"‘A real letdown": Disabled BC man reacts to federal budget's disability benefit
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- Опубликовано: 4 окт 2024
- B.C. man James Schultz lives with bipolar disorder. He has been anxiously awaiting Canada’s federal budget, hoping it will help lift him out of poverty, as he is reliant on government support.
The Canada Disability Benefits Act became law last summer. The purpose was to reduce poverty and provide financial security for disabled community members. But when the amount was revealed last week in Ottawa, hope turned to disappointment for many.
Global's Angela Jung reports.
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Thats not fair many people who are on disability programs still dont qualify for the disability tax credit as the tax credit is discriminatory in itself!
by design. empty hollow promises. Performative noise!
You are right. What next?
Lucky to see a crappy dr and now you want them to do what?! Another Trudeau SCAM! I.m.o.
Because it's not a true disability
@@lanfear9885 oh? What is? Are you a doctor?
Shame on Trudeau
Pierre won't be any better nor will NDP
This isn’t a partisan issue, it’s more about the eugenics baked into our insurance and judicial systems.
@@investigativeresearchcounc8388Pierre couldn't do worse if he had a century to try.
@@investigativeresearchcounc8388
Maybe not, but regardless, Trudeau gotta go!
Dont fret the MAID is getting rolled out to deal with these issues
Im in the same boat. And I still get questioned about my disability. I worked 18 years work it and now barely can do 10 hrs. But I use what I get properly. I don't do drugs, drink or gamble. I Pay my rent and bills on time. Food and clothes are always a worry so I buy clothes that will last me a year tops. I use an iPhone 8 and take public transit.
My iPhone 8 battery dies so fast and I’ve already replaced it once, you having same issue ?
What i want to see from a disability support program is an actual program, not just a cheque every month. A lot of us on disability have some capacity to work but Canada and my province's Disability support program has nothing in the way of employment support. The program should offer training and work placement as well as being connected to jobs that are willing to hire disabled workers and accommodate their needs. I cant work full time and im fighting for a job against hundreds of young able bodied and minded people. I was hoping that Canada would include more in their program to help those of us who can work a little to find jobs.
Bingo. Also - let’s get rid of the ableism in all workplace insurance programs.
Schools offer training with their curriculum to learn something new, and if someone can teach themself then that is more possible employable training.
I think depending on what someone chooses to study at school then maybe a job would eventually be offered to a student.
Employment support is possible to get in Canada, but the results might not be as expected, or desired due to lack of education, and, or training.
Regarding myself I attended a Canadian government employment support program, and I don't think this has anything to do with a disability support program. My cousin is currently participating in an employment support program in Canada, and he is is receiving small jobs.
I was able to get work from the program I attended, but the work I received was not good enough to support myself. I did learn from my experience, and I was grateful, for the opportunity I received.
Anyway now I am taking a different approach!
How big is the government committee that came up with this tease of a benefit? How much are they paid to decide what is livable?
Get a committee with applicable experience and only oay them the max of all disability credits and support. Then have them decide.
They dont see people, they see a budgeted number and what they can do to appear helpful(while keeping their high paying gov jobs). On paper it sounds nice. In reality, its a mockery of the struggles disabled people go through.
The model for poverty threshold was the bare minimum they could find. The mbm poverty line ranges from 10k in NB to 33k in NWT. Meanwhile, cities across canada list the poverty line at no less than 40k.
Its a slap in the face
Adequate disability support is a cause that benefits everyone, not just those currently struggling. As a working individual just making ends meet, you're simply one bad accident or health issue away from being in poverty. There is no safety net for you and the government is not interested in providing one.
My problem with the disability benefit is what happens to people like me who live off of a private and public disability benefit? Im on long term (permanent) disability through my insurance that is topped/reduced by what is offered by the gov. If the $200 benefit goes through am I just going to get a reduction of my private insurance because the gov is giving me more? 5 years ago I lived ok off of my total benefit but these days Im struggling to make ends meet. 200 extra a month will be nice but I have a feeling its going to end up in just a reduction in my private insurance benifit.
We need to rise up and have our voices heard
Bro, I’ve had bipolar disorder, my whole life and still work every day Maybe leave the disability for the people that actually can’t work
Agreed friend 👍
I expect the Alberta government will see this as savings for the province, I really don't see them raising amounts accordingly.
There are people with real disabilities that could use this increase. 1400$ is the amount people I know make working full time.
From people who don’t need assitive devices or specialized health care and support?
$8.40 an hour? Full time is at least $2,500 a month.
So sorry for him. God bless him. Lord bless his soul.
We're supposed to be thankful for this??? I don't think better isvpossible. Everything is getting worse.
I'm sorry that you can't take care of yourself....but I'm tired..tired of paying and paying and working every day and being poor.
Your taxes are not that high, are they?
He can afford a pool table!
@@JustinQuaid-u8vit's part of a rec center in the building he lives in. Mine has a ping pong table.
I’m sorry you feel anger towards those disabled, it isn’t either ours or your faults. People who work should be paid their worth without wasting so much taxpayer income into supporting unnecessary government spending instead of putting that money both back into the tax payer and entire tax system which also aids disabled, healthcare and other liberties we all deserve. The unfair taxes and spending Trudeau has done has ruined our nation, let your voice count at the polls vote Trudeau out maybe Pierre has a better budget and will cut our tax burdens
@@Jen-e-sisokay but bipolar is not a disability
Wish I could afford a pool table ….
🤣
A let down is putting it lightly. This is soul crushing. The government treats people with disabilities like expendable garbage while mps make on average 100K / year. Thats approx. 6.25 times more than I get from provincial programs every year.
As a mentally ill engineering student, I work very hard and it is even harder to afford everything that I need in a month and often have to make hard choices on basic needs. I live in a private room with 3 roomates for 600/ month because I cant afford my own apartment. By the end of the month I am always struggling to eat. Ive sold many of my possessions just to get by.
On top of this the government has the audacity to lie about lifting me out of poverty. I dont think the government realizes how hard it is to live in Canada when you dont make 100K/yr
I struggle with thoughts of suicide every day because things never seem to get better. But when we were promised to be lifted out of poverty I briefly saw a glimmer of hope that I never asked for. But since the announcement of 200 a month and DTC required and July 2025. Those negative thoughts and feelings all came rushing back.
I am very sure that I am not the only one feeling this way.
But it is not likely that anything will ever change for the better.
Their model was built off of numbers from 2017
UBI would go a long way to help DV and SA survívors and disabled people.🍞🌸♿️
You are right. What next?
The Health Care System is broken, lack of money and qualified personnel.
combined with an off the rails mass immigration program and it’s a recipe for success
Welfare states and open borders do not mix.
I have bipolar and ptsd i can't get disability payments in Australia you have to be nearly dead here to get disability payments
I don't own a pool table or a room big enough to put one.
You want a cookie?
@@62Cristoforo I work so I can't afford it. Try it sometime.
It's most likely part of a rec center in the building he lives in. Mine has a ping pong table.
He will be first in line to vote trudeau again.
It’s a non partisan issue. Don’t get distracted.
@fluffstuff8810
Well Canada is that and is now paying the price for it with low productivity and high public debt.
Too bad he is just a Canadian.
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Since when have government handouts gotten anyone out of poverty?
When they do the UBI experiments.
Pompous politicians
My friend is severe bipolar, takes his meds and contributes by working
alot of *Disabled* just exaggerate so they can get disability benefit and work under the table and also somme are just lazy they need a big cleanup and give the money to real disabled people.
Lots of information out there about how psyche meds leave a lot of people more disabled. You shouldn’t generalize.
I have schizophrenia, do I get your stamp of approval to be able to function properly and maintain steady employment?
Every mentally sick person in Canada should be compared to your friends situation. Is that what you’re saying?
@@BearbearbearbearbearbearRarrrr somme are disable to the point they cant work but alot are not cause they want free money while working under the table somme cause they dont want to work
Vote him out!
well he dont look too disable must be nice to hang out all day and play pool waiting for ya check
That's not how bi polar works. Educate yourself.
Lol you're 100% right
There’s too much information available to you to support a comment with such lack of insight.
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Sell the pool table and downsize
Have you thought that that pool table might not be in his house and that he is somewhere else?
@@Kementiri plenty are just fakingfor the money.
@@Kementiri I'm thinking the same thing. He get's $1400... I get $1400 + I work as self employed AND I still have to rely on family. Ontario disability needs to be at least $2000 a month + $1000 in exempt earnings, per month.
You have no idea what you’re talking about. Good luck getting a doctor to “fake it” for you and risk his professional career just to falsify YOUR paperwork. You’re so concerned about a few thousand dollars, but never seem to complain when government wastes billions , or when politicians give themselves a raise for no good reasons.
People with disabilities must sell any assets they have to survive? Sorry but your plan isn’t sustainable, it’s dehumanizing.
Albertas AiSH is 1700 a month
Before deductions.
Wow, what a horrible segment and person to interview on this.
This guy doesn't look like he can't work?
I feel like Im getting ripped of $6 a day now.
I know multiple people who have bipolar take their meds and go to work.
Here he is lazzing around playing pool waiting for his check, and here I am working more the full time just to live in a closet....
It’s almost like some disabilities aren’t visible. You probably think disabled only means paralyzed or blind
That's very presumptuous of you! You don't know his story
You should read more. Meds can also hurt people and make them more disabled. They even made a law called Vanessa’s law, to address the issue. Ask most doctors about it and watch to see who reports these issues. (I’ve asked over twenty) This sort of insight is absent your poorly thought out comment.
I don't care sick and tired of paying for other people's problems.
Well this guy leisure's around a pool table I'm paying his bills.
If you do nothing for nothing you better be grateful for what little you get
@@jameskeenan9308 ableism is everyone’s problem. For example, we all pay taxes to make a court accessible, but it isn’t. These are problems that need everyone to solve. It costs far more to discriminate than supporting people who aren’t feeling well, or help figure our ways to put people’s unique qualities in a less stigmatizing way.
If people want to be lifted out of poverty, so bad then finding, and doing good work is the only option that I can think of.
I like playing pool, but I don't have a pool table. He should consider himself fortunate that he can play pool whenever he wants.
You look over the fact that the insurance policies that most workplaces rely on - along with our judicial systems- are deliberately ableist. David onley wrote well about this. There have been decades of reporting by the mental health commission of Canada and others. Your and many others ignorant commentary here - is our deficiency. Canadians sense of entitlement and denialism is a problem that predates residential schools.
We must stop dehumanizing one another and see how people will work and contribute harder when we don’t make workplaces homes services and support- toxic and inaccessible.
Didn’t the Aoda claim we’d be fully accessible by 2025?
What the?
What makes you so presumptive- simply because someone was interviewed near a pool table? Would you be more satisfied to see someone in a straight jacket or wheelchair?
@@BearbearbearbearbearbearRarrrr What are you talking about?
@@knowledgeandmultiskilled what specifically are you confused about?
You better hope you or someone you love doesn't end up with a debilitating mental illness, or a physical disability for that matter. Because then and only then will someone like you be able to have some empathy and insight. Narcissists lack insight and empathy, so you're telling us a lot about yourself 👍
he looks rich.
How should he look?
How???
We all struggle to buy our groceries there dude. Also, Global, stop showing brail like that is the majority of ppl on disability. It's people like this gentleman who have mental health issues, but Could still get a freaking job
That's not that's much shilling definition means, can't survived from that's, pensions, amounted not $1200,00 dollar's taxes two times, costly there's then commentwealth states, penna, states, new jersey, states, new, york, states, too
Keep voting for Trudo
This is a nonpartisan issue.
Yeah I also feel let down that more of other peoples work dollars aren't going to me.
Then you should speak up about the ableist issues that are a barrier for a lot of folks who would love nothing more than to put hours into jobs businesses and careers.
@@BearbearbearbearbearbearRarrrr not my problem, stop trying to take money from my paycheque
@@SystemUnderSiege you pay taxes. Stop being complicit with the issues that flow from them. You’re wasting lives that could be a lot more productive. Ableism is everyone’s problem.
Ableism is everyone’s problem. Too much. Information for you to feel entitled to ignore.
@@SystemUnderSiege How about you whine about the corporate bailouts and tax breaks? That's where the majority of your tax money is wasted. Disabled people are far from the issue here.
bipolar guy needs to Get a job