急切请教大家，卡城新移民的福利

[hcu0803]

“2005年9月开始又是新的政策。比如补助稍微降低，但增加了不用交Health Care 的钱；孩子上Daycare全部政府出等”
请问土人这是真的吗？那我们一家落地就不用每月交88元Health Care的费用，而且孩子Daycar的钱也不用自已出？

This is not correc to some extentt!!

As soon as you are taking ESL and receiving funding from the government, the health insurance fee will be completely exempted right away. (Please note some requirements should be matched) However, you can only apply for that only on the condition of residing in Alberta for 3 months, rather than immediately. In other words, perhaps you are capable of acquiring the funding after you move to Calgary for 6 months because of the residence and application period.

The insurance fee will be exempted as long as you resident in Alberta for 1 year and have a low income in Canada.

In addition, the childcare fee to be received from the government is limited to $550/month; ie it will not be totally covered. Nevertheless, the market price of that is $600 to $ 700 in average; hence, you have to pay additional $50 or 150 for that. Also, another point should be mentioned is, as the majority of childcare institutes are full, your children will be put on the waiting list for a period.

 

[qjf]

哈，米，不是打算去卡？3－20马上到了，还在顺德？经常看你的顺德BBS，没想到你还有新郎的，就是别提什么裸照了
我4－19去爱城了，祝你和全家在卡一切顺利！

LZ应该多点放心思在如何提高自己英文水平争取好的工作机会上，其实福利这些东西，有固然最好，没有也没什么的。我们自己在中国，什么福利都没有，所谓的福利，也是羊毛出在羊身上。如今有福利可享受，自己还未对本地的经济发展作贡献，可谓受之有愧了，又何必嫌多嫌少呢？

一般来说，经济发展好的地区，福利就必然差，这是很客观的。福利太好，有可能拖累地方财政，从而影响到投资及就业人员的热情。经济不好了，打份工也没意思，有福利又有啥意义呢？只不过是半死不活地拖着在家里发呆而已。相比而言，我倒宁愿做个工作狂，痛痛快快工作五天后，周末去大玩一番，这样活得理直气壮，好过闷死在家里。