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/November/2017 at 1:51am
Hey there, 
I had a student load from back in 2009. I was having a lot of trouble making the payments they wanted so ultimately it went into collections in 2012. There has been nothing happening with it since then, so I was thinking that it would be close to being removed from my credit report - just another year or so. Everything else on my report is great so I was really looking forward to it being removed so I could hopefully get a mortgage. I still pay all my GST cheques and tax returns to my loan every year, so at some point it will be paid off, but I would just like to move on with my life ya know? My degree didn't really help me in becoming employable but that's really not the point I guess. 

Anyway, long story short I got my credit report yesterday just so I could keep track of my progress to fix my credit. To my utter surprise there are two entries there from Canada Student Loans. One with a 2012 date and another from 2016. They are the same loan. In 2015 I went back to school, but I did not get a loan. I enquired with student loans at that time about whether they needed to be notified, they told me if I paid off outstanding interest they would put my loan on repayment assistance, I opted not to do that. I was paying for school out of pocket so I couldn't afford the outstanding interest. I thought that was that. 

Is that enough for them to open a whole new file? The entries in my credit report have different account numbers, but they are the same loan. Have I totally screwed myself by calling them? I have a small loan from my province before they all switched over to national. I was in contact with their collections department when I went back to school and they worked with me to reduce my monthly payments, but it didn't reset my activity date. Any advise would be appreciated. Sigh. 

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Are you certain that it is the same loan.  All student loans during the years that you've described have two parts - a provincial, and a federal portion.    Usually, the provincial portion is significantly smaller.  Are the balances about the same, or are you simply seeing an entry for your provincial portion, and another for your federal portion?  Are you certain that the same creditor is being showed in the trade ( or collection) on your credit report?

On a different note:

Your debt does not sound like it's statute barred.  Furthermore, if you can afford the downpayment on a house for securing a mortgage, you can also afford to make significantly greater payments towards your student loan.

You are really asking for trouble (legal action), by attempting to take on a mortgage at this stage.  Pay off your debt first.  You don't want to find yourself in a position where you buy a house,  have a judgement placed against you, and then not qualify when it's time to renew your mortgage.  You would lose your house and deposit.
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I made the point about paying off debt.  You could also rehabilitate it.  This involves paying off the interest and making a few payments.  By putting the loan back in good standing, you can avoid the requirement to pay it in full, but still have some chance of qualifying for a mortgage without negative consequences.
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They are the same loan. The totals are very similar, the only difference is the total of the new one in less to reflect the tax returns and GST payments that have gone toward the loans in the last few years. The same creditor is shown as well, CDA Student Loans PR. I also have a provincial loan which was written off so I know it's not that. I make regular payments on the provincial loan, but they have been very reasonable, and work with me when circumstances change. My Canada Student Loan has consistently been unwilling to work with me. Demanding payments of nearly 50% of what I was making at the time. I could not support myself. I am in a more stable position now (only because I stopped making those payments), but by no means would what I have saved for a down payment be enough to make a significant dent in the loan. I want to buy a very modest home, so I can build some equity (I can get this home for well under market value). After a couple years when I renew the mortgage I intend to roll all my loans into the mortgage so all will be right in the world. Having this extra entry on my credit report makes me feel like this is unattainable.

I am in my mid 30s and I just feel like I can't get ahead because of this stupid mistake I made at 18. I don't want to get into a situation where I could potentially lose a house I just bought, but going back to struggling to make payments that would be double what my mortgage could be (even with the loans added to it) is so depressing. I feel like I can see the way out so clear, but that I'll never get there. 

Anyway, thanks for the response. I appreciate your time. 

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This is not reflective of my experience rehabilitating the federal portion of my loan.

I called in to the CRA and made arrangements to rehabilitate, they were very flexible on the monthly amount to repay and quite happy to help.  They first suggested a repayment amount that was auto-calculated, and when I hesitated they were more than willing to negotiate a lower monthly amount to pay back over the timeline.  You just need to ask.

They were also sure to mention that I could call in (in advance) if I knew I was going to have trouble making a payment before the loan was rehabilitated - I didn't end up needing to, but the option was there.

In the end I even ended up being able to afford more than the amount I had negotiated which allowed me to get the loan back to NSLSC faster than originally planned.

Based on some of the research I've done during this process, Royal-NCO is right - you might end up sued if you try to apply for a mortgage without dealing with this loan first.  It seems the feds are much more likely to sue.  Besides that, any prospective mortgage lender that reviews your reports will be unlikely to work with you.

Not to be all doom and gloom, on you - I was confronted with this same reality last year.


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The federal government (Justice Canada and CRA Legal Services) are on a litigation frenzy. This is because the recovery offices for CRA non-tax collection have been tasked with ensuring that actions are started to protect the best interest of the government and it's program. The numbers of people being sued by CRA are quite shocking to say the least. 
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