tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19402125.post6508720892081072815..comments2024-02-07T16:22:39.625-05:00Comments on Jeff Jedras: Canada's student loan system is in crisisUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19402125.post-12942102462721398682010-10-14T14:50:18.004-04:002010-10-14T14:50:18.004-04:00There may many complaints about the Canada student...There may many complaints about the <a href="http://www.studentloancanada.net/" rel="nofollow">Canada student loan</a> system but at least they have a student loan program to help many students today and they will adjust as needed. Change takes time and you just can't turn a titanic as quickly as a row boat here. Canada gets it done for their people and they will get the student loan problem fixed in due time.Michaelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17605764829091687944noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19402125.post-55217221513815635712010-09-25T11:23:52.235-04:002010-09-25T11:23:52.235-04:00Canada is already drowning with buliies such as yo...Canada is already drowning with buliies such as yourself that cannot tell the difference between black and white, truth or fiction and everybody else regardless of their preference to leaders or parties that doesn't agree with them have to be liberals. Let's not pretend otherwise and thats so sad that having Harper can and has created so much hate towards their fellow Canadians. <br /><br />The one thing Harper did accomplish is having his parrots having created them with the mentality of the school yard bully which is nothing I would be too proud of or brag about.<br /><br /> I have Completed your sentence Wilson, There is nothing about you that I have seen that makes you qualified to even express your opinion let alone believe you. <br /><br />Its best to keep Politics and the Con mentality out of your posts.mariehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07878825121729826425noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19402125.post-89490058382439025072010-09-24T21:08:41.242-04:002010-09-24T21:08:41.242-04:00Jeff said:
Couples will wait longer to have child...Jeff said:<br /><br /><i>Couples will wait longer to have children (and could ultimately have fewer, exacerbating population declines).</i><br /><br />From your language, it seems that you believe that population declines are somehow a bad thing. An increasing population is at least in part responsible for the decrease in jobs (there aren't many more jobs, but there are a lot more people to fill them) and the decrease in university spots (how many more university openings are there since the time of 'great-paying summer jobs'? Not as many more as there are students who want them!).<br /><br />If population declines are a problem, there are plenty of overpopulated countries in the world whose escape valve we could be, rather than encouraging/enabling a higher birthrate among people who are already here.<br /><br />The world is already drowning in people. Let's not pretend otherwise.Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09412720800766357536noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19402125.post-26858139788986632552010-09-24T12:59:44.550-04:002010-09-24T12:59:44.550-04:00One of the most annoying things I saw in my underg...One of the most annoying things I saw in my undergraduate days was the abuse of assistance money (in Ontario, it is called OSAP). <br /><br />I may sound stringent, but if you take OSAP money and use to fund a vacation during Spring break, then you are not in dire need of the money. That money could have been freed up for someone else who was rejected. <br /><br />Some parents, as a matter of pride, refuse to give their children money for university, yet on OSAP, you have to declare you parents' income. If they make too much money, you may not get assistance. Secondly, they only count those members of your family who are in university. Thus, they don't take into account debt accumulated from those who already graduate, who had to take a student loan. <br /><br />I know Conservatives, at least the young ones on campus, would like to remove the cap on tuition, citing that with more money, the university can offer more quality and assistance. However, I think that is a zero sum game. At best, tuition should be kept with inflation, and the full time designations should be modified so that students can get more work if they are unsuccessful in applying for awards. I am told there are many awards for people, but I always found that bursaries tend to be few and far between, especially since most of them were very specific in criteria and you had to compete with others who probably demonstrated more financial need.jkghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11896248753234065744noreply@blogger.com