The vibe shift, end of "wokeness"?

[Fishbone Jones]

Lots of 'legal' Canadians already commit welfare fraud.

Not to say that's awesome, but it's an issue across the board and has been since the system was invented...

That's not a reason or excuse though. The current situation is virtue signalling at taxpayer expense.

 

[daftandbarmy]

Ideally enough Canadians demand we inprove our rules to curtail this kind of stuff.

Like voting in a more fiscally responsible government ...

 

[brihard]

Lots of 'legal' Canadians already commit welfare fraud.

Not to say that's awesome, but it's an issue across the board and has been since the system was invented...

Just to nitpick, the guy in the article didn’t commit welfare fraud. With regards to the provincial welfare benefits in Ontario, he actually appears to have done everything right and followed the proper legal process. He worked for years until he lost his job.

Obviously his legal status in Canada is a separate issue, but that’s on a different level of government.

 

[Jarnhamar]

Just to nitpick, the guy in the article didn’t commit welfare fraud. With regards to the provincial welfare benefits in Ontario, he actually appears to have done everything right and followed the proper legal process. He worked for years until he lost his job.

Obviously his legal status in Canada is a separate issue, but that’s on a different level of government.

You got me curious. If he applied for welfare when he wasn't entitled to do so would that be attempting to commit welfare fraud?

His student visa ran out in 2001 and he worked cash jobs under the table for 22 years - assuming he didn't file income tax. He shouldn't be eligible.


The Ontario works case officer seems to have purposefully ignored the fact the guy was in Canada illegally and tried to circumvent it being flagged - another example of wokeness in action.

Makes you wonder how many other under the table things they've done. he should lose his job for trying to game the system IMO.

 

[brihard]

You got me curious. If he applied for welfare when he wasn't entitled to do so would that be attempting to commit welfare fraud?

His student visa ran out in 2001 and he worked cash jobs under the table for 22 years - assuming he didn't file income tax. He shouldn't be eligible.


The Ontario works case officer seems to have purposefully ignored the fact the guy was in Canada illegally and tried to circumvent it being flagged - another example of wokeness in action.

Makes you wonder how many other under the table things they've done. he should lose his job for trying to game the system IMO.

Shrug I don’t know enough about how Ontario Works… works… to say. But given a court ruled he was in fact eligible I have to take that at face value.