters be the new Arrivecan scandal?

I call on the government to implement a slower phased in approach and delay the requirement of the acceptance letters until a process is in place to submit these letters.


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Johnny  wrote:
"1) If you have a Canada Student Loan with a judgment anchored, you cannot claim the interest."

And that certainly is the case but I have wondered why?  The money is still being paid - either voluntarily or through tax set offs - but interest is being paid.
Are those people who find themselves with a judgement after defaulting not due the same consideration?
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Being in default and in collections is different from having a judgement against you. 

Judgements are done by courts after a claim has been filed against you and you lost your court case (or did not file a defense).  HRDC usually goes for a judgement to prevent the statute of limitations on your debt.
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Does anyone know why a loan in collections would not qualify for a claim on line 319 in your taxes?  It seems to me that a payment is a payment and that people in debt need all the tools available to help them get out of debt. 

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If your loan is in collection, you can (and should) claim the interest you paid. The original holder of the loan mails you a tax receipt, much like the ones you get for RRSP contributions. You keep a section of it and include the other part with your tax return. If you're not getting those tax receipts, get on the phone and ask for it. It's your right.

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You don't necessarily need an official tax receipt to claim the interest paid. A statement from the collections agency or a letter or anything that proves you made the payments could be used.

Generally if you wanted a rough idea how much interest you paid over a year you would take your starting balance - say January 01/05 and subtract your ending balance - Say Dec 31/05 - and that would be the reduction of principal. Then you would take the total amount you applied toward the loan in total over the year and subtract the amount paid to principal from that. The resultant figure should be your total interest payment (claim).

 

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That's what I thought.  The tax guide doesn't request a specific form, just documentation that you paid that much interest.  The CA I talked to said that you can only claim payments on loans in good standing.  But the tax guide doesn't say anything about that and as far as I know the only thing preventing you from claiming the amount is if a judgement has been found against you. 

I don't find it odd that a CA would lie (after all, their client is the bank, not the debtor).  It was after some thought that I realized that they only wanted to open up communication with me so they could coerce me into applying for a third-party loan to pay off their portion of my CSL.  I pay them what I can and have increased my regular payments whenever I can, so I know I'm acting in good faith.  But if I can claim the interest on my loans, I can pay them off faster (admittedly only the government portion of the CSL but that is much better than nothing!).

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So from this discussion I understand that if you have a judgement against you (as I have) then you can not claim the interest - is tis correct? Most but not all of the money I have paid has come from withholding tax refunds.
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Yes, unfortunately this is correct.

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