TO THE EDITOR,
I AM SICK AND TIRED OF BEING FINANCIALLY ABUSED BY THE PROVINCIAL GOVERNMENT OF CANADA! I FEEL THAT I HAVE BEEN VICTIMIZED FOR MANY YEARS BY DIFFERENT LEVELS OF THE PROVINCIAL GOVERNMENT! FIRST AND FOREMOST ON MY LIST OF ABUSERS IS WORKERS COMPENSATION I FEEL THAT THEY WRONGED ME BY STOPPING MY WCB PAYMENTS AND THRUSTING ME INTO ABJECT POVERTY. TRYING TO LIVE ON WELFARE DISABILITY! IS NOT ENOUGH TO FEED AN ANIMAL IT IS MY BELIEF THAT I SHOULD BE A RECIPIENT OF PERMANENT DISABILITY BENEFITS FROM WCB WHICH SHOULD BE RETROACTIVE TO 1995 WHEN THEY UNJUSTLY CUT ME OFF TRAINING ALLOWANCE!I AM IN DESPERATE NEED OF FINANCIAL HELP!I CANNOT WORK! I DO NOT HAVE SUFFICIENT TRAINING! I ONLYHAVE SKILLS TO WORK IN THE FISH PLANTS! UNFORTUNATLY MY WRISTS,ARMS AND KNEES PREVENT ME FROM WORKING IN THE CANNERIES HENSE I AM ON WELFARE DISABILITY!
IT IS MY OPINION THAT THE GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS SHOULD BE ASHAMED OF THEIR ANNOUCEMENTS TO THE WORLD ON HOW MUCH THEY SPEND ON FOREIGN AID TO OTHER COUNTRIES IN CRISIS WHEN THEY WOULD NOT COME TO MY AID WHEN ALL OF MY WORTHY BELONGINGS WERE DESTROYED IN A DEVASTATING FIRE! I AM STILL IN DIRE NEED OF A CRISIS GRANT! A CRISIS GRANT SHOULD HAVE BEEN GIVEN TO ME RIGHT AWAY ON THE DAY OF THE FIRE OR THE NEXT DAY! I FEEL THAT THE WORST PERPETRATORS OF MY FINANCIAL ABUSE IS THE MINISTRY OF BC EMPLOYMENT AND ASSISTANCE! WHY DO I FEEL THIS WAY? HERE ARE FEW REASONS WHY I FEEL PERSECUTEDBY THE MINISTRY!
FIRSTOF ALL I AM ON WELFARE DISABILITY! MY TAKE HOME PAY FOR A MONTH IS $685.67! MY GOD WHEN I WORKED I MADE MORE THEN THAT IN A WEEK! THIS SMALL AMOUNT OF MONEY IS WHAT I HAVE TO LIVE ON EVERY SINGLE MONTH! MY RENT IS $500.00 PER MONTH AND THE $185.67 IS FOR GROCERIES AND LAUNDRY. I AM STRUGGLING TO KEEP FOOD ON THE TABLE EACH DAY, RIGHT NOW I MANAGE TO HAVE AT LEAST ONE MEAL A DAY! EVERY MONTH I RUN OUT OF ESSENTIALS SUCH AS COFFEE, BREAD, MILK, MEAT, RICE, POTATOES, EGGS AND TOILET PAPER! WHEN THIS HAPPENS I BEG THE MINISTRY FOR A MISALLY $20.00 FOOD VOUCHER BUT THEY ALWAYS REFUSE ME BECAUSE IT IS NOT AN UNEXPECTED EVENT! SO DOES THIS MEAN THE MINISTRY EXPECTS ME TO RUN OUT OF MONEY EVERY MONTH? ACTUALLY ONE MONTH I RAN OUT OF TOILET PAPER! CAN YOU GUESS WHAT I DID? LIKE A FOOL I CALLED TO MINISTRY IN PRINCE GEORGE I BEGGED THE SUPERVISOR FOR A$20.00 VOUCHER BUT OF COURSE SHE DENIED IT! THIS WOMEN LAUGHED WHEN I TOLDED HER THAT I RAN OUT OF TOILET PAPER,SHE THEN TOLD ME TO GO TO ALL THE RESTURANTS HERE IN PRINCE RUPERT AND STEAL TOILET PAPER FROM THEM! SHE KEPT ON LAUGHING I TOLD HER THAT THIS WAS NOT A LAUGHING MATTER! SHE SAID SHE WAS IN A FUNNY MOOD THAT DAY! NO! AS USUASL I DID NOT GET THE VOUCHER! I WONDER WHY I BOTHER TO BEG THEM FOR HELP THEY ALWAYS REFUSE ME.
SECOND OF ALL $ 185.00 IS NOT ENOUGH TO BUY FOOD AND TO DO LAUNDRY AT THE LAUNDRY MAT! I DO MY LAUNDRY IN THE KITCHEN SINK I USE A CUP, A JAR OR A POTATOMASHER AS MY AGITATOR THIS IS EXTREMELY PAINFUL TO MY ARMS, WRISTS AND KNEES BUT THIS HAS TO BE DONE DAILY ! I WAS HANGING MY CLOTHES OUT TO DRY BUT THE NEIGHBOURS COMPLAINED SO NOW I HANG THEM IN SIDE MY APARTMENT.
I DON’T THINK THE GOVERNMENT PRIEMIERS MP’S AND MLA’S SHOULD HAVE GIVEN THEMSELVES A RAISE SHAME, SHAME, SHAME ON ALL OF YOU! I THINK AN INTERNAL FORENSIC AUDIT IS IN ORDER! HOW CAN THEY DO THIS?
PEOPLE LIVING ON WELFARE HAVE NOT HAD A RAISE IN OVER A DECADE! THE COST OF LIVING HAS RISEN! FOOD COST A LOT MORE THEN IT DID TEN YEARS AGO. RENT IS HIGHER, HYDRO IS HIGH NOW IT WILL GET A LOT HIGHER IN THE YEARS TO COME.
GIVE US A RAISE PLEASE I BEG OF YOU!
THIRD I WOULD LIKE TO COMPLAIN ABOUT THE CUTBACKS ON OUR MEDICAL PATIENT TRAVEL! WE ARE GIVEN $4.00 PER MEAL THAT IS $12.00 FOR THE THREE DAILY REQUIRED MEALS. THIS IS NOT ENOUGH TO PAY FOR ONE NUTRITIOUS MEAL! THE MINISRY ALSO REFUSED TO PAY FOR MY EYE GLASSES, MY GLASSES WERE IN THE SHOP FOR 9 MONTHS BEFORE I GOT THEM THANKS D.I.A.
NOW IT IS TIME FOR ME TO GO IN FOR MY YEARLY EYE EXAM BUT I CAN’T AFFORD TOO! I SHALL TAKE MY LEAVE NOW. I STILL HAVE A FEW MORE COMPLAINTS ABOUT THE MINISTRY AND THE OTHER LEVELS OF GOVERNMENT BUT I AM IN A LOT OF PAIN TYPING THIS LETTER!
LATER
JUDY DENNIS