Good news as NB government reverses loss of $1,000 benefit over $1.70
New Brunswick Premier Shawn Graham
Mike Kennedy had an annual $1,000 disability supplement returned in a common sense decision by the Graham Liberal government of New Brunswick.
Kennedy who is disabled with MS and cannot work lives on an annual disability pension of $ 7,000. When the federal pension went up $1.76 a month or $21 a year, the Province of New Brunswick cut off Kennedy’s annual $1,000 disability supplement that pays for fuel oil and other large living expenses.
“Those New Brunswickers who are living with disabilities, if their income is a few dollars over, we simply reduce the benefit by that number of dollars, but they still get it, and that’s important because they need it,” said Lamrock, who ordered changes to the cut-off policy after hearing about Kennedy’s case. In addition, the disability supplement will now be given out in monthly payments instead of a lump sum, he said.” Continue reading
