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.
She had a history of depression and was 8 months pregnant with her
first child, and she killed herself while under house arrest in a
blazing hot appartment in August 2001. There's a website campaigning
for change in her name, if anyone's interested at
http://dawn.thot.net/Kimberly_Rogers/
Sarah
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.
