Ted sharing more details and needing help.

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Hi everyone thanks for the kind words.

I am in Ontario, Canada So I guess the Canadian system is really what I am

looking at.

First of all a bit about what has happened

I worked on a farm since 1998. My son was born in 1998 anyway I worked a lot

for a negative employer. In the year 2000 my significant other decided to

leave and take my son and her 2 children as well. Messy breakup and honestly

I saw it coming before he was born. Considering the stress of a CF child in the

home I was surprised it lasted as long.

I represented myself in the family law matter as 3 lawyers said I would never

get custody and well most of our arguments were about how my significant other

was as a parent. Needed parenting courses.

Hey its a tough spot to be in and realize to fix some domestic problems you

gotta bring it up.

Anyway I represent myself and had to involve the Children's Aid Society.

Make a long story short

Next I had to represent myself in a child protection case as well. Anyway I got

my son home by the end of 2001 and of course was working on the farm.

Ya it was tough and all but well worth it. Protection case just drags on and

doing that as well. My son doing well in my care and well I guess I was right

about the need for parenting courses for the significant other. Its best now

that someone else is dealing with the issues and not me.

Anyhow I was doing good and so was my son. Mind you I still did not qualify

for legal aid or subsidized daycare. so my cost were high and this did not help

really just spinning my wheels going no where.

Anyway my employer with the mad cow issues and stuff became more than a negative

person as he always is. Enough guys have walked away from the job because of

this with one even ending up in the hospital.

On November 3, 2003 a line was crossed by this negative employer where I had to

walk off the job and well my residence was part of my job. So now I had no

residence or job but as an Ontario Citizen I believe I was justified to take the

right actions in my abusive job.

There are many issues on the farm that need to be addressed with respect to

health and safety, public safety and animal welfare. I just could not

participate in this employers ideas no more. Should I have stayed there till

I suffered a mental health problem as others have. I think not I got too much

responsibility.

So anyway I interacted with the CAS as I was still in the case and they

networked with there buddies and I followed there ideas.

put everything in storage as I did not have enough for first and last month rent

did that and got everything in it.

November 10, 2003 the first day of being homeless

They put us in a motel that had mildew in it. This was a concern that they did

address in time but they told me they could not do this for long. Not too

mention where is the food coming from. Food banks etc.

I saw a decrease in lung function.

Okay money is going down and I am thinking okay I gotta do something. where

would I stay what were the stats.

Well I was close to London and that is where the hospital was that we attended.

Would be relocating out of the present community of Brant county. The idea

send and I to the shelter in London.

Not a bad idea if I got a little help to get on my feet or was I going to be

sitting in this shelter for 60 or 90 days before we found a residence. I had a

bit of money left for gas for the car. End of the month insurance payment

comes out. Hopefully get a job quick was what I was thinking.

But how without a residence I could not be down for that long.

Thinking with ideas. Talked with my cousin in Frontenac county. CF clinic here

as well. we made a deal on rent and he understood my position. I needed

stability for my son and a base to get looking.

Tried getting Ontario works. Did not qualify as I did not have the rent as an

expense so my expenses were cheap. Go figure that eh. E.I says that I

don't qualify as I walked off the job. I did try to resolve the problems. I

did call the ministry of Labour they passed me on to the ministry of human

rights who passed me on to the ministry of agriculture food and safety and they

passed me right back to the ministry of labour. Go figure.

Hey I am the little guy here and a single dad at that who has had to represent

himself against all odds and do the right thing for my son.

I got lots of respect from CAS and others but really not much help.

Anyway. Still looking for work but really am stumped as a single parent.

Automatically if you tell E.I that you do not have a careprovider to watch your

child while you look for work you do not qualified.

Daycare is subsidized and it is based on your income. They only want to help

out not pay.

Daycare you also have to pay up front for service making an impossible situation

considering I got maybe under 20 dollars left. I better qualify for legal aid

now I would hope. I will qualify for daycare subsidized once I got things

worked out. All I know is everything cost money even the parking at the

hospital.

Pretty hard sell with employers as well going to need to take a day off every 4

months for clinic

Trying to get clinic visit completed so I got 3 months to shine at a new job and

then spring it on them. This is crazy. I am an honest good person and I am

thinking more and more this is not the right path.

All I needed or need is a bit of help and I would like to think the system would

rather keep me paying tax dollars then letting me go down and of course

increasing health care cost as this will impact his health in time as all the

fattening food runs out and I am left with no wheels or anything.

Ted

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