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: 08/September/2007 at 1:40am
Hi,
 
Here is our chance to directly be heard by HRSDC.  They are accepting input online until Sept 28 on what we think of the CSL program and how to fix it.
 
here is the link where we can input our suggestions on how to fix the CSL program:
 
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This is really important, perhaps we can finally be heard.
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I sure hope they're listening....Ontario is heading into an election and the only promise I've heard from Howard Hampton NDP leader is that he'll lower/freeze tuition so that students can save a whopping great $500 or so per year (sorry I didn't save the link).  Some of us pay close to that in interest payments each MONTH!  Does he ever talk to the NDP caucus that have thrown their support behind the Coalition for Student Loan Fairness 8 point plan?
 
Politics isn't really my thing and I'm still concerned that we'll become lessons learned and changes to the RESP, increased scholarships and grants really aren't going to help us very much unless we...
 
KEEP MAKING NOISE and please let your suggestions be heard.
 
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