Last week, U.S. President Joe Biden announced his administration would be forgiving up to US$20,000 in student loans for low- and middle-income borrowers, reducing the debt load for more than 40 million Americans.
"I think we have to remember there's a cost to graduating a generation into debt. The costs are just sort of downloaded on the students and their families, many of whom are far less in a position to actually bear that cost than the federal government," she told CTV's Your Morning on Friday., which found that one of six bankruptcies in the province involved student loans.
"I think it's fair to say you have limited resources, you want to target the money at the neediest group. I think there's a strong argument that not the neediest," he told CTVNews.ca over the phone.
Yes indeed
Students who are trying to get an education so they do not have to be on the government subsidy list and now must pay more due to high cost of living should have opportunity to apply loan forgiveness based on ability to pay.
Yes please! I have 8K on my loan I cannot pay after focusing my Chef career in food & nutrition only to find out that the sector is full of judgmental nancies who would rather keep me a cook than let me move forward. Please forgive my mistake of choosing an obviously toxic sector
No
Only interest on them (above the rate of inflation.)
No.
No, there is no 'student loan' forgiveness, only debt redistribution All thouse who taken studentloans to get these precious feminism, gender studies, phylosophy, English literature, history and liberal arts degrees MUST pay they up StudentLoanForgiveness LiberalHypocricy
No
No! Why?
Please stop using the word 'forgive' to frame the narrative. This is why people rightfully don't trust you to report the news.
YES. Why? Because it make them D🇨🇦MB 🇨🇦SS Conservatives Lose their Minds.
NO. Any other questions?
No
Absolutly not i paid for both my kids to go to school i sacraficed worked overtime typical Trudeau money for some not for all
TrivialPunk Yes. And instead limiting education to the rich (or making the poor suffer even greater poverty with loans) education should be TuitionFree for everyone. Where could the money come from? Just the fuel for today's air show costs more than tuition for a dozen students.
Hell no
Yes!
Absolutely, if they forgive everyone’s mortgages and credit card debts too
Can Canada forgive my rent my mortgage please I'm lazy
Yes
No they should be expected to work off their tuition costs serving their communities through Gvmt agencies much like military officers do. If they are drs, nurses, lawyers, accountants or other professionals schedule them in community programs. globalnews nationalpost
Obviously Yes
Your choice is your burden. Sooo, a hard NO!
That sets a really bad example. Young people already have a problem with understanding the value of money, and the work involved to make it. If you start just eliminating their debts for them, this compounds the problem, and will make more people create more unpayable debt
Absolutely a big NO! Paid vacations and no free rides anymore for countries and citizens in Canada.
No but they should get rid of the interest.
No
Why is there even a discussion about this?...Is Biden's puppet,Trudeau being given orders to look at it from Biden/Obama?
Does Canada have the monetary policy to do so.
Yes, Canada needs more inflation
NO!
No
Don't need a degree, get a trade !
no
Only if it is retroactive back to the beginning of when student loans started and paid all of us too. In some circumstances why do I have to pay for someone else taking on too much debt? Just like our federal government, we're all paying now with the interest rate hikes.
No.
Tuition is already subsidized here in Canada. Therefore, when you take out a student loan, it’s for books and living expenses. So, why should taxpayers fund more than we already do? My answer is no.
I see the PMO has made the request to put the feelers out to just support. What possible benefit to Canada as a whole would forgiving this one generation their student loans? It's nothing more than a very costly vote buying scheme. It couldn't be more blatantly obvious.
Hell no, then the school will just bump the tuition fees.
I worked 3 jobs while I was in Uni & paid off my student loans myself. I think student loan forgiveness is a great idea. Education should be free. The pandemic revealed that many Canadians are in desperate need of formal education. I'm happy to contribute to that
NOPE! we should stop giving loans to kids with grade averages below 85%. If you can get that in high school and maintain it in University you have no business in University. Go to trade school. We have enough over educated couch potatoes unwilling to below thier 'skill' level.
No
No
BlastFr02060713 My suggestion has been that if the graduate works in the same province that loaned the money, that any provincial income tax paid by the graduate for employment income is credited against the student loan.
It's awesome that our politics is just reacting to the United States. 😐
NO!
No, you will breed a generation of youth that have learned everything will be given to them
Why stop with student loans? Why not mortgages? Credit card debt? Why not car loans? How about margin loans? Maybe if the degrees completed don’t allow people to earn enough to pay off the loans, universities shouldn’t offer them.
Yes!...Alberta could help with the surplus...It is our money...they are our children. ..Yes!
No
Absolutely Not!!!
Gen x is the last savior of this nation.
While your at it, I don't have a student loan but can you forgive my mortgage also please
he'll ya
no
No. I had to pay mine back.
No. We should encourage ppl to fcking work in the fields they studied in and pay back their debt, like everybody else since the dawn of time. Kids are already super stupid and lazy. Bailing them out of their debts is not going to teach them how to balance money/work.
Yes, esp those who under a certain income.
No
HELL NO, there is no 'forgiving the loan' it just places the burden of that debt onto others would did not incur said debt. C'mon CTV, TRY and be a news organization, which means stop being the mouth piece for the corrupt government
So they dont pay back bravo Sierra degrees to work as barista's at commi cup. So tax payers can flip the bill.
We already pay for seniors that didn’t save with OAS. So why not
NO
He’ll no! University education is a farce.
Sure we should - and mortgage loans and car loans and all business loans - hell lets just make everything free for the taking...
No. taxpayers already heavily subsidize post-secondary education To the tune of 75% Hold PSE s accountable for the tax dollars they’re given If graduates aren’t getting jobs in their fields it’s time to start asking: “Are taxpayers getting value for their money?”
Once again a great question LOL
I believe Canada should forgive one-third of some student loans for Canadian citizens only when there has been a consistent pattern of loan repayment of 1 year of installments made following employment. I hold the same for student loans for acquiring certified trades training.
No. They took the loans out, they need to repay them. Any loan, mortgage, or credit card I've received has the interest, payment schedule, and penalties clearly laid out. If you sign it and agree to it without reading and understanding what you are getting into, not my problem.
Yes. This is a dumb question. All education should be free. Not everybody is going to take it up, but it should be free for all.
I believe Canada should forgive one-third of some student loans when there has been a consistent pattern of loan repayment of 1 year of installments made following employment. I hold the same for student loans for acquiring certified trades training too.
YES!
Does that mean I get my payments back? Took me years to pay off.
No
No
Wtf.
Only if they give tax breaks to those who paid off theres
If they go ahead with this, can the forgive my credit card debts too
Hell to the no!
No
...mortgages, taxes. Where is the money to finance all of that I don't know, but hopefully 'budget will balance itself'
Nope
No. Unless you payback everyone's college debt that's ever gone to post secondary school in Canada and is still alive.
Well remember its NOT the gov who will pay its all of us taxpayers and I have allready paid for myself and my kids. So NO.
It doesn't cost that much to go to school in Canada
No
Silly question!
yes
If they do it better be for EVERYBODY still paying it back! I don’t care, I’m so fucking sick of paying mine back that I should be done by this yr but by trudeau fucking us over AGAIN it’s prolonging me to do so. So either have EVERYBODY’s payment stop forever or don’t bother
No! There are ALOT of other things to 'forgive' than that! quit
Why not. Canada is a SOCIALIST COUNTRY. Money 💰 is no object . The health care system is beyond dysfunctional no point in spending money on it.
Even reduce payments over a longer period of time
No
No!
The 'forgiven' loan spent by the freeloaders is paid by tax payers. Nothing is free.
Education in this country should be free. Period.
No. Their debt is their responsibility. Not mine.
What about all the people who have already paid theirs back
NO
yes
Only if the people being forgiven actually need the financial help. Otherwise, no. And we could also use some affordable housing!!!!
Fuck that!!! Enough said.
Bribe the coming generation with gifts / handouts so they vote for criminal governments.
Not unless I qualify too and I paid mine back 40 years ago. Gimme gimme!
CAV Gov should consider that option and help people who struggle to pay the loan at the same time make a living. Contrary to CsBeau points!! I'm among those who will appreciate and recommend that act from cadgov and take education seriously and committed to it.
No
NO!
No.
NO ! ! !
no
No
If they do , I'm going to go to UWO, get a huge student loan and freakin party down for four years. I don't know what course I'll take but it'll be awesome.
No
Absolutely not
Why should I pay to my Costco bill?
No, what they should do is nationalize PostSecondEd. We’re about to be outcompeted internationally.
Revised headline: 'Should every Canadian pay for loans they did not agree to?'
If teachers are 'work for rule', on strike, or teachers interfere with students education bc of contract issues or it affects a students education, AND IT HAS, then absolutely 100%! SICK how Colleges and Universities are RIPPING OFF students thousands of $$ for ED they never got!
My mortgage and truck lease identify as student loans.
How about mortgage loans. Let's show those Americans what real forgiveness is.
Absolutely not.
Why can’t people just go to work and pay their own bills, stop looking for freebies, because then we have to pay it! I paid mine, fricking Liberals
When did we become a society of “free everything for everyone” ? Someone tell me… who the fu(k pays off this never ending debt ?
WE ARE CANADIANS, NOT AMERICANS! stop following the US in everything while being their little b**itch! Jesus Christ, is as if we cannot think of policies on our own and need the follow the USA in everything!
Too many students wasting time in most universities graduating with debt and inability to read, write and contribute in the work world.
No and not forgiving you either.
Absolutely not ! While I was busting my ass working every free minute to not have deep loans while most others were cashing in their student loans and grants and partying at the Ceeps and Daytona Beach.
No
Why dont we just all quit paying our bills and let the economy crash too. Justin and his cabinet are jokes. He’s exactly like his mother. Like mother, like daughter mr trudeau 😂
Fuck no!
💥💥💓💜🤍💟💟
We could if we weren't funding the Rise of Nazi's in Europe!
Hard no
Nope !! Taxpayers pay for enough shit that they don’t use
Fuck no
NO , NO … and no
Only to natives new Canadians and Quebecers
It helps to be able to find way to afford education period. Education and the wise use of it helps our economy in the long run.
It’s not free when Canadians will have to pickup the tab on that massive debt we all would have to take on. Maybe we should do credit cards, loans and mortgages next.
Why should anyone pay for someone else's debts? My daughter worked for two years and saved half the money for tuition. Got a $20k loan and paid it back in less than a year. Work ethic is lacking and this will only contribute to it.
Not unless they do it for the ones that have already paid theirs.
Yes! We ALL benefit from an educated population.
NO
Depending on the degree, but the should offer free education to the sectors that need employees, like health care
Absolutely not.
Fuk that, more free stuff for everyone. I paid for my loans, now will be expected to pay for their loans as well :(.
No
Nope
No, fucking communist trash. Pay your own bills.
No! We’ll be paying for most of these drains on society as it is let them pay their own fucking way like everyone else. Get a real fucking job and grow up.
Hell no!
No, absolutely not!
I will take all my student loan money I paid for my education back, plus the interest.
If they are going to give me the money back it cost us to put 4 kids through University. Sure, why not?
NO!!!!!!!
No. We already have a program to repay student loans. Its called 'getting a job'
No
Might as well. Better than funding abortions in Africa and/or Ukrainian Nazi regime
Why? So universities can get paid? Earn your way lazy socialists
No
Why would you bail out a generation with a one-time plan when the problem is not loans, but the cost. Subsidize all post secondary fees and make it better for everyone. People will always need to borrow. Reduce that amount rather than a meaningless gift to one group.
NO! House people! Feed them. Give them proper health care. Most degrees are useless, and automation will take over most jobs anyway in the not-so-distant future
No.
no. we have enough incentives, and school is cheap enough. Also, need to have a cost so people can get degrees that services the right jobs.
As long as it gifts equivalent amount of money to people who chose to work instead, as they could not afford studying.
People don’t grasp the concept that nothing is free! Kind of like you’ll own nothing but be happy. Well sorry to burst your bubble! Somebody owns the shlt you use!
No! My husband and I worked and saved to pay ours back so can they. We did without uploaded phones & sun/ski vacations, expensive bar tabs and dinner bills, we budgeted and saved.
And it also teaches them how to work and be responsible with their money
You should re-word this. 'Should hard working Canadians be forced to be taxed more so they can pay for people who took out loans they don't want to pay back?
Absolutely not then you get every Tom dick and harry going to school changing their mind 5 times and ending up with 10-12 years of schooling paid for by the tax payer if you pay your own way you’ll make sure you know what you want to do
People going to school, choosing any degree, and either paying off their loans themselves or having them paid by everyone is a false dichotomy. The government should be restricting who it loans money to.
It really is a no-brainer, but people seem to want other people to suffer. It's not fair? Look at the structure of a student loan vis a vis a mortgage. There's just no comparison. The student loan system is a money grab. The precious economy? Think of the increase in spending.
NO!
If the government stops funding CTV, maybe.
No, 1. Everyone who paid it off should get something back too 2. Some ppl don’t and more won’t take post-secondary seriously when they don’t have to pay or worry about paying 3. CAN Gov’ already has a hard enough time with its financial books - more debt won’t help
Definitely don’t forgive CTV for posting mostly nonsense as of late!
No.
How does one successfully explain to an adult that there is no such thing as free?
No. Just reduce the interest rate to prime or prime + 1.
Yes
As long as it’s fair. If student A took on a 40,000$ loan, but student B worked their tail off for 4 years with part time work and earned their 40K and took no loan, then sure… here’s 40K for A and 40K for B. What’s another 7Billion in debt really mean anyway?
Lower tuition. My dad could work a 2 month summer job that paid off almost his entire year of school. Bring that back. Or make college free. Cancel loan interest. Some debt forgiveness would be cool but I think it’s more important to overhaul the entire tuition price.
No. Students who are in programs where the graduates are highly likely to be employed should be given loans. For others, the government should be compiling data to determine who will repay them and only students who are likely to repay their loans should be given them.
Excuse me! Is that even a question? Yessssss
Definitely not with how it’s structured. Colleges and universities would just hike their tuition fees. You don’t control what the moneys spent on. There’s so many holes in this idea. The only way I’d see it is graduating nurses.
While we’re at it, maybe mortgages too? Hell let’s just give everyone’s a couple hundred thousand and call it a day.
HELL NO PAY YOUR OWN DAM BILLS 💯💯💯💯!!
No. But if they do, I want the one I paid back reimbursed to me.
Forgive? Because it was a mistake?
No. Our tuitions are often less than half what our southern neighbours charge. Frankly, it would set a terrible precedent and I imagine it would lead universities to raise their tuitions. If we wish to make education more accessible, push schools to lower their tuitions.
Absolutely not. 🤬🤬🤬
Absolutely not. Folks need to be adults and pay their debts off.
No Get a job Flinkinstein
HELL NO. What about those who made financial sacrifices and worked 2 jobs or more to pay off debt.
Have you ever watched the respect that people show to things that are free - like flyers some dude hands you on the street? Some things are worth paying for and being accountable for. Investing in your own career is one of those. cdnpoli socialism
NOOOO , why shud Universities be recipient of high tuition paid by tax paying WORKING people. most degrees have become useless.
No
Nope! People who take out loans choose to do so and it's their responsibility to pay it back. If they forgive student loans will they be reimbursing the millions of people who paid off their student loans without crying about it? 🤷♀️
Well, why not forgive our mortgages? I wonder if Canada's $140M/d interest payments will be forgiven by the International Banks? Is the goal to teach irresponsibility and non-accountability? Seems like a bad lesson. Maybe just extend the no interest period.
Hello City, Yes and for sure for a family of two working perents who earn less then 100K combined only and going forward higher education within the 100K group of two perants who are working and making 100K or less should and will get free collage and University Education
NO.
Absolutely not! It took me years to repay mine but i was committed to my education and I know exactly what I up against!
Tax MSM and their employees at 90% also cut their subsidies to ZERO. Give it all to student dept. Huge win for everyone. 🤡🌎
Fuckno!
I think it would be a win win for all of us. These educated people will have money freed up to purchase that home or buy that car. This is good for our economy
no
No
Why not forgive all loans?
No. Not unless everyone who every paid theirs back clients a refund.
This is nothing new. Of course secondary education should be free. We need to have the large companies that slide by on not paying tax pay for education of all kinds to those that want it.
No
If they do they should give back the money to the ppl who actually sacrificed and paid their loans back..you know the responsible ones
Should Canada transfer student’s debts to other Canadians and force them to pay for what students did?
No.
At least make them zero interest so they have a chance to pay them off
No.. because I worked and paid off 20k.. u less you give me 20k back
No
Hell no!
No. If you borrow money you are responsible to pay it back.
No
No! What a nightmare on the already fragile taxation system. Allow kids to work earlier than 15/16 so they can start saving money and not start school day 1 with majority if not all cost in loans.
Investing in people lifts all of us. If we can subsidize large corporations who pass profits to just a few - we can afford to subsidize students & create a better economy & society. The self serving comments on here that deny forgiveness miss the big picture.
No. You took a loan. Pay it back.
'Forgive' There's no forgiveness. You're transferring the burden on to taxpayers who didn't enter into a legal binding contract to take on the debt. Their poor life choices aren't my responsibility. I paid mine. My kids paid theirs.
No, they should put more money in to trade schools.
Why don’t you just run a poll? Because you’re not asking, you’re selling talking points. “Should Canada forgive student loans?”
'Should the Government assume all responsibilities for the Canadian people?'
No friggin way.
Every one that has one will say yes. Is this a leading question to divide people again?
Let's meet in the middle of the road. I'll pay half the tuition as a taxpayer as long as it's a real subject capable of landing somebody a real job.
Forgive all loans and personal debts, students or otherwise. Give every citizen a fresh start. No preferential treatment for a specific group.
WTF NO.
absolutely not.
Dumbest idea ever.
Why do you keep posting this over & over? Didn't get the answers you wanted the first 5 times? So again, no. It's called responsibility. University in Canada is cheap compared to the US. Pay your own debts off and stop being lazy asses.
No.
The cost of a university degree today is outrageous. It's time to end universities being run for profit & treat post-secondary education (college & university) the same way as primary & secondary education. It's time to adopt the German education model.
I say yes just because it's seemingly the only time a large amount of all the wasted money and rampant spending would go to *some* people who need the help.
Yes! Should be treated the same as regular school since you can't get a decent paying job or career without it.
No
We should stop financially preying on young people as they move from childhood into the adult world.
You give money for free and you get students not taking it as seriously as it should be. Abuse of the system. Maybe should be funded by the industry for a promise to work 5 years at reduced salary or something like that.
Sorry, I am not grasping- you want to euthanize pensioners due to lack of money and forgive debts at the same time
No
NO
No. I worked full time while going to university while those i know who got loans spent them on mexico vacations.
NO... never
No way , we already subsidize post secondary enough . We don’t need hand outs to rich kids .
Not at all. Like everyone else, work hard and okay your own debts. It isn't right that taxpayers foot their bills. That's where the money will come from.
How about my credit card debt?
Yes! University/College should be free to anyone who wants to go.
Still no.
No
Absolutely not.
I worked hard and paid my off while have 2 children and being diagnosed with MS. So if I can do so can everyone else. If not I want my money back.
It sounds great, now where is the money coming from to do so?
Better idea; don’t qualify people for loans for degrees that fail to make the person more employable for a higher income position in the first place!
Absolutely. When the boomers are gone, I believe post secondary education will be free!
Everyone person should have a chance to get a good education, not just those that can pay. I think it should be free for everyone. It will pay off in the long run with skilled people filling the jobs here is Canada.
No,no,no
No.
Forgive? No this would just be passing the costs onto the hardworking people who paid off their debts or chose not to attend indoc centres. This is more money laundering to institutions who push the Nazi agenda.
Go further make education free.
No
Isn't tuition already heavily subsidized directly ?
Should responsible tax payers pay for excess of others
If you can’t pay off your education debt, your education didn’t work
What a strange question! All tuition fees for all required secondary education keep going up every year to an astronomical and unfathomable amount for which will take a life time to repay! At one time secondary education was a honour! Today it is automatically a necessity!
Yes.
Canada should care for people ON odsp it's a joke
Canada is not a serious country in large part to media coverage like this….yay more taxes!!!!!
Not unless I get forgiven for my loans back in the 80's that I paid back and get a check in the mail!!!! WTF?
How about we keep student loans and get rid of Trudeau
Fuck no. And i owe 12,000 but no fucking way
No way
Yes I’m a student loan support page for all Canadians and been advocating for freeze, anything that helps. Someone I know has to work three commissioned jobs in order to make ends meet, doesn’t help pay this system. Heard stories for month how people are bullied and harassed.
Yes! Absolutely
No
I took a trade, which was entirely paid for by the gov. Free tuition/books, gas and mileage paid for and 5k given as an incentive throughout all my blocks. My fiance got 2 years uni free when the libs were in charge in NB. Our house hold income went from 35k to over 125k/year.
Yes! And all post secondary should be free. Our workforce is lacking people all the way around. Cost is often a factor. Post secondary is too expensive and it’s a business. Let’s look at making our society well rounded.
As soon as they 'forgive' all mortgages and credit card debt.
As long as those who sacrificed are given refunds.
I want a refund then of my paid off loans. I worked for my loans to be paid off
not completely or without strings
No mortgages...then student loans, then personal loans, the government debt. Should work out great. Did you guys borrow this idea from the US. Too many gender studies degrees unemployed?
Anytime you remove peoples’ responsibility for their financial lives, the closer we get to communism! TrudeauHasGotToGo
Abolish car loans as well if we’re giving away free stuff. Why should I pay for some idiots fine arts degree ?
let me take one out first before they do.
And pass on to the middle class, NO
No. Canada should stop universities from keeping education oit of reach for unvaccinated.
I'm thinking there's a lot Liberal MP & MPP's wanting this to pay off their political science, drama & law degree loans? (that Daddy actually paid for)😏
How about doing something to decrease tuition fees for ALL students!
Why? Everyone else had to pay No free tickets!
No. You don’t value what you didn’t earn.
Yes but there are other pressing matters just now. Salvaging health care, making sure ppl are warm and fed this winter and not losing homes due to higher interest rates, protecting our environment, addressing climate change, combating fascism and protecting our democracy.
Yes!
very likely will be the next vote buying scheme by the gov't using your money.
No. It’ll be a laundromat for the deep star to take more money from hard working Canadians.
Better question. Why should Canada forgive student loans? Answer-No, because someone who didn’t benefit from the debt will have to pay it. Learning responsibility is also a big part of an education, pay your own bills.
University should be free in the first place. Who would know the possibilities and who would know the potential any child would have if they knew their university education would be free.
Yes
No
HARD NO
Why would Trudeau forgive loans when those loans are paid back to the gov? Doesn't our country need our money following within the country to make it stronger again?
The tax payers . Pay for some of there education now how much more can we give . None
They shouldn't even need loans to go to school, to begin with.
Nope…
No
Lots of free loaders with un-payable loans in this thread.
No, why is it the taxpayers responsibility to pay for loans incurred by other which they choose to spend in order to make investments in their own futures?
Education should have been free for anyone to take… Sorry, not enough room here in twitter for me to explain, but yep, it should have all been free. This was one of the many ways the sick sadistic & twisted gov held everyone back from getting ahead.
I wish they’d forgiven mine! 35 000 to be a teacher. Paid it till I was 35. I’m not spending more tax dollars paying someone else’s when I’m sixty.
Have a look at countries with low eduction rates and you can’t conclude anything other than education (college) should be a priority and as cheap and accessible as possible for all citizens. Forgive the loans, lower the tuition. (A proud Western and Concordia alum)
You can default on the loans in Canada, albeit after 15 years of non-payment which is ridiculous. I think 5 years of non-payment is sufficient. In the US you can't default on the loans which is extremely gross and un-capitalist. Keeping debt slaves is feudalism.
NO!! They can work to get through school. No way should lower class workers be paying for people to go to school
Some of us saved up for college.
NO!!! Insanity
You have to ask?
NO! MY STUDENT LOAN IS MY RESPONSIBILITY
Canada complain there isnt enough skilled worker to fill jobs then say pwill fund immigrants to come to Canada to fill jobs But won't spend $ to educate Canadians to get skills to fill jobs Most wont go to college/university because of large student debit they have to pay back
No
Yes, it's called the year of Jubilee in the Old Testament in the Bible.
No. University education is already heavily subsidized and folks from low income families already qualify for 10s of thousands in provincial grants and loans. People need to take responsibility for their financial decisions.
Seeing how its mostly a scam that they never corrected kinda. They also should be returning all the stolen tax dollars as they strait up ignored the people and used the money against the tax payers
Not a chance in hell
yes
This is why everyone should have a second citizenship. If your country tries to slam other people's debts onto your shoulders pack up and leave.
Yes. And give LisaLaFlamme_ her job back CTVNationalNews. I hope you land a huge severance, a great book deal or a giant media contract.
How much is the middle class supposed to pay? Enough is enough.
NO!
Sure.
No way and not at all.
No. Turdeau has already done enough to destroy Canada. You can repost all you want CTV, the answer is still the same. Tell that to your masters...
Just Right♡♡♡♡♡♡
No
Absolutely not. Stop giving money for free. People are already paying too much taxes and interest for stupid decisions taken by our government.
Not a chance in hell.
No! I didn’t sign up to pay for everyone else’s debt. I thought I was born free but now am taxed to death . Like, I don’t know if I’ll starve to death or freeze to death this winter.😥
Absolutely not!!! Governments could force institutions to make education affordable.
Lol...let’s see, “partying, spring break, car expenses, clothes, air tickets, concerts,...” paid for by taxpayers...what a joke! Get real CTV.
Yes
No...never!!
Should Canada forgive and BellMediaPR for it’s horrendous treatment of LisaLaFlamme_ ? hardNO
Yes! Also, University/College should be free to anyone who wants to go.
No because it’s us the taxpayers who’ll have to pay for it.
NO!
No. What should be refunded is the freedom you propagandists stole from us. And then some!! Tikotok scumbags. 🙃🙃 your all finished.
Yes. We’re investing in their future and our economy.
yes
1 'A mouse was placed at the top of a jar filled with grains. It was so happy to find so much food around him that he no longer felt the need to run around searching for food. Now he could happily live his life. After a few days of enjoying the grains,
Yes!
Nope.
Education shouldn’t hAve a huge pay wall. Like Germany provides amazing education for free and very low cost if anything. This should definitely be the case
Can I have my $40,000 back then?
Stop trying to be the Canadian CNN
Fuck NO.
Canada should just take a seat for a couple years so that the next leadership has something left to work with.
Stop it. It is not fair if someone takes courses and don’t pay off their loan then get tax payers to pay the debt. The Liberals already have us in $trillion debt. TrudeauIsDestroyingCanada
Fuck no
Yes
Should Canada Forgive its Corrupt Government for predatory loans and worthless degrees grifted on the citizens to impoverish And misdirect citizens from forcing Billionaires to PAY TAXES and Spend on improving infrastructure like Space access to USE not useless vanity projects
No.
Absolutely YES!!!!!
Of course.
HARD FUCKING NO
I paid for both my kids now their parents can pay for their kids
Forgive taxes, all of them.
No, let them declare bankruptcy like other debtors in arrears
No. Never.
Yes
No. We already cover 90% of education
Paid for by the Liberal party of Canada.
Not a chance in hell!!
Two Letters *NO*..
Conservatives suffered so everyone else has to suffer. No progress, no moving forward and no future.
hellno. Too many subsidies in this country already.
Yes
Please pay off Mortgages too. As if life is less struggling already, put more tax burden on us 😡
No ! Fuck that shit. Pay for your own damn loan
Nope it’s their way to be dependent on them that’s their plan
Yes.
Absolutely not. How about you forget about my tax bill?
Yes. Every Province should.
No, do the taxpayers pay for a new tradesman to get set up? Don't be ridiculous.
It's a loan...not a free ticket paid by others who made and paid their own way- including student loans
YES! With inflation, cost of living and the pandemic in the last couple of years, students should be free of school debt. How can you go out in the real world after school, eat, pay rent, transportation costs and pay debts? Who coming out of school has that kind of money?
No
YES.
no
Fu*k it. Make everything free. No responsibility. Cancel all debt. It's beautiful man. It's just paper. It's just numbers. Need more money? Just make more money.
No
NO! If the government wants to help struggling Canadians, they should help low income families, Not Students who decided to take class who would give them useless degrees. They can work all Summer and cover their expenses.
Yes
Of course not. You borrowed it, you pay it back.
Yeah, right after you forgive my mortgage.
Let me know when decision is made so I can have my kid apply
Absolutely....but only for all those that were excluded from programs over not participating in a voluntary (not based in law) vaccine program....Young lives were ruined over a thing that was NEVER a risk to them.
Absolutely not.
Not the right time for that
No. Wtf.
Thank the Gods I don't have a student loan when I went to police foundations I paid $14,000 for a wall decoration that I can't use because I'm Irish.
Problem is, if you do it once, the govt sets a precedent that will cause a shit show going forward. Can’t be a one off. And frankly, we can’t afford it. Make post secondary schooling more affordable. But we can’t do “free”. Only way to do that is via corporate sponsorship.
No, but vocational schools should be free as long as you maintain a certain standard 🛠️🪛🪚
Let's not work either. Jus give us free shit. Fuck it
No, you are responsible for your own debt. You take your chance in life some gambles pay off some don't. It's a learning curve.
Why should those who don't go to University pay more taxes for those who do.
NO!
No way. We all went through it and paid it all back. Pay your loans you bumms and work like everyone else, earn it.
Yes, Canada 🇨🇦 should forgive all student loans but not for the wealthy though
You reposted this? The answer is still yes.
No
Not fair to us who have paid them off
Should CTV cease to exist for the good of the country
NO! We need education about $ and responsibility starting in first grade through to economics 101 in middle school.
Hell, no. I paid off my loans, as I agreed to.
I would like to purchase a car, do you think the tax payer would be amenable to paying off my car loan for me?
Why not just reduce tuition or offer free post secondary education? Seems foolish to have to get a loan and then get it forgiven. Not very efficient.
Absolutely fucking not!
It’s NOT FORGIVING!! It’s tax payers paying it!
Already happens. All prime ministers write off student debt. Fact.
Newfoundland government in later 2000's or early 2010's forgave some of mine, made a big difference
Oh hell no! So people that couldn’t afford to go to college will now pay for someone else?! Also...🇨🇦 can’t freaking afford it! Ffs how don’t people realize we are about to experience a financial tail spin?🤬
Yep gonna be a full time student my new job.
Yes. We need to collapse this fiat currency as soon as possible
Hahaha.. they already do in NS! Unless you are in the “education system”, you may not know. Too late to oppose it has been going on for years hahahaha
Absolutely not!
No
Yes!!
Yes!!!! Today's youth will never get ahead in this market with that hanging around their necks.
No
No.
NO! But definitely make higher education affordable. Universities should not be making the profits they do!!
They can pay their bills like we had to...
Yes. Not everyone graduates as a doctor or lawyer and spends years going without and trying to pay off their student loans. Then make education affordable.
No! Pay you own debts! No one forced you to take on the obligation.
Yes they should
Does this go for trades also? Or just the indoctrinated class?
No because for the most part Canada directly funds post secondary education more generously than the US and we also don’t have a system of elite private universities the way they do
Hell no!!! Unless you’re going to reimburse all the parents that saved up and paid for all their kids schooling!!!!
ghostcatbce Yes. Even though I just finished paying off my own, I think others deserve a break. It hasn't gotten easier.
As long as those that are receiving the benefit are the ones paying and not those of us that hose careers over debt.
Look that would be amazing, but where is that money going to come from? It's not just going to be free, future generations will pay for it
Fuck ya, post education should be free anyway.
Should provide free post secondary to all Canadians
Only if your gpa is under 2 and you have dropped early morning classes
Why do I have to pay for your loans lol
Why don't forgive mortgage ?
If we were going to do it, only on relevant degrees. If you want a Liberal Arts of philosophy degree, pay for it yourself. Plus I would then like the Student Loan that I took pride in paying back because it gave a sense of value to my work refunded thx.
No way. We did without a lot of things to pay for our kids education. I expect everyone to pay for their own personal choices.
I’m not paying someone else’s debt
Hell no
No, they shouldn't. Everyone else had to pay back their loans.
Let’s make it fair, give everyone $50,000 and let them spend it how they want, university, car, travel, Vegas who cares.
Should we?
No. This is patently unfair to those who a) worked and paid their way through post-secondary education and, b) those who worked their asses off after they graduated & paid their own debt. Completely disincentives taking responsibility for your choices.
I know people who bought cars with student loans. Is that covered? I worked hard and forewent luxuries to pay mine down ASAP. Can I get reimbursed for choosing to limit my debt?
Post secondary education should be free anyway.
Yes and my mortgage too.
No, choices have consequences.
The only people who should be eligible are people who actually got a job based on their degree. If the degree didn’t get you a job you made a bad choice. And thats not our problem.
F.U.
NO, not fair for those who worked their butts off to pay off their student loans.
With a Caveat that they must be employed somewhere. Otherwise you're just encouraging the entitled mindset.
Frankly no. I had student debt and ended up going bankrupt. There was no forgiveness for me as a single mum so I am sick of all the freebies, forgiveness and credits being given out today. My tax $s did nothing for me then. Why should they help others now?
No
yes, we should have a third level system like they do in Europe where university education is open to everyone.
WTAF NO
No
Of course not
It's doable and much more is doable for Canadians. Tax the billionaires. Help working poor. Heaven forbid they'll only have to live with a little less so Canadians don't have to live in poverty. It's beyond belief that Canadians tolerate the status quo. UBI JustinTrudeau NDP
Hard no. How about they pay back the generations of people who worked hard to pay off thier own student loans?
NOOOOOOOO...... Your pathetic news agency and the other MSM have gobbled up enough tax money. Perhaps you could forego your government handouts and divert them to student debt. The tax paying public is at the brink of bankruptcy.
No
NO!
Why should someone who didn't go to college pay for someone who did?
No
It would be brilliant to give all citizens free education up through university.
No 🤡
No! Enough of raising lazy, irresponsible people who think they are entitled having someone else paying for their decisions. What do you think who is going to pay for it in the end, it’s not gonna disappear. Some single parent will leave kids alone to work 2 jobs to pay for that
No fucking way
Definitely. Forgive ALL debt entirely actually. Let's drive this country STRAIGHT into the ground as quick as possible. After all Justin can just print more money. Easy! Speed up the 2030 agenda 🌎 🔥 💀
Sure why not. Billionaires keep getting bailouts for their private businesses, the prime minister gets free vacations and great food budgets, why not throw the students a little something something.
Get real.
About 75% of university costs are paid for by the tax payer already. When are we going to talk about why education is so expensive in the first place. Let’s get costs down so they don’t have borrow as much.
Canada should worry about Canada and not try to emulate the states on everything.
No. The purpose of going to university is to learn things to give you a career. The career pays off the student loan. If you took something that gets you nowhere in life, you goofed. Nobodies fault but your own.
i still owe $23000 and guess what i have to pay it back!
No!
What about car loans, mortgages?
Should Canada protect Canadian citizens mistreated and abused by foreign government at US border?
No,we're not the U.S. People need to understand once and for all that nothing is free in life and you must work hard to get what you want,including education. Welcome to the real world !
No, not outright, but for qualified students that choose to stay and work in the province, this should be forgiven over time (including deferred interest). So you don't get the situation where they just get a few years of work experience, then say 'See ya guys, I'm off to Texas!'
F no!
Holly F…! Accept responsibility and pay your debts. Where does it end?
No, I had to pay for my education and then pay off any debt once I got out into the workforce. I do think though lower interest rates would be a better way to go.
I barely forgive mistakes No. Someone pays for this. Nothing is FREE and it's time to stop teaching that idea to people
No
How about STOP taxing seniors? How about helping veterans? How about helping the homeless? How about STOP sending taxpayers money to other countries? How about looking after your own citizens first instead bringing more people and dumping them on taxpayers to support them?
hell no. you took em you pay em
Only if they don’t forgive Trudeau.
No education is expensive. If it's not worth it to you then don't go
Nope
Why stop at student loans
Absolutely. Why make them struggles for 10 years and not help the economy at all? They might open their own shops. Start new business which means spending on furniture, staff and so on. Why wouldn't the government wave student loans? Because they are Liberals thats why.
Hell no - you enter into a loan knowing you have to pay it back - just like everyone else !!!
No!
Using hard-working taxpayers' money to buy liberal votes?
Absolutely NOT
Nope. Cap interest rates on student loans and stay out of our wallets! Pay your own debts.
Yes plzzz
Grow up
And credit card debt. And loans. And taxes and
Yes.
no. but banks should be forced to forgive debt. and interest needs to be dropped or lowered by alot.
As everyone screamed from the top of their lungs during Covid.......CHOICES HAVE CONSEQUENCES. Don't want a loan? .....work for it, save, whatever......it's your choice. If you think it will bring you a higher paying job, why should I pay for YOU to get ahead, pay for it yourself
How about my mortgage?
Hello NO
Is it not already subsidized? No taxes are already too high.
My adult sons borrowed from an RESP that we set up for them. Please refund that as well.
With what money? The Liberals and NDP think money just grows on trees.
No, but how about mortgages? Since all careers benefit. Why should a plumber use his labour to pay for a select few? This tax game has gone wild.
University tuition is already significantly subsidized by the tax payers already-have a look at US tuition rates.Not fair to all of us who sacrificed to pay our way. Universities need to be honest with their students about what their job prospects based on degree
YES! Want to stimulate the economy, lift people up and improve the Nation? Forgive debt and enable them to move forward!
Yeah. I think there should be criteria for it however. So career students are excluded. I know when I went to school some were there just for something to do. But if you have a job in your field or hours in your field then yes. Loan was justified.
No!!!!!!
I'll say yes when the government decides to look into paying off my Mortgage, Car Payments and Credit Card debt....
No, absolutely not! We are already paying for everyone having kids & childcare! Enough!
No
How about we just allow repayment to be retroactivly claimed as a tax write off.
I’m I getting my money back that I repayed
Election incoming when you see bribery articles from the liberal party such as this
Not a chance! No!!
100% absolutely.
School was cheaper in the olden days. Rents were affordable, gas and food. This isn’t our parents and grandparents economy
No. The graduates have the benefit of the education, and tuition is already heavily subsidized by the tax payers.
i paid mine off, can i get reimbursed? has to be fair.
No.
Y.E.S. E a t S s e i a l d y i l Y y E S Y E S
No
Yes for up to 3 years of education for a person's lifetime
How is this fair to the past. And, is this affordable in the future?
Imagine paying someones loan who took gender studies for 4 years
What a stupid question.
You were not forced to sign the deal so no.
No.
No it's already heavily subsidized. If anyone should pay it's the universities that sold the worthless degrees. This will just exacerbate the issue. A blue collar worker shouldn't be paying for a lawyer.
To buy votes ya for sure it’s the honorable thing to do
Who will pay for the “forgiveness” of loans. The Government doesn’t have any money of it’s own. They only have money that they can print (causing inflation aka a tax on savings) or to increase taxes. They will take from one group, take a cut, and give some to a 2nd group.
Why do we have to follow what the Americans do can we decide on our own ffs never mind the fuckimg usa
Fuck yes
No
Nope
No , why should the rest of us pay someone else’s debt ?
Nope. Why? Gawd forbid people take responsibility for their choices. Was a gun held to their heads when THEY signed the bottom line? It's called a contract/agreement. Let's keep going then: forgive all financial obligations - credit cards, cars, mortgages, locks. Why stop
why are you promoting this. the answer is no. what should be done is control on the schools. they are simply enriching themselves.
Clown show. 100% no. Pay for your own damn school you socialist fools.
Well, when the US sneezes Canada catches cold. So, that is what happened to interest rates and that should happen to students loan. Right?