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: 06/August/2005 at 1:33am

Hi,

I'm looking for clarification about my CSL and my bankruptcy.

I filed for bankruptcy in 1997 (prior to November/97) and was discharged in early 1998 (prior to June/98). My CSL were included in the bankruptcy (the main reason I declared bankruptcy!) and my understanding was that they were "gone" when discharged.

I have recently obtained a credit report and found that one of my loans is still listed. They list the "high credit/credit limit" as $7,140 and the balance owing as $2,936 (I didn't pay that must on it before defaulting). The last date of activity is 10/99 (no activity on my part that I can figure out). It says on the comment line on the credit report that it is "included in bankruptcy, student loan". On advice - which I am now thinking was very poor advice after reading some of the posts here - I called CIBC, as the credit bureau said that only the bank could fix the mistake on my credit report. I am now afraid that I may have unknowingly "acknowledged" this debit. I thought it was just a mistake, not knowing anything about the 2 and 10 years rule changes made in 1997 & 1998. I hope that's not the case. I didn't actually talk to woman in charge of my account but did leave a message.

My main question is what rule does my bankruptcy fall under? Did it fall under the BIA that was in force when I filed (that it should have been treated like all other consumer debit), or when it was discharged (the 2 year rule)? And does the rule change if I took a class at university after the date of discharge (even if that course was non-credit)?
What do I have to do to get it off my credit report?

Thanks

 

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