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 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 have been forced to cancel programs and layoff hundreds if not thousands of full-time and contract instructors.

Again, the Liberal government has messed up the education environment.


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    Posted: 07/August/2007 at 10:28am
Canadian Federation of Students targets interest rates

The following is a news release by the Canadian Federation of Students concerning student loan interest rates.  For those who don't know the history of student advocacy, this is a very significant press release because it signals a shift toward greater a discussion of the issues that impact student loan borrowers.
 
 
Jul 24, 2007 09:15 ET Student Loan Interest Rate Targeted By Students and Coalition Attention: Assignment Editor, Business/Financial Editor, Education Editor, News Editor, Government/Political Affairs Editor
 
 
OTTAWA--(Marketwire - July 24, 2007) - The interest rate charged to students on their Canada Student Loans should be reduced, according to the Canadian Federation of Students and a coalition of former students. "Student debt has skyrocketed in the last fifteen years, and compound interest is making matters worse for tens of thousands of graduates struggling to make loan payments," said Amanda Aziz, National Chairperson of the Canadian Federation of Students. "The federal government must take action to reduce interest rates on student loans and implement a system of need-based grants." A document released today by the Coalition for Student Loan Fairness reveals figures obtained under Access to Information legislation that show the extent to which interest payments are piling up. For example, the number of student loan borrowers extending the life of their loan nearly doubled between 2002 and 2006. This process reduces the monthly payment, but can add up to $5,000 in additional interest on the average loan. The federal government expects to take in over $550 million in student loan interest payments in 2007, more than double the cost to government of borrowing. The federal government is currently reviewing the Canada Student Loans Program and taking feedback from stakeholders about improvements to the 43-year old program. Interest rates and replacing the Millennium Scholarship with a system of need-based grants has been raised by the Canadian Federation of Students in recent meetings with the federal government. "Canada's most indebted students shouldn't be a cash cow for the federal government," said Aziz.
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