Drug tests for welfare recipients.

You said that people on Welfare cannot afford to have pets!
You said that people on welfare allow animals to breed...

wow, true colors or what - for someone who has just come to Canada - you seem to know so much - especially about Welfare... :roll:

Are you done insinuating?

are you finished?
Give people a break Brenda - one day you never know, the shoe might be on the other foot - life isn't always as we plan it and there are a lot of people out there who are soooo ashamed that they have to take a check - and I did mention in one of my posts that the easiest way to weed out the ones who are mouches or druggies/drunks, is by programs and notifications by landlords and the utility companies - if someone is getting a check for assistance and they are not attending programs or their landlord and/or the utilities complain that the bills are being paid - then adios amigo - close their file... but to say that people who are down and out have to give up their "best friend" over a lousy $3.20 or $10. or less - is wrong - pets are family members, to some they are their kids and in some provinces, people cannot be refused tenantcy because of a pet, it IS a Family Member... I bend over backwards to see to it that people who are down and out get help to keep their pets, older folks who lose a pet (for whatever reason) have been known to die shortly after. A woman who has come through an ugly abusive situation will go over the deep end if they lose the one thing they have left that gives them love... maybe it's too deep for you to understand, but you are young and life could change for you - who knows, I certainly don't wish it, but if you can't take it, then don't dish it.

I honestly think that, for someone who is capable of earning themselves a living, welfare should have a 5 year limit. Don't have a job after 5 years? Too bad. You had your chance.

I think there are also some other problems with the welfare system. I'll use my aunt as an example. She's an elderly lady with very bad knee and hip problems, so she's on disability pention. She would like to work part time, two or three days a week. However, she can't. Why? Because as soon as she starts making any kind of income whatsoever she cuts cut off 100%. She is incapable of making enough to support herself, so yea. Fucking stupid. She volunteers two or three days a week at the hospital instead.