Sarah wrote:
<<<The Canadian woman I was talking about, Kimberley Rogers, collected
$13,500 in welfare while receiving student loans of $32,000 between
1996 and 1999. That got her six months house arrest, 18 months of
probation, her welfare benefits cut for three months, and after that
an amount to be deducted from future benefits to repay the stolen
money, although the payments were already barely enough to pay rent. >>>
now me:
she must not have told either student loans or welfare that she was receiving
both..and then she got caught. the system is not fair. How is one to get ahead if
they cant even afford to live decently let alone go to school in order to hopefully
gain a good job , become self sufficient, which is impossible to do on the money
'granted' from welfare or student loans. there is a high price to pay as demonstrated
in this case. i am sorry to say that post secondary education in canada seems to be
more of a privilege not a right.
At 8:05 PM -0800 02/05/2003, kakki wrote:
>Mags wrote:
>
>> My understanding is that a person is allowed to be on welfare as well as
>apply for student loans . The problem is that >the money you receive while
>on welfare is calculated as "income" , affecting the amount of money the
>government will >award you in student loans .
>
>I'm not sure about that Mags. One can always can get student loans here no
>matter what one's income. Outright grants and some scholarships may be
>another issue. I don't think the welfare system and the student loan system
>is connected here.
You open my heart, you do.
Yes you do.
- JM
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