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ministry of health refuses my application

the journal of Michael Werneburg

twenty-eight years and a million words

Vancouver, 2002.02.08

The *&#(*!&# provincial ministry of health took 9 weeks to look at my form and decide that I hadn't provided enough information. I didn't fill in a lone entry on one of the forms; an entry that was worded in a way that sounded like I didn't have to fill it in. I had to attach a separate letter to the application to explain how I couldn't fill in the part asking me for 'income due to interest'. Aaaargh! I guess this means I'll have another few months without coverage! %@*&@#*!

At least I had an interview with an agency today. Makes me feel like I was doing something, regardless.

rand()m quote

On the endless saga of Rob Ford, mayor of Toronto; "It shouldn't have had to come to this. I'm so tired of getting up every morning and wondering, 'What will it be today?' I'm so tired of giving the benefit of the doubt again and again, only to be let down again and again.... Somewhere a responsible adult has to appear, draw a bright moral line, tell the truth and say unequivocally what won't be tolerated. Somebody has to do the right thing."

—Denzil Minnan-Wong