On disability for having arthritis in all my joints and a couple fractured vertebrae -  I get a grand total of $713 a month for everything - living, food, clothes, any transportation and any medications not prescription.... poor immigrants !  I am also Canadian, was born here, lived here all my life, paid tax and worked 40+ years ..... that is from the province of AB - the federal CPPD - which is early canada pension disability allows a whopping $700 - but they decided that just taking painkillers is ok and keep working ... so that was denied ... meanwhile - I overheard a 20 some year old refugee from Nigeria say in conversation in the lineup to get help - that she had just flown home and back to visit her mother cause it was far too "stressful" here to and she hoped there would be no problem to get more help .... her friend advised her to just say that the political situation was very bad there now so it was "necessary" to go visit her family and there should be no problem at all ...