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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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. This must mean that the new regulations have been somewhat laxed, as I understand that previously it was almost impossible to qualify. I am very surprised as I expected to have to "fight the system" once again, yet the process was very smooth and efficient. I thought this might give some of you hope for a little relief. I realize that for those whose loans are in default the new process will still probably not be of much help and that really bites! Don't give up, there is always hope and remember life comes before student loans.
, but I'm still a little worried. I received a letter from Royal Bank saying that I'd been approved, but that it was pending approval from the federal government.
