WHEN I RECIEVED THE FORM FOR BASIC INCOME PROGRAM I THOUGHT WELL THEY SENT ME THE FORMS I DID NOT SEEK THEM OUT SO THIS MIGHT BE A BIG HELP EVEN IF IT WAS A TRIAL PROGRAM. IAM 62 YEARS OLD AND WORKED MOST OF MY LIFE I RAISED 3 CHILDREN AND I WORKED AT HIGH PAYING JOBS ( INVENTORY SPECIALIST SHIPPER RECIEVER BUILT GAS TRAINS FOR STELCO AND DEFASCO .) BUT DUE TO A CAR ACCIDENT THAT A WOMAN HIT US WHILE TEXTING AND DRIVING AND MY HEALTH BECAME WORSE IE( PERIPHERAL NEUROPATHY NARCOLEPSY MY HANDS WERE DAMAGED IN THE CAR ACCIDENT AND I HAVE COPD ) I ALSO HAVE ULCERATIVE COLITIS SO BAD THAT I HAVE TO TAKE MEDS TO SHUT MY BOWEL DOWN EVERY MORNING.SO IAM NOT A BUM OR SOMEONE THAT SITS AND WAITS FOR A CHEQUE IN THE MAIL. I WENT ON ODSP AND LIFE CHANGED I COULD BARELY MAKE MY RENT LET ALONE FEED MY SON AND MYSELF BIRTHDAYS AND CHRISTMAS WERE ALMOST OUT OF REACH .BEING PUT ON THE OBIP I COULD FOR THE FIRST TIME IN 15 YEARS BUY MYSELF A NEW WINTER COAT NOT A HAND ME DOWN AND EAT WITH SOME DIGINITY NOT NOODLE BOWLS AND FROZEN FOOD FROM FOOD BANKS.I COULD NOT AFFORD THE LACTOSE FREE MILK DUE TO ALLERGY TO MILK.PEOPLE DO NOT UNDERSTAND WE WERE PICKED AND RECIEVED FORMS IN THE MAIL I DID NOT GO LOOKING FOR THIS .THIS PROGRAM WAS FOR THREE YEARS THAT WOULD HAVE BROUGHT ME INTO MY OLD AGE PROGRAMS ” A SIMPLE TRANSITION” NOW WHAT DO I DUE RENT WENT UP $50.00 AND HAVE TO GO BACK TO EATING UNHEALTHY FOOD UNABLE TO MAKE BILLS.ETC. ALL BECAUSE DOUG FORD HAS TO PLAY GOD.DOUG TRY AND LIVE ON MY INCOME SEE HOW LONG YOU SURVIVE.
SINCERELY CAROL LAMBIER