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 upcoming 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 can't plan. I've heard of courses being cut because the government has no process in place for universities to send the newly required acceptance letters to the government.

This means that students who have been accepted can not attend courses that start in the summer 2024 semester. With cut sections, current Canadian students will have trouble getting courses, and may have to switch to part-time which changes their enrollment status and might trigger repayment of their loans or ineligibility for funding. I've seen this before. It wreaks havoc on the student loan borrowers.

Again, the Liberal government has messed up the education environment. Will the new system needed in a rush for the acceptance letters be the new Arrivecan scandal?

I call on the government to implement a slower phased in approach and delay the requirement of the acceptance letters until a process is in place to submit these letters.


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    Posted: 23/April/2008 at 2:58pm
Hi All,
I have recently been contacted by NCO in regards to a Student Loan that I had from Royal Bank. I graduated in 1999 and made regular $100 a month payments on the loan.
 
The balance of the loan was included in a Consumer Proposal that I did in 2003. In 2006 I completed my Consumer Proposal and have the paperwork indicating that the Student Loan was included in the proposal. I also have copies of my credit report indicating that the loan was included in the Consumer Proposal and has been paid through it.
 
Can NCO really be forcing me to pay this supposed "debt" to them when I have all the paperwork indicating that it is paid? They are trying to tell me that it is not paid?
 
The NCO collections people posed as people that lived at a previous address in order to get my new address. They told my wife that they had mail for me that was sent to a house that I haven't lived in for nearly 5 years. Of course, my wife, not knowing, confirmed my address and phone number with these people in one call. They have since called every day, leaving both automated and live messages for me. Are these typical tactics of collection agencies? I have never dealt with collections before.
 
Thanks for any help that anyone can provide.
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This is the oscar award winning creativity that I have been mentioning in numerous posts dating back to 2005. Collectors collect information first. They create little acts and plays (like you had described) so they can ease the information out of you. Information gives them more power, or at least that is their belief system. Nonetheless, if they have no information about you they really can't be as effective.
 
Now they have your phone # and and address. THey can campaign you daily now. THey couldn;t before because they had no information.
 
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Welcome to the mental exhausting game play of collection agents.  Their tactics are ruthless and the longer they've been in the industry the better they are at it.  Information is power to them as it is to you as well. 
If you know that you have paid this debt, do not give in to these collectors.  Educate yourself, read through the forums and arm yourself with knowledge.  They can't stand it when you know what you are doing! Be confident!
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Now NCO is asking for copies of my Credit Report and the paperwork from my Proposal.
Should I provide this to them? I thought they should have access to the Credit Report. I am not sure what info I should and shouldn't give them.
They are insistant that this loan was not covered in the consumer proposal, but all the paperwork I have indicates that it was.
 
Has anyone experienced a similar situation?
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NCO can access your credit report. Do you need help with this?
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NCO Financial Mississauga, Ontario
I received a notice of claim from NCO financial for the creditor of Min of Training and, Coll & Univ, OSL and it has an account number below the above part, with an outstanding amount of 503.64 but below where you are suppose to send the return portion there is a different account number, why is that.  Also they have been taking my income tax for years now, so how do I know if this is the full amount owing for the ontario student loan which was done through the Royal Bank.  How does anyone know if the income tax witheld has been put toward paying down the osl portion.  I have lost my papers and I can't remember how much the original loan was for ols.  How do I get a copy of my orginal ols, and how do I find out with they applied my income tax to be applied towards paying down the ols portion.  I have never payed on this loan due to hardships but now I need to do something about this.  If I make this payment, how should it be made, so I can have it verified that they received it.  I really would like to know, first what I owe in total for the ols.  I still have the Canada Student loan portion to pay also.   Don't know what to do first, exept that I would like a copy of the loans.  What interest rates do they charge also.  Also can I appoint someone to handle this for me, done in writing of course, so I don't have to deal with these people.  I haven't had a credit bureau check done in years so I do not know if there is anything in there.  Also afraid of my wages being garnished.  Any suggestions please. 
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I have seen those letters from NCO the 2 different account numbers are 1 is a number put on by MTCU and the 2nd is what they call a collection number. If you bank online or through the phone pay that way. As for requesting the ols documents then just put it in writing and send it in. I think that is how it works.
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Hi aimcomics,

I'm curious to know if you were able to resolve your situation. I am experiencing a somewhat similar situation and I'd be ever so grateful to hear what steps you took and how it went.

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Hi Bets,
Yes, all was resolved but I ended up having to pay.
 
After numerous calls to Royal Bank, my banckruptcy trustee and NCO, I discovered that the student loan was not completely covered in my consumer proposal.
 
I guess at one point in time, the loans were divided in two. Part of the loan was advanced through the bank and part was advanced through the government. My understanding is that the government portion was a part of the proposal, but the portion that was advanced by the bank was not. That was the part that the collection agency was trying to collect. In my case, the problem arose for two reasons, 1. The trustee did not adequitely explain to me what was and wasn't included in the proposal and 2. I moved during the course of paying back my proposal and did not inform Royal Bank, so when my proposal was complete and I was to continue paying the loan, (which at the time I didn't know I had to do) RBC could not contact me notify me of payment due.
 
I believe the debt was actually transferred to a different collections company as well. They were much more accommodating and freindly. Two years ago I ended up negotiating a payment and paid it off. It should be noted though, that the debt still shows up on my credit report as a bad debt paid. Not sure how long it will be there, but it has been 13 years since I graduated and I am still affected by this student loan. Makes it very hard to get good interest rates when trying to purchase a house or a car.
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Originally posted by aimcomics aimcomics wrote:

Two years ago I ended up negotiating a payment and paid it off. It should be noted though, that the debt still shows up on my credit report as a bad debt paid. Not sure how long it will be there, but it has been 13 years since I graduated and I am still affected by this student loan. Makes it very hard to get good interest rates when trying to purchase a house or a car.


In my experience (not with a student loan but with another debt and a buyout agreement) it will remain there for 6 years. The only way to improve it is to pay the remainder out, AFAIK.
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Thanks for the reply and letting me know how it went. Wishing you well in the future. Take care. Bets
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