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: 15/April/2007 at 5:46am
Hi everyone,
 
By now you already know we launched a petition to modernize the Canadian student loan system.  In just two days, we have upwards of 200 signatures, as well as a bunch of incredible personal stories from Canadians across the country suffering with these loans and an unresponsive loan system.
 
What we need now is your help in spreading the word.
 
Please take a few minutes to email your friends about the petition...every vote counts!
 
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thanks so much for doing this pogo...you and everyone else involved. 

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Yes! thanks so much for taking the time to do this, and thanks for the reminders too!

When I signed a day or so ago, mine was the 318th signature - I just took a look and there are now 419!

Somtimes I feel like I'm diagonally parked in a parallel universe. anonymous
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Thanks hipster,
 
I'm really happy with the response from the internet community.  We've  got a compelling and common sense solution to this issue. We won't give up!  I'm paying till 2026--we'll be here! 
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