Odsp And Cpp -

She sat at the table, the two letters side by side. The CPP was a thin raft—enough to keep her from drowning, but not enough to reach shore. The ODSP was a ghost boat, there in name only, its hull eaten away by the clawback.

The waiting was a physical thing. It lived in her chest, a tight balloon. She checked the mail every day at 10:17 AM, just after the postman’s truck groaned up the hill. odsp and cpp

“You don’t qualify for both,” the man on the phone had said. His voice was flat, like a shovel hitting dry dirt. “CPP Disability is for people who paid into the plan. ODSP is the province’s safety net. But if you get CPP, ODSP claws back dollar for dollar after the first $200.” She sat at the table, the two letters side by side