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Cases Currently the SLFS is working on a number of cases. The most important one will challenge the Bankruptcy and Insolvency Act. Specifically, s.178(1)(g) of that Act stipulates that individuals with student loans cannot have their student loans discharged through bankruptcy for at least ten years after the completion of their studies. We believe that this section dicriminates against former students by placing student loan debts in a category with other court-orderd debts, such as alimony payments or debts arising from fraud or embezzlement, and effectively denies individuals with student loans the rights of other Canadian citizens. We will be arguing that discrimination against students is analogous to discrimination on the basis of age with is against the Canadian Charter of Rights. If you are in a situation where you have large student loans and have no way to pay them off, please refer to our Ad and contact us to discuss your situation. The SLFS is currently searching for clients for this important case. The SLFS has recently been working to make UBC consistantly comply with the Residential Tenancy Act when dealing with its student tenants in University housing. To date we have taken one student as client through a supreme court hearing. We won that case however the facts of that case do not make it clear that the RTA applies to all student housing. The SLFS is currently looking at other potential cases to decide this issue. More details will be posted soon. Lisa Skakun of our Litigation Committee is working on a case to seek damages from a loans collection agency over violations of BC Debt Collection Act in the collection of student loans. The SLFS is always interested in hearing about new potential cases. Please contact us if you have a potential case that you would like us to consider. |
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