Lisa, after being informed by her social worker that she would have to repay her social assistance for the time she was in school, was cut off from social assistance and facing fraud charges, he decided this was unreasonable and questioned the legality of his circumstances. Angrily, he decided to talk to the director of the welfare office. Lisa said: “First of all, international law in accordance with the United Nations Declaration of Human Rights, Article 26. 1. States that every individual has the right to education. In the case of higher education, everyone will have equal access based on merit (http://www.un.org/en/documents/udhr/index.shtml). As such I have the right to receive my university education. My acceptance into school and my grades show that I have merit. So, not only does the government have an obligation to promote my positive education freedoms, but it cannot even take such economically violent actions without violating this aspect of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights to which Canada is a party. The very fact that I am on welfare demonstrates my financial need, the fact that I received an additional student loan not only demonstrates that welfare is not enough, but that I had no intention of defrauding the government by reporting my welfare as income . Cutting myself off from social security would force me to drop out of university for financial reasons. It is obvious that without a student loan I could not afford to go to school nor could I get my credit to pay for school. Not only is the fact that I am on welfare proof that I have not developed the skills needed to work in this economy, but Article 23.1 states that I have the right to work. Essentially engaging in such policies that are not readily available to the public nor has it been properly explained that you are taking...... half of the document ......tion to the policy. The welfare officer offered her two choices. She was given the option to continue receiving social assistance for this academic year only. However, he would have to start repaying all Social Security at the end of the year and accept a penalty for overpayment (http://www.lss.bc.ca/assets/pubs/yourWelfare Rights.pdf pp 103). If she had not agreed to sign a repayment agreement of this nature, she would have been immediately taken off social assistance (Ibid pp 102). Lisa was told that if she chose the first option she would also have to agree to submit her monthly bank statements and any statements regarding lines of credit and credit cards. His welfare officer held a follow-up meeting where they carefully reviewed the rules, and I made sure everything was understood. During the meeting Lisa was reportedly told that she would have to choose one of two options.