I PART C-DECISION UNDER APPEAL The decision under appeal is the November 15, 2018 reconsideration decision of the Ministry of Social Development and Poverty Reduction (the ministry), denying the appellant income assistance under section 1 O of the Employment and Assistance Act (EAA) and section 32 of the Employment and Assistance Regulation (EAR) because he failed to provide the information requested by the ministry under section 10 of the EAA. PART D-RELEVANT LEGISLATION Employment and Assistance Act (EAA) section 10 Employment and Assistance Regulation (EAR) section 32
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O n J u l y 1 6 , 2 0 1 8 , t h e i n v e s t i g a t i v e o ff i c e r ( 1 0 ) s p o k l i s t o f d o c u m e n t s r e q u e s t e d b y t h e m i n i s t ry . T h e a p c o u l d n ' t l e a v e e x c e p t t o g o t o a d o c t o r , l a w y e r o r h i s h o u l d p r o v i d e a n y d o c u m e n t s h e c o u l d o b t a i n a s w b a i l s u p e rv i s o r c o n f i r m i n g t h a t h e c o u l d n ' t c o m p l y w O n A u g u s t 1 , 2 0 1 8 , t h e a p p e l l a n t p r o v i d e d a c o p y o O n A u g u s t 1 , 2 0 1 8 , t h e m i n i s t r y s e n t a l e t t e r a d v i s i n d o c u m e n t s r e q u e s t e d a n d i f h e d i d n o t p r o v i d e t h e b e r e d u c e d o r d i s c o n t i n u e d . O n A u g u s t 2 , 2 0 1 8 , t h e a p p e l l a n t ' s A u g u s t I A c h e q u O n A u g u s t 2 4 , 2 0 1 8 , t h e m i n i s t r y s e n t a l e tt e r a d v i s d o c u m e n t s r e q u e s t e d a n d i f h e d i d n o t p r o v i d e t h e m a y b e r e d u c e d o r d i s c o n t i n u e d . O n S e p t e m b e r 1 8 , 2 0 1 8 , t h e m i n i s t r y s e n t a l e t t e r a t h e d o c u m e n t s r e q u e s t e d a n d t h e m i n i s t r y w a s u n a m i n i s t r y c o n c l u d e d t h a t t h e a p p e l l a n t w a s n o t e l i g i b c l o s e d o n O c t o b e r 2 4 , 2 0 1 8 . O n O c t o b e r 1 6 , 2 0 1 8 , t h e a p p e l l a n t s u b m i tt e d a R e p r o v i d e i n f o r m a t i o n . H e s t a t e d t h a t h e w a s o n h o u s g e t t h e i n f o r m a t i o n r e q u e s t e d d u r i n g h i s a u d i t . T h e a p p e l l a n t s u b m i t t e d a s e c o n d R e q u e s t f o r R e c s t a t e d t h a t h e h a s b e e n o n h o u s e a r r e s t a n d , b e c a u d o c u m e n t s r e q u e s t e d b y t h e m i n i s t r y . H e e x p l a i n e d o b t a i n e d t h e t a x i n f o r m a t i o n r e q u e s t e d b u t h a d b e e i d e n t i f i c a t i o n h a d b e e n s t o l e n i n J u n e . T h e a p p e l l a n d a t i n g o n a n d o ff f o r t h e p a s t 4 y e a r s , t h e y h a d n o t r e l a t i o n s h i p a n d h a d n o j o i n t a c c o u n t s . T h e a p p e l l a t h a t t i m e . T h e a n n e l l a n t a r q u e d t h a t i f h e w e r e t o b e I ) a s a s i n g l e p e r s o n . t h e a p p e l l a n t ' s f i l e b e c a u s e i t r e c e i v e d i n f o r m a t i o n w a s n o t r e s i d i n g a t h i s d e c l a r e d a d d r e s s . p p e l l a n t r e q u e s t i n g t h a t h e p r o v i d e s e v e r a l d d o c u m e n t s r e l a t i n g t o t h e a p p e l l a n t ' s t a x r e t u r n s , f i r m a t i o n o f a s s e t s , a c c o u n t s a n d i n v e s t m e n t s a t a l l n e r r e g a r d i n g t h e a p p e l l a n t s ' l i v i n g s i t u a t i o n fo r a t h e r t h e a p p e l l a n t w a s i n a m a r r i a g e l i k e r e l a t i o n s h i p . t h e a p p e l l a n t r e g a r d i n g t h e r e q u e s t e d d o c u m e n t s e w i t h t h e a p p e l l a n t b y t e l e p h o n e a n d r e v i e w e d t h e p e l l a n t s t a t e d t h a t h e w a s o n h o u s e a r r e s t a n d s b a i l s u p e r v i s o r . T h e 1 0 i n d i c a t e d t h a t t h e a p p e l l a n t e l l a s a c o p y o f t h e b a i l o r d e r a n d a l e t t e r f r o m t h e i t h t h e m i n i s t ry ' s r e q u e s t . f t h e b a i l o r d e r t o t h e m i n i s t r y . g t h e a p p e l l a n t t h a t i t h a d n o t y e t r e c e i v e d a l l o f t h e i n f o r m a t i o n b y A u g u s t 2 3 , 2 0 1 8 h i s a s s i s t a n c e m a y e w a s r e l e a s e d t o h i m . i n g t h e a p p e l l a n t t h a t i t h a d n o t y e t r e c e i v e d a l l o f t h e i n f o r m a t i o n b y S e p t e m b e r 1 7 , 2 0 1 8 h i s a s s i s t a n c e d v i s i n g t h e a p p e l l a n t t h a t i t h a d n o t y e t r e c e i v e d a l l o f b l e t o d e t e r m i n e t h e a p p e l l a n t ' s e l i g i b i l i t y f o r I A . 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h e i s o n a C o n d i t i o n a l S e n t e n c i n g O r d e r ( C S O ) a n d T h e fo l l o w i n g d o c u m e n t s w e r e i n c l u d e d w i t h t h e N o • 2 0 1 6 & 2 0 1 7 t a x a s s e s s m e n t s ; • 2 0 1 6 & 2 0 1 7 T 4 s a n d T 5 0 0 7 s ; a n d • A s c r e e n s h o t f r o m S e rv i c e C a n a d a i n d i c a t i n I n h i s N o t i c e o f A p p e a l , d a t e d N o v e m b e r 2 0 , 2 0 1 8 t p r o f i l e f o r m w a s a tt a c h e d t o a l e t t e r t h a t w a s s e n t t o w o u l d a l l o w t h e 1 0 t o d e a l w i t h t h e b a n k o n h i s b e h w i t h h i m b e c a u s e h e w a s w i t h o u t i d e n t i f i c a t i o n . H e t h e m i n i s t r y ' s l e tt e r , a n d t h i s m a d e h i m o b t a i n u n a b b e i n g k i c k e d o ff o f a s s i s t a n c e . H e a r i n g S u b m i s s i o n s A p p e l l a n t A t t h e h e a r i n g t h e a p p e l l a n t a n d h i s a d v o c a t e a r g u e m i n i s t r y ' s r e q u e s t s fo r i n f o r m a t i o n a n d d i d c o m m u n i n f o r m e d h i m a b o u t o p t i o n s f o r o b t a i n i n g t h e d o c u m o p t i o n s . H e a r g u e d t h a t h e h a s a " b a d m e m o r y " a n d r e m e m b e r b e i n g a s k e d t o s u b m i t a l e t t e r f r o m h i s b n o t r e c e i v e t h e m i n i s t ry ' s J u n e 2 0 l e t t e r a s h e h a d m s t a t e d t h a t h e d i d r e c e i v e t h e J u l y 9 l e t t e r a n d c a l l e h e m o v e d s e v e r a l t i m e s a n d d i d n o t g e t t h e o t h e r l e t h o u g h t e v e r y t h i n g w a s O K b e c a u s e h i s A u g u s t c h e T h e a p p e l l a n t a r g u e d t h a t h e d i d n o t r e c e i v e t h e m i t h e a p p e a l , h e h a s n o w s u b m i tt e d t h e b a n k p r o f i l e f i n f o r m a t i o n f r o m t h e b a n k s . H e s t a t e d t h a t t h e o n l y f o r a p e r i o d i n 2 0 1 7 . T h e a p p e l l a n t e x p l a i n e d t h a t d b u t o n l y l i v e d t h e r e f o r a s h o r t p e r i o d b e c a u s e t h e y h a s a n y c o n n e c t i o n t o t h a t p e r s o n a n d c a n n o t g e t i n a d d r e s s . T h e a p p e l l a n t a r g u e d t h a t h e i s o n a C S O a b l e t o p r o v i d e r e n t . H e s t a t e d t h a t h e h a s 4 m o n t h g e t t i n g " k i c k e d o ff ' o f a s s i s t a n c e w i l l l e a d h i m b a c k M i n i s t ry T h e m i n i s t r y r e l i e d o n t h e r e c o n s i d e r a t i o n d e c i s i o n . I n r e s p o n s e t o q u e s t i o n s fr o m t h e p a n e l , t h e m i n i s t r t h e b a n k p r o f i l e f o r m s t o t h e a p p e l l a n t ; t h e m i n i s t r y a n d t h e m i n i s t r y d o e s n o t h a v e t h e s e f o r m s o n h i s f A d m i s s i b l y T h e p a n e l f i n d s t h a t t h e i n f o r m a t i o n p r o v i d e d i n t h e w h i c h d o e s n o t r e q u i r e a n a d m i s s i b i l i t y d e t e r m i n a t i o E m p l o y m e n t a n d A s s i s t a n c e A c t . T h e p a n e l f i n d s t h s u b m i s s i o n c o n s i s t s o f a c o m b i n a t i o n o f a r g u m e n t a t h a t w a s b e fo r e t h e m i n i s t r y a t r e c o n s i d e r a t i o n . T h e i s a d m i s s i b l e i n a c c o r d a n c e w i t h s e c t i o n 2 2 ( 4 ) ( b ) o I r e c e i v i n g t r e a t m e n t . v e m b e r 1 4 , 2 0 1 8 R e q u e s t fo r R e c o n s i d e r a t i o n : g n o R e c o r d o f E m p l o y m e n t i n f o r m a t i o n . h e a p p e l l a n t a r g u e d t h a t t h e 1 0 t o l d h i m t h a t a b a n k h i m b y t h e m i n i s t r y a n d , i f h e s i g n e d t h i s f o r m , i t a l f . T h e a p p e l l a n t s t a t e d t h a t t h e b a n k w o u l d n o t d e a l a r g u e d t h a t t h e b a n k p r o f i l e f o r m w a s n o t a t t a c h e d t o l e t o o b t a i n t h e i n f o r m a t i o n r e q u e s t e d a n d l e d t o h i m d t h a t t h e a p p e l l a n t a t t e m p t e d t o c o m p l y w i t h t h e i c a t e w i t h t h e m i n i s t r y . 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( 3 ) S u b s e c t i o n ( 1 ) ( e ) t o ( g ) a p p l i e s w i t h r e s p e c t t o a d e ( c ) o r ( d ) . ( 4 ) I f a n a p p l i c a n t o r a r e c i p i e n t f a i l s t o c o m p l y w i t h a d i f a m i l y u n i t i n e l i g i b l e f o r i n c o m e a s s i s t a n c e , h a r d s h i p a s ( 5 ) I f a d e p e n d e n t y o u t h f a i l s t o c o m p l y w i t h a d i r e c t i o n i n c o m e a s s i s t a n c e o r h a r d s h i p a s s i s t a n c e p r o v i d e d t o o p r e s c r i b e d p e r i o d . 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September, the only documentation the appellant had provided was a copy of his bail order. The ministry further argued that at the appellant didn't provide any of the other information requested until reconsideration. The ministry submitted that at reconsideration the appellant provided tax and relationship information but has still not provided all of the information requested by the ministry in the audit. The appellant's position is that he has provided most of the information requested and is not unwilling to provide the other information requested; he wants to keep his housing and stay healthy and clean. He stated that he has now provided the bank profile forms and needs to stay on assistance in order to stay out of jail. He stated that he did not receive all of the ministry's letters and may have misunderstood the instructions that were provided because of his learning and communication difficulties. He stated that he told the ministry on a phone call about the missing information regarding his living situation in 2017 but cannot recall when that was or to whom he spoke. He stated that it had never crossed his mind to consider providing that information to the ministry in writing. Section 10 of the EAA states that the minister may direct a recipient to supply verification of any information he or she supplied or was received by the minister if that information relates to the eligibility of the family unit for income assistance and if the recipient fails to comply with the direction, the minister may declare the family unit ineligible for income assistance for the prescribed period. Section 32(1) of the Employment and Assistance Regulation states that the family unit is ineligible for assistance until the recipient complies with the direction to supply the information. The panel finds that the ministry's request for information from the appellant falls squarely within section 10 of the EAA. The panel finds that the evidence establishes that at r econsideration, the appellant had not provided the ministry with all of the information that had been requested. Further, the panel finds that the appellant had not provided an explanation to the ministry for his failure to provide the missing information. The panel notes that the ministry made multiple efforts to assist the appellant with the process, providing him with information to assist him in obtaining the information requested without breaching his bail order. The panel finds that the appellant did not make corresponding efforts to cooperate with the ministry and keep the ministry informed. The panel notes, in particular, that the appellant's evidence is that he submitted the bank profile forms after the appeal and that he had never considered proving information about his living situation in 2017 to the ministry in writing. Given the appellant's lack of clarity and detail in his testimony, the panel is not persuaded by the appellant's assertion that he informed the ministry about this living situation during a phone call. The panel notes that the ministry's notes provided on appeal do not reflect the ministry having received this information. Furthermore, the panel notes that each of the letters sent by the ministry specifies that this information is required and has not been received. Accordingly, the panel finds that the evidence establishes that the appellant did fail to comply with the Ministry's request to provide information under section 1 0 of the EAA. The panel determines that the ministry's decision to deny the appellant income assistance for failing to provide information is reasonably supported by the evidence. Conclusion The panel finds that the ministry's reconsideration decision, denying the appellant income assistance is reasonably supported by the evidence. The panel confirms the ministry's reconsideration decision. The appellant is not successful on appeal.
I PART G -ORDER THE PANEL DECISION IS: (Check one) IZJUNANIMOUS OBY MAJORITY THE PANEL IZJCONFIRMS THE MINISTRY DECISION □RESCINDS THE MINISTRY DECISION If the ministry decision is rescinded, is the panel decision referred back to the Minister for a decision as to amount? □Yes □No LEGISLATIVE AUTHORITY FOR THE DECISION: Employment and Assistance Act Section 24(1)(a) 1Z1 or Section 24(1 )(b) D and Section 24(2)(a) IZI or Section 24(2)(b) D PART H-SIGNATURES PRINT NAME Jennifer Smith SIGNATURE OF CHAIR DATE (YEAR/MONTH/DAY) ' � ,' &;: 1 "" ; .. -it . 2018/12/10 PRINT NAME Joe Rodgers SIGNATURE OF MEMBER DATE (YEAR/MONTH/DAY) 2018/12/10 PRINT NAME Charlie Schellinck SIGNATURE OF MEMBER DATE (YEAR/MONTH/DAY) 0,/p-•; d ) 2018/12/10 --
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