#AskJoshuaHimel Your future can look bleak when the injuries suffered through an accident or illness make it impossible for you return to work and earn a living. The Canadian Pension Plan disability benefits offer hope with financial assistance for individuals who are disabled. The application process to obtain disability benefits can be a long one. The manner in which applications have been screened to determine eligibility has been the subject of news stories in recent years of otherwise eligible people being denied benefits appear to have had the effect of improving how claims are handled, but it is important to ...
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#AskKevinButler According to the Mental Health Commission of Canada, the extent to which mental illness is affecting workers in the country is shocking. Each week, more than 500,000 people are unable to work because they suffer from some form of mental illness. The cost of mental illness, according to the report, is a staggering $50 billion throughout the country. Looking at the problem from a local perspective, does not improve the picture. The city of Toronto alone spent $44 million on long-term disability payments in a single year, which is a 50 percent jump over what it was spending only five years before. While ...
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