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From: Determinator
Date: Mon, 27 Jun 2005 04:19

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flyonthewall@bouncemail.ca wrote:

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> What bothers me so much about AISH is that the whole program was not
> thought out completely BEFORE the government instituted it and
> therefore there are actually a number of millionaires that are
> receiving extra money that to them is just pocket change. This is what
> makes me so darn angry about AISH. 



AISH brought in an asset test about five years ago.. so there are no 
millionaires on AISH anymore

>I have a friend that had to declare
> bankruptcy because all her illnesses drove her to the poor house and I
> told her to apply for AISH. She was turned down even though she
> clearly did qualify. I called AISH to find out why? I was told that in
> order to qualify for AISH the person has to be willing to work
> part-time. I could not believe what I had just heard.  If a person IS
> SEVERLY HANDICAPPED and can prove it why do they have to be able to
> work? And, if they are able to work then why are they not able to work
> full-time and what is the purpose of AISH. 

yup..  that was a phase they went through.. ..


> I also want to post here
> that the person I had to talk to (the supervisor) was an East Indian
> and could hardly be understood. English or French huh? I could hardly
> understand a word he said and he was a supervisor?????????

and that language would have changed your friends' situation?
>

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From: Determinator <Determinator@fubar.ca>
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Subject: Re: OT Re: Vehicles that Accommodate Scooters
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