2026-07-01 02:51 UTC
@likelyjanlukas@mstdn.ca But Jan, Jan, Jan: Aren't you so excited that you will be able to earn up to $45K in employment income before they completely clawback your newly-reduced support payments that you get because you're unable to work a full-time job? That seems to be the statistic the government is so excited about.
PS, did you see the bit about how they're spending all the money they're taking away from the disabled on international consultants for employment services? Which will apparently mostly involve referring people to existing local non-profit agencies?
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/edmonton/adap-multinational-contractor-aish-alberta-changes-9.7249421
(PPS, Nice to see the full comparison numbers spelled out in that article, with the reduction in both benefits & clawback-free earnings threshold, and the mathematical conclusion: "someone on ADAP will have to work 39 hours per week at minimum wage to have benefits that are equal to those on AISH.")
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@likelyjanlukas@mstdn.ca 2026-07-01 04:28
@AmeliasBrain@mstdn.ca Totes excited!!!!1! ๐๐ On a serious note: I am guessing our leader hasn't grasped that for those of us also on #CPPD, there is a very tiny hours of work/volunteer/learning threshold nowadways (15 hrs/week or less, iirc?) Meeting or breaking it can result in loss of CPPD income. Which is currently deducted from our #AISH and in many cases ends up covering much of what the province supposedly covers us with. Even at #ADAP's lower monthly rate, I'd guess AB being required to pay 100% of it rather than just the non-CPPD part is going to cost a LOT. Like, a LOT LOT. ๐ค