student loan payments and interest is weeks away from its end date, but students and graduates say extending the measure would offer relief from the lasting financial pressures of the pandemic.Gloria Mellesmoen, who is working towards a PhD in linguistics at the University of British Columbia, said she used the interest-free period to make payments on her principal loan amount.“It was nice to be able to get that number to start going down and not feel like it was as big of a thing over my head,” Mellesmoen said in a telephone interview.“Having such a big number, it was nice to be able to decrease the amount of interest I will have to pay and also to feel personally like I’m paying off my education.” Canada Student Loans payment freeze will.