Hello Everyone. In Ontario a few yrs ago the Gov't passed a law that allowed people on Ontario disability or Ontario welfare with special dietary concerns to get a small amount extra every mth. When your income is very limited it can be hard to eat the right foods if you have something like severe diabetes.
It was a good concept until the bueaucrats got a hold of it and made it full of forms to be filled out. Many docs stopped filling out the form.
The rest of this tragic storey can be found at http://www.thestar.com/news/gta/arti...tter-diet?bn=1 .
I'm not defending the doc who probably made a good $, and I don't doubt some people got and extra $50 a mth when they shouldn't have, but that happens when you expect people to live on $572 a mth. Overall though the people that I know who applied and deserved the special allowance just gave up in frustration.
One citys chief medical officer suggests giving people an extra $100 per mth so they can eat properly. If he thinks that going from $572 to $672 a mth is going to help, I need some of his drugs to make me feel better. Take Care. paul m P.S. $572 a mth is what you get if you are deemed employable whether or not there any jobs. It's also what you get while waiting for disability which takes 8-10 mths to approve.
It was a good concept until the bueaucrats got a hold of it and made it full of forms to be filled out. Many docs stopped filling out the form.
The rest of this tragic storey can be found at http://www.thestar.com/news/gta/arti...tter-diet?bn=1 .
I'm not defending the doc who probably made a good $, and I don't doubt some people got and extra $50 a mth when they shouldn't have, but that happens when you expect people to live on $572 a mth. Overall though the people that I know who applied and deserved the special allowance just gave up in frustration.
One citys chief medical officer suggests giving people an extra $100 per mth so they can eat properly. If he thinks that going from $572 to $672 a mth is going to help, I need some of his drugs to make me feel better. Take Care. paul m P.S. $572 a mth is what you get if you are deemed employable whether or not there any jobs. It's also what you get while waiting for disability which takes 8-10 mths to approve.
. Take Care. paul m
. I would say it too, but every other person driving a new caddy thinks he's blessing the poor by throwing in two boxes. Not exactly true, I do know some very generous rich people. 
Take Care. paul m
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