Grits hustle refugee student loans

Grits hustle refugee student loans July 21, 2004, Antonella Artuso, Queen's Park Bureau Chief

REFUGEES AND new immigrants will get faster access to student loans under changes announced yesterday by the Ontario Liberal government. Refugees who have yet to achieve permanent residence status will qualify for some of the $500,000 in new student aid.

The Liberals are also throwing out a requirement that immigrants be in the country for at least 12 months before qualifying for student aid -- a change that will cost $6.8 million. [. . . . ]

Once here, refugees receive access to various taxpayer funded services; now they can go into debt -- and may never get out like the rest of Canada's students. Get them started early, eh? Why?