Student Loan Debt

• University students in N.S., P.E.I. facing highest debt in Canada: study

  In a Statistics Canada study citing amounts owed by students after their program's completion, graduates in the Maritimes experienced some of the highest repayment totals in 2020.

  Education

  Apr 24
  
• Biden has a new plan for student debt relief. Will it survive legal test?

  It's known as the SAVE Plan, and although it was announced last year, it has mostly been overshadowed by President Joe Biden’s proposal for mass student loan cancellation.

  U.S. News

  Jul 14, 2023
  
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• U.S. Supreme Court rejects student debt relief plan, Biden vows fight ‘not over’

  The 6-3 decision, with conservative justices in the majority, said the Biden administration overstepped its authority with the plan.

  U.S. News

  Jun 30, 2023
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• Nearly 22M have applied for U.S. student debt relief, Biden says as court halts program

  A federal appeals court on Friday issued a stay temporarily blocking the program while it considers a motion from six Republican-led states seeking to stop it entirely.

  Politics

  Oct 21, 2022
• Biden says U.S. will forgive $10k in student loans for millions of Americans

  President Joe Biden said on Wednesday that the U.S. government will forgive $10,000 in student loans for many debt-saddled college-goers.

  World

  Aug 24, 2022
• NDP announces plan to cancel up to $20K in student loan debt per Canadian

  Jagmeet Singh says the plan, which includes a five-year head start for new graduates to pay their debt, would help Canadians struggling financially during the COVID-19 pandemic.

  Politics

  Mar 20, 2021
• Ottawa writing off $178M in student loans

  The federal government for the second year in a row is writing off millions in student loans it will never collect, this time to the tune of $178.4 million.

  Canada

  Feb 14, 2017