{"id":11982,"date":"2023-11-27T05:21:47","date_gmt":"2023-11-27T10:21:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.routineproceedings.com\/?p=11982"},"modified":"2023-11-27T02:25:36","modified_gmt":"2023-11-27T07:25:36","slug":"roundup-clawing-back-disability-benefits","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.routineproceedings.com\/2023\/11\/27\/roundup-clawing-back-disability-benefits\/","title":{"rendered":"Roundup: Clawing back disability benefits"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Because the provinces continue to be the absolute worst level of government in the country, we see from the briefing binder of Ontario\u2019s social services minister that the province is <a href=\"https:\/\/toronto.citynews.ca\/2023\/11\/23\/odsp-advocates-province-claw-back-payments-introduction-federal-benefit\/\">looking at ways<\/a> to \u201cmitigate costs\u201d by clawing back provincial disability support payments once the federal Canadian Disability Benefit gets underway. As you might have guessed, this is entirely the outcome that the federal government has been trying to avoid, and why Carla Qualtrough spent months trying to negotiate with provinces in the lead-up to the framework legislation being passed.<\/p>\n<p>This happened a lot during the height of the pandemic, when certain provinces like Alberta and Saskatchewan clawed back any kind of social supports when people accessed CERB, because of course they did. It\u2019s kind of perverse the way that provinces are in the business of literally legislating poverty for vulnerable groups like people with disabilities who generally cannot work (which I should point out is not the same as the programme in the US, where \u201cdisability\u201d tends to have a different connotation than in Canada). There is a kind of meanness to it that goes beyond the judgmental protestant work ethic that this seems to stem from.<\/p>\n<p>We\u2019ll see what kinds of safeguards the federal government tries to build into the system as the regulations for these payments\u2014which they point out are intended as an income supplement and not a replacement programme\u2014are rolled out (eventually). But because of the division of powers, there may not be any legislative or regulatory mechanism they could use to protect these payments from clawbacks, and it may rely on negotiations and signed agreements, which is probably easier said than done (particularly as many of these premiers are the absolute worst).<\/p>\n<p>Ukraine Dispatch:<\/p>\n<p>Five people were <a href=\"https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/world\/europe\/mass-drone-attack-kyiv-mayor-says-two-injured-2023-11-25\/\">wounded<\/a> as part of the largest attack on Kyiv since the start of the war, timed for the commemoration of the Holodomor. President Volodymyr Zelenskyy <a href=\"https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/world\/europe\/ukraine-needs-more-air-defences-protect-grain-exports-zelenskiy-2023-11-25\/\">told<\/a> an international food security conference that Ukraine needs more air defences in order to protect its grain exports, as Russia has been targeting them in recent months.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Olena <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ZelenskaUA?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@ZelenskaUA<\/a> and I joined the commemoration of the Holodomor genocide.<\/p>\n<p>Today, the Ukrainian people are united in their prayers, desire for justice, and the flame of our national memory.<\/p>\n<p>Ukraine will never forget the millions of our people who were killed by starvation. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/YlOYJvGmzS\">pic.twitter.com\/YlOYJvGmzS<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Volodymyr Zelenskyy \/ \u0412\u043e\u043b\u043e\u0434\u0438\u043c\u0438\u0440 \u0417\u0435\u043b\u0435\u043d\u0441\u044c\u043a\u0438\u0439 (@ZelenskyyUa) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ZelenskyyUa\/status\/1728367139000877490?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">November 25, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>https:\/\/twitter.com\/defencehq\/status\/1728719618317910451<\/p>\n<p><!--more-->Good reads:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>The PMO has <a href=\"https:\/\/globalnews.ca\/news\/10115212\/pmo-new-communications-staff-polls\/\">hired<\/a> new communications and branding geniuses to help overcome the slumping polls (because we all know that they need the help\u2026)<\/li>\n<li>Chrystia Freeland <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ctvnews.ca\/politics\/projected-deficits-in-fall-economic-statement-modest-allows-government-to-invest-in-canadians-freeland-1.6661133\">defends<\/a> the deficits as being modest (which in comparison to the size of our economy they are) because it allows investment in Canadians.<\/li>\n<li>Freeland also says she <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbc.ca\/news\/politics\/canada-mortgage-renewal-freeland-1.7040513\">expects<\/a> banks to follow the voluntary Canadian Mortgage Charter as millions of mortgages come up for renewal in the higher-interest era.<\/li>\n<li>The <em>Star<\/em> takes a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thestar.com\/politics\/federal\/justin-trudeau-s-foreign-minister-is-grappling-with-a-world-of-chaos-but-is-she\/article_f25c0f05-edcd-5f94-9c10-ce800aea6f2e.html\">closer look<\/a> at M\u00e9lanie Joly and the work she has been doing as foreign minister at a time when the global order has been turned upside-down.<\/li>\n<li>Public safety officials have been <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nationalnewswatch.com\/2023\/11\/25\/feds-aimed-secret-cybersecurity-briefing-at-energy-sector-executives-memo\/\">briefing<\/a> energy company executives on cyber threats (but are any of them listening is the question).<\/li>\n<li>Here is a look at CBSA\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbc.ca\/news\/politics\/narcotics-canada-cbsa-border-1.7040243\">attempts<\/a> to stop fentanyl trafficking over the border, as well as its precursor elements.<\/li>\n<li>The special interlocutor for unmarked graves continues to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nationalnewswatch.com\/2023\/11\/26\/special-interlocutor-waiting-for-mp-bill-criminalizing-residential-school-denialism-2\/\">press<\/a> the justice minister to criminalise residential school denialism the same way it did for the Holocaust.<\/li>\n<li>Here is a look at why the Cameron Ortis prosecution was so <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbc.ca\/news\/politics\/security-of-information-act-1.7038025\">tenuous<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li>India is <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ctvnews.ca\/politics\/india-cooperating-with-u-s-investigation-but-not-canada-s-due-to-difference-in-evidence-shared-high-commissioner-says-1.6660968\">cooperating<\/a> with the US investigation on an attempted assassination, but not Canada, because of how they claim intelligence was shared. (<a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/_JTSAKFDSVw?si=VbD4q6pu1KQNCm4_\">Sure, Jan<\/a>).<\/li>\n<li>Kevin Carmichael <a href=\"https:\/\/thelogic.co\/opinion\/kevincarmichael-the-end-of-the-gen-x-economic-consensus\/\">looks at<\/a> how the economic consensus of the 1990s is being wound down through the measures in the fall fiscal update.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Odds and ends:<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">New episodes released early for C$7+ subscribers. <br \/>This week I\u2019m answering your <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/cdnpoli?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#cdnpoli<\/a> questions. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/BIH8n9KiQD\">https:\/\/t.co\/BIH8n9KiQD<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Dale Smith (@journo_dale) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/journo_dale\/status\/1728918241601589648?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">November 26, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Looking to get a copy of my book <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/UnbrokenMachine?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#UnbrokenMachine<\/a>? Get it directly from <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/dundurnpress?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@dundurnpress<\/a> for 25% off, using code HOLIDAY23. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/VLoITR00fP\">https:\/\/t.co\/VLoITR00fP<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Dale Smith (@journo_dale) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/journo_dale\/status\/1726981936911089861?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">November 21, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p><strong>Want more Routine Proceedings?\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.patreon.com\/journo_dale\">Become a patron<\/a>\u00a0and get exclusive new content. <\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Because the provinces continue to be the absolute worst level of government in the country, we see from the briefing binder of Ontario\u2019s social services minister that the province is looking at ways to \u201cmitigate costs\u201d by clawing back provincial &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.routineproceedings.com\/2023\/11\/27\/roundup-clawing-back-disability-benefits\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[41],"tags":[217,646,133,210,29,98,219,459,57,359],"class_list":["post-11982","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-roundup","tag-border","tag-budget-2023","tag-cbsa","tag-cyber-security","tag-federalism","tag-first-nations","tag-india","tag-melanie-joly","tag-rcmp","tag-ukraine"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p2jJFQ-37g","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.routineproceedings.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11982","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.routineproceedings.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.routineproceedings.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.routineproceedings.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.routineproceedings.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=11982"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.routineproceedings.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11982\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":11983,"href":"https:\/\/www.routineproceedings.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11982\/revisions\/11983"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.routineproceedings.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=11982"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.routineproceedings.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=11982"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.routineproceedings.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=11982"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}