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: 28/September/2016 at 3:30am
Hi...I have a huge student debt load and thought that because of the number of years that have passed...that I would be able to declare bankruptcy under the seven year rule.
However, after much research and a meeting with a trustee...I have been informed that my end of study date is not the one officially given by the National Student Loan Centre...but is reset according to a one month course that I took a few years ago! This was paid for independently and not with any loan funding.
Some financial people have stated that this does not "reset" the clock. Some trustees...who should be fully versed in the legislation have also stated that does not create an issue. I have heard both sides and don't know which one is really TRUE.
Can anyone, with full knowledge of this rule...please advise me accordingly. I can't bear the weight of this debt load for further years to come. I just don't know what to do any more. I am on a low income and have been for quite a while.
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There is a lot of he said she said. The way to know this is to contact the superintendent of bankruptcy and get a definitive answer to that. The laws in this country are overlapping and and often times too broad. The BIA states after cessation of studies. It doesn't say "form the date your ceased studies that applies to the student loan debt that paid for that study period" It's reading of "from the last day you ceased to be a full or part-time student" can be interpreted as just that. If the superintendent's office cannot answer that question to give you a clear direction then this shows that the system is completely inadequate. You can also seek out jurisprudence on the matter in past cases through the bankruptcy court circuit in Canada. If you find a case where it is ruled that paying out of your own pocket doesn't affect it then you can present that if discharge is opposed.  
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Thank you for your reply. I have in fact, contacted the Superintendent of
Bankruptcy. The woman who answered...said, yes, the clock starts from the end of your last studies. Upon arguing this point...she agreed to take it up "higher" and get back to me in five business days,with the answer. That was on Tuesday...so, we shall see. I don't hold out too much hope.

I cannot, for the life of me, understand how taking a few courses down the road, not financed by them...would have any relevance to anything for any reason. It is just a sick ploy to throw a curve ball into the system, which allows them to recoup for longer than is necessary for a person to bear.

The trustee that I spoke to, in person, said that many of her student clients are also shocked and dismayed by this stipulation that prevents them from discharging the debt. In many instances, it is for several years more of debt that they can not deal with.

I, too, regret taking out a loan...although it seemed a good idea at the time. I don't regret the education...just the attendant pain and anguish it has since caused me. It is an absolutely archaic and punitive system..that leaves so many in desperate situations. I feel very very passionately about changing this..in whichever way that I can contribute. But, for now...I simply want to be free of this burden. It weighs heavily and takes the joy out of life.
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The Canada student loans program makes so much money from it, and so does the private group they have in place who services it - DH Ltd. 
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Hi, did you ever get an answer to you question about taking an additional class without student loans?

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Hi....In answer to your question about getting a clear answer about taking an additional class without student loans...no, I didn't. I got several answers, most saying that it is just when you were last a student...but others say, that what is important is whether it is covered by a loan payment.
You could look into this...and will probably find similar conflicting results.
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