The Sask Party government is sitting on record resource revenues, but they are still clawing back the benefits of disabled folks. That, from Official Opposition Leader Carla Beck during Question Period today (Mon). Some recipients of the Saskatchewan Assured Income for Disability program and their advocates gathered at the Legislature with their request to put an end to the claw back.

Social Services Critic Meara Conway explained that with the SAID program, those who receive it are asked to apply for their CPP early, before they turn 65, but when they do that, it means their CPP will be less as they age, and the amount that they get prior to turning 65 is deducted from their SAID payment.

Premier Scott Moe hinted that the budget to be presented on Wednesday will include continued support and increases for the SAID program. Conway notes that SAID benefits haven’t increased in nearly a decade.