A tribunal ruled that the man's lack of immigration status in Canada did not exempt him from welfare benefits according to Ontario law.
                • Arcanepotato@crazypeople.onlineEnglish
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                  7 days ago

                  they gave him benefits based on “the sheer length of time and the roots the appellant had established while in Canada”

                  Yes, because

                  Brown said those definitions show the applicant reasonably fell outside the meaning of both tourist and visitor, “given the sheer length of time and the roots the appellant had established while in Canada.”

                  No evidence was presented at the tribunal that he had been ordered out of Canada by federal immigration authorities.

                  Therefore, he did not fit into the three categories that are excluded from eligibility with respect to immigration status and he was eligible.

                  I remember when Harris brought in this legislation. What an incredible self own lol.

        • nyan@lemmy.cafeEnglish
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          7 days ago

          Depends on how much you’re making. This guy has probably been below the poverty line the whole time he’s been in this country. If he’s been making less than the Basic Personal Amount income tax credit that anyone can claim, he wouldn’t be paying any tax even if he’d been doing everything by the book and above-board. If he wasn’t very far above it, he’d have been paying a pittance—probably less than he was paying out in sales taxes for everything he bought over the course of twenty-odd years.