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: 04/July/2014 at 7:48am

I am wondering if anyone has a similar situation to mine:

-I got a student loan in Ontario about 20 years ago but was not able to repay the loan. I tried making negotiations after my studies ended in 1998 however the collection agency I was dealing with wanted the whole amount and would not negotiate with me to do the payments in installments.

-Never been back to school or had any other student loan.

-CRA sent me letters saying I owed $ amount for my student loan but they never took my GST or income tax credits.

-I just got a letter saying they will not be refunding my income tax for last year because of my student loan.

My questions: Can CRA collect your student loan even if it is in default?

Should I call either CRA or the agency in charge of student loans? I ask this because I have read on this forum that calling them is admitting your loan or it doesn't matter anyways.

Thanks.

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If the federal direct loan is in default then yes they will attempt to recover it. However, if the federal direct loan is statute barred, and it is proven to be so (which the onus always falls on the borrower to prove), then they will not pursue you any further.

A dispute does not stop them from recovering either unless it is court ordered.

Tee big question for a lot of people is exactly what you asked. Should I or should I not contact them? My advice to those who are contacting them in such cases to protect themselves and their privacy by only answering questions that pertain to the student loan, and ones position regarding it. 

If you are going to discuss limitation issues with them then this could be quite hazzardous if you are not properly prepared and understanding of how to protect yourself in the event that their agency people attempt to undermine you in any way. Remember, their best interest is to collect money for the Crown and not give you any tool or ability to restrain them from doing so. Same goes for the banks and all other government financial systems.

If you want a limitation analysis and assessment to determine strength of case/probability, and safeguard, we provide that to student loan borrowers who feel they are within the limitation zone. This will certainly prevent looming disaster for you, of course. Cost for this is $150.00 plus tax, and takes anywhere from 40 minutes to an hour.
 
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