Marta had written that down: Clawback . It sounded like something that happened to animals in traps.
She spent a Tuesday filling out the CPP forms. List all jobs in the last six years. She wrote Welding, Fab Shop, North Bay . Welding, Marine Docks, Midland. Each line felt like a tombstone for a version of herself that could still grip a torch. odsp and cpp
Marta knew the forms by the shape of their water stains. The ODSP – Medical Review sat on the left corner of her kitchen table, a thick beige mountain. The CPP Disability – Application lay to the right, a slimmer, grayer peak. Between them was a valley of cold coffee and unanswered phone calls. Marta had written that down: Clawback