Student loan forgiveness isn’t a big topic of discussion in Canada right now but it certainly is in the United States.

The term “student debt crisis” is used a lot when talking about student debt in the United States. Considering Americans hold more than $1.5 trillion in student debt…well, it feels appropriate.

But student loan debt is not just an American problem.

As of 2018, Canadians owed $28 billion in student debt to all levels of government — $19 billion of which is owed to the federal government.

As one of the hundreds of thousands of Canadian borrowers contributing to that total, I wish I could say that surprises me, but it doesn’t.

It does, however, strengthen my belief that student loan forgiveness is a great idea.