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Discriminatory Policy
Despite the fact that being in receipt of public assistance is a prohibited ground of discrimination under The Saskatchewan Human Rights Code. Many income assistance policies single out recipients for discriminatory treatment. A clear example is that SAID(Saskatchewan Assured Income for Disability) and SIS(Saskatchewan Income Support) beneficiaries are the only people who have to take out early CPP(Canadian Pension Plan) at age 60. If they don’t their benefits are cut-off. Early CPP is of no advantage to those on SAID and SIS because it is clawed back dollar for dollar from their benefits. They then have less CPP after age 65 because they were compelled to take it out early. Saskatchewan New Brunswick are the only provinces to maintain this unjust policy for persons with disabilities.
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SAID too wants ppl under 60 to apply for early CPP-D (disability) as well - also clawing back dollar for dollar.
We really appreciate your team fighting this one. It’s ridiculous to make those who live in deep poverty stay in it!
A paltry 2% increase for SAID & SIS programs keeps recipients in deep poverty 🤬
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There's a petition the NDP tabled to raise Canadian Disability to minimum living cost. Deadline to sign is March 30
I am on SAID and unable to work I get 1,100.00 a month and my rent is 1000 not hard to do the math on that one😔
Boy, Moe really out did himself!
Not Even Nickel and Dimed
There is a common misperception that low-income people are receiving a large portion of government expenditures in the form of transfers of income. This is a myth. If expenditures in the 2024 Provincial Budget were a dollar, only 2.8 cents goes as income to those on the SAID (Saskatchewan Assured Income for Disability) and SIS (Saskatchewan Income Support) programs. People in deep poverty are not even being nickel and dimed because they don’t receive a nickel.
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Exactly...there is so much miscommunication and stereotyping. This is why people turn a blind eye and not support change.
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Camel. Eye of a needle.
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RAPM brought a case against the Government of Saskatchewan on February 9,2024, arguing that compelling SAID and SIS applicants to take reduced CPP benefits at age 60 was a violation of their charter rights. On January 7, 2025, RAPM received a verdict stating that its charter challenge was denied. The presiding justice concluded that SAID and SIS applicants did not face any identifiable discrimination with regard to CPP access. On February 5, 2025, counsel for RAPM (Dan LeBlanc and Lief Jensen) filed a notice of appeal claiming that the decision showed pronounced errors in law. RAPM maintains that SIS and SAID applicants are entitled to the same freedom of choice and dignity as other Canadians. We hope it will be heard in the Court of Appeals by the end of the year.
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Thank you for the work you’re doing! Can we get a few acronyms spelled out? Just so when we share people will understand them!
And they deem you ineligible if you access your CPP, as they insist you do....
I am so sorry - so unjust.
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Regina Community Services:
- Location of public washrooms in Regina City Centre
- Location of cooling down spaces throughout Regina available during times of extreme heat
- Location of warming spaces and services throughout Regina to warm up over the winter season and in extreme cold temperatures
- Carmichael Outreach Housing List – updated every Monday