SCOTT'S ODSP STORY AND DOCUMENTATION
My name is Sameena Fernandes (Scott's Roommate):
I was a Co-Executive director for one of Scott's not-for-profits Scott founded, called Addiction Free Youth. I was also a board member for All Addictions Anonymous, a federally incorporated not-for-profit that Scott founded in 2003 which is still in existance.
Based on the information I reviewed on this page and knowing Scott for 12 years now, here's what I want to say ...
When I first met Scott in 2010, I met him in a course we were taking in Mental Health at George Brown, I had the opportunity to observe his school programs endorced by Doctor Gabor Mete as well as Dr. Stanton Peele in the Addiction Provention programs. And over this time I have known Scott, I have definitely observed the impact of his mental illness has had on him, both physically and psychologically.
For example, the ADHD, bipolar, depression, Seasonal Effective Disorder, and I have also witnessed and been a recipient myself of his contribution to society. Scott has also made a difference for me in various ways, which you can read more about here www.my1111agreement.com/
In the first year I met Scott, 2010, he was at the peak of his school programs, to date having done 200 schools all over Cananda and the US helping at risk kids.
Over the time I have known Scott, and even today despite his mental illnesses, he is a great contribution to society.
And when Scott was unable to carry on with his mission because of financial and economic hardship in 2012, he became suicidal and very depressed, and I have personally been a witness to this.
Over the past 12 years that I have known Scott, I have witnessed him have severe mood swings. This is even the case now, I see him having his extreme highs and extreme lows. I have seen his moods be extemely high, like manic, and I have also witnessed his energy drop very suddenly, this is a recurring pattern that I have seen many times.
I can confirm that from my understanding of bipolar having been a social worker and counsellor in the past as well as researching on the internet, I have witnessed Scott's ADHD and bipolar symptoms being present at least 90% of the time.
I have seen Scott numerous times, not being able to follow through on a tast he first started (as you will see in the evidence below both in the documentation and the videos below the documentation on this page). These video below on this page are videos that occurred over the last ten years in real time. Scott was just recording things as they were happening.
I can also confirm that I have personally witnessed Scott frequently become irritable, hypersensitive, low attention span and extremely overwhelmed. I would frquently see Scott get frustrated and overwhelmed with what would seem like the simplest task to an average person who does not have the mental disorders that Scott does. I have watched him cry just at the very thought of looking at a mess of wires that he was trying to organize.
I would often witness Scott start a task or a project and he would come up with great ideas, and then I would witness him never follow through on so many of them, he would get it started and would never get it completed. He has a very difficult time completing tasks, particularly without any assistance from someone to keep him on track and focussed, and remind him of the task he started .
Scott also gets distracted very easily and by the time he's distracted, he's not present to all the commitments he made and he forgets all his priorities. It's like he loses his focus entirely on a daily basis.
Scott went bankrupt twice, both in 2003 and in 2018. The fact that Scott could not afford his meds on a consistent basis, it had a negitive impact on his ability to function and stay focussed. If you take a look at the bankruptcy papers that are also enclosed below on this page, you will also notice that the cause of the bankruptcy in both cases was related to drug addiction and mental health issues.
Scott went into treatment in 1999 for addiction to cocaine, alcohol, crack, and other illegal non-prescribed drugs, including hallucinogenics.
After getting out of treatment, Scott went into prisons, detox centres, etc to help addicts, and he still helps addicts to this day. And he founded Addictions Anonymous in 2002 which later became incorporated to what it is called today which is All Addictions Anonymous.
Scott was formally diagnosed with ADHD coincided with Bipolar 11 in 2004. He was getting therapy prior to this diagnosis and he only went to see the psychiatrist after the therapy did not work.
Scott tells me that he seeked the opinions of three different doctors to confirm the diagnosis because he didn't want to believe it. And ALL three doctors signed off on ADHD and Bipolar 11 diagnosis.
Scott had also told me that along his journey, he had to take lithium for bipolar. And then he made the decision to get off of lithium because of what he learned about this medication causing damages to the kidney.
Dr. Hammer and Dr. Ozarsky officially diagnosed Scott with Bipolar 11 in 2004. And Dr. Jain officially diagnosed Scott with ADHD also in 2004 (proof of documentation is below).
In addition to having his family doctor at the time, Dr. Bagaria, Scott had a secondary doctor, Dr. J.S. Brooks. Dr. Brooks was a doctor who specialized in helping addicts. Scott was referred to Dr. Brooks by another addict.
Dr. Brooks was treating Scott for his bipolar disorder at the time and he was giving him his meds for the bipolar, concerta, depression, and all other related medications. Dr. Brooks was the one who knew all about these medications and prescribed them for Scott, he wasn't just a regular family doctor.
And then when Dr. Brooks suddenly died, Scott had an episode occur, and he was still living at 40 Wickstead Way in Thornhill at the time. And somehow, his previous girlfriend whom he was living with at the time, Cindy Harris and Scott's friends did an intervention on him and they were able to get Scott into CAMH. Scott's friend, Nafisha Somani who has known Scott for over 20 years, and knows of his situation, I am sure she will be able to clarify the details.
And when this crisis thing happened, he met Dr. Jain the number one kid specialists expert in the world at CAMH for treating ADHD, ADD in children
He was only able to see him because he got in on a study. Dr. Jain was conducting a study of which I was a recipient of. The study had to do with no pharmaceutical drugs at all, that was what Dr. Jan taught for people, and it worked for a number of people and didn't work for a number of others. In terms of it being a solution to ADHD that did involve taking medication, Scott told him he didn't want to be on meds, but he convinced Scott to take them, and so he tried the meds and finally found his balance with the meds with 6 pills a day.
So at this point, Scott only has the support of Dr. Jain, the psychiatrist at CAMH and his first family doctor, Dr. Bagaria who he has known for about thirty years because he was his doctor at Jane And Finch where Scott grew up,
And then, Dr. Jain winds down his practice, so he no longer is treating adults, he shifts his practice where he is only treating kids with ADHD and ADD. So Dr. Jain dismisses Scott into the competent care of his family doctor, Dr. Bagaria.
Dr. Bagaria then dies and Scott is left with no support system. He was left fragile and very vulnerable.
Scott did go through bouts of depression right after Dr. Jain had to terminate him as a patient in May 18th, 2012 because he found a new job where he was only allowed to work with children with ADHD. So he had to put all of his patients back into the care of their family doctor. And upon discharging Scott as a patient back into the care of his family doctor, Dr. Jain wrote a note that he believed Scott was doing well and that may or may not have been the case.
But what Scott can recall and what he has told me is that after he wasn't having those meetings with Dr. Jain anymore, he had stopped his exercise habbit, which was running and this happened after he has lost his support system.
Scott also went through various levels of depression after he stopped seeing Dr. Jain, and this was all while he was building All Addictions Anonymous, which was very successful worldwide helping 1000s of addicts and addicts helping addicts all over the world.
Scott would use his letter from Dr. Jain to get his ADHD medication.
What Scott can say, and I can personally vouch for because I have seen it for myself, is that the ADHD medication has helped, but despit that, I have still witnessed Scott go through all the negitive impacts of his mental condition as mentioned above. And I can't imagine how he would function if he didn't have his meds.
And with everything that happened during COVID affecting his ability to generate an inclome which was dependent on a studio. And the studio shut down as a result of social distancing laws as a result of the pandamic, and all the financial hardship that has come with it, I have seen Scott paralyzed up to the point where it had a negitive impact on his ability to earn an income for the last two years because of his mental health condition and the issues related to the economic insecurities which in addition caused enormous stress on his mental health.
I was a Co-Executive director for one of Scott's not-for-profits Scott founded, called Addiction Free Youth. I was also a board member for All Addictions Anonymous, a federally incorporated not-for-profit that Scott founded in 2003 which is still in existance.
Based on the information I reviewed on this page and knowing Scott for 12 years now, here's what I want to say ...
When I first met Scott in 2010, I met him in a course we were taking in Mental Health at George Brown, I had the opportunity to observe his school programs endorced by Doctor Gabor Mete as well as Dr. Stanton Peele in the Addiction Provention programs. And over this time I have known Scott, I have definitely observed the impact of his mental illness has had on him, both physically and psychologically.
For example, the ADHD, bipolar, depression, Seasonal Effective Disorder, and I have also witnessed and been a recipient myself of his contribution to society. Scott has also made a difference for me in various ways, which you can read more about here www.my1111agreement.com/
In the first year I met Scott, 2010, he was at the peak of his school programs, to date having done 200 schools all over Cananda and the US helping at risk kids.
Over the time I have known Scott, and even today despite his mental illnesses, he is a great contribution to society.
And when Scott was unable to carry on with his mission because of financial and economic hardship in 2012, he became suicidal and very depressed, and I have personally been a witness to this.
Over the past 12 years that I have known Scott, I have witnessed him have severe mood swings. This is even the case now, I see him having his extreme highs and extreme lows. I have seen his moods be extemely high, like manic, and I have also witnessed his energy drop very suddenly, this is a recurring pattern that I have seen many times.
I can confirm that from my understanding of bipolar having been a social worker and counsellor in the past as well as researching on the internet, I have witnessed Scott's ADHD and bipolar symptoms being present at least 90% of the time.
I have seen Scott numerous times, not being able to follow through on a tast he first started (as you will see in the evidence below both in the documentation and the videos below the documentation on this page). These video below on this page are videos that occurred over the last ten years in real time. Scott was just recording things as they were happening.
I can also confirm that I have personally witnessed Scott frequently become irritable, hypersensitive, low attention span and extremely overwhelmed. I would frquently see Scott get frustrated and overwhelmed with what would seem like the simplest task to an average person who does not have the mental disorders that Scott does. I have watched him cry just at the very thought of looking at a mess of wires that he was trying to organize.
I would often witness Scott start a task or a project and he would come up with great ideas, and then I would witness him never follow through on so many of them, he would get it started and would never get it completed. He has a very difficult time completing tasks, particularly without any assistance from someone to keep him on track and focussed, and remind him of the task he started .
Scott also gets distracted very easily and by the time he's distracted, he's not present to all the commitments he made and he forgets all his priorities. It's like he loses his focus entirely on a daily basis.
Scott went bankrupt twice, both in 2003 and in 2018. The fact that Scott could not afford his meds on a consistent basis, it had a negitive impact on his ability to function and stay focussed. If you take a look at the bankruptcy papers that are also enclosed below on this page, you will also notice that the cause of the bankruptcy in both cases was related to drug addiction and mental health issues.
Scott went into treatment in 1999 for addiction to cocaine, alcohol, crack, and other illegal non-prescribed drugs, including hallucinogenics.
After getting out of treatment, Scott went into prisons, detox centres, etc to help addicts, and he still helps addicts to this day. And he founded Addictions Anonymous in 2002 which later became incorporated to what it is called today which is All Addictions Anonymous.
Scott was formally diagnosed with ADHD coincided with Bipolar 11 in 2004. He was getting therapy prior to this diagnosis and he only went to see the psychiatrist after the therapy did not work.
Scott tells me that he seeked the opinions of three different doctors to confirm the diagnosis because he didn't want to believe it. And ALL three doctors signed off on ADHD and Bipolar 11 diagnosis.
Scott had also told me that along his journey, he had to take lithium for bipolar. And then he made the decision to get off of lithium because of what he learned about this medication causing damages to the kidney.
Dr. Hammer and Dr. Ozarsky officially diagnosed Scott with Bipolar 11 in 2004. And Dr. Jain officially diagnosed Scott with ADHD also in 2004 (proof of documentation is below).
In addition to having his family doctor at the time, Dr. Bagaria, Scott had a secondary doctor, Dr. J.S. Brooks. Dr. Brooks was a doctor who specialized in helping addicts. Scott was referred to Dr. Brooks by another addict.
Dr. Brooks was treating Scott for his bipolar disorder at the time and he was giving him his meds for the bipolar, concerta, depression, and all other related medications. Dr. Brooks was the one who knew all about these medications and prescribed them for Scott, he wasn't just a regular family doctor.
And then when Dr. Brooks suddenly died, Scott had an episode occur, and he was still living at 40 Wickstead Way in Thornhill at the time. And somehow, his previous girlfriend whom he was living with at the time, Cindy Harris and Scott's friends did an intervention on him and they were able to get Scott into CAMH. Scott's friend, Nafisha Somani who has known Scott for over 20 years, and knows of his situation, I am sure she will be able to clarify the details.
And when this crisis thing happened, he met Dr. Jain the number one kid specialists expert in the world at CAMH for treating ADHD, ADD in children
He was only able to see him because he got in on a study. Dr. Jain was conducting a study of which I was a recipient of. The study had to do with no pharmaceutical drugs at all, that was what Dr. Jan taught for people, and it worked for a number of people and didn't work for a number of others. In terms of it being a solution to ADHD that did involve taking medication, Scott told him he didn't want to be on meds, but he convinced Scott to take them, and so he tried the meds and finally found his balance with the meds with 6 pills a day.
So at this point, Scott only has the support of Dr. Jain, the psychiatrist at CAMH and his first family doctor, Dr. Bagaria who he has known for about thirty years because he was his doctor at Jane And Finch where Scott grew up,
And then, Dr. Jain winds down his practice, so he no longer is treating adults, he shifts his practice where he is only treating kids with ADHD and ADD. So Dr. Jain dismisses Scott into the competent care of his family doctor, Dr. Bagaria.
Dr. Bagaria then dies and Scott is left with no support system. He was left fragile and very vulnerable.
Scott did go through bouts of depression right after Dr. Jain had to terminate him as a patient in May 18th, 2012 because he found a new job where he was only allowed to work with children with ADHD. So he had to put all of his patients back into the care of their family doctor. And upon discharging Scott as a patient back into the care of his family doctor, Dr. Jain wrote a note that he believed Scott was doing well and that may or may not have been the case.
But what Scott can recall and what he has told me is that after he wasn't having those meetings with Dr. Jain anymore, he had stopped his exercise habbit, which was running and this happened after he has lost his support system.
Scott also went through various levels of depression after he stopped seeing Dr. Jain, and this was all while he was building All Addictions Anonymous, which was very successful worldwide helping 1000s of addicts and addicts helping addicts all over the world.
Scott would use his letter from Dr. Jain to get his ADHD medication.
What Scott can say, and I can personally vouch for because I have seen it for myself, is that the ADHD medication has helped, but despit that, I have still witnessed Scott go through all the negitive impacts of his mental condition as mentioned above. And I can't imagine how he would function if he didn't have his meds.
And with everything that happened during COVID affecting his ability to generate an inclome which was dependent on a studio. And the studio shut down as a result of social distancing laws as a result of the pandamic, and all the financial hardship that has come with it, I have seen Scott paralyzed up to the point where it had a negitive impact on his ability to earn an income for the last two years because of his mental health condition and the issues related to the economic insecurities which in addition caused enormous stress on his mental health.
A NOTE FROM DR. STANTON PEELE
AND DR. GABOR MATE
AND DR. GABOR MATE
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"Scott Gallagher's Programs rises above simply telling kids to ‘stop’ whatever bad habits they have. Instead, Scott gives his students the confidence, ability, and structure they need to deal with the challenges they face. Ultimately, Scott is a catalyst in enabling kids to help themselves, as well as giving adults around them the tools they need to support kids to change." "Scott Gallagher's Programs rises above simply telling kids to ‘stop’ whatever bad habits they have. Instead, Scott gives his students the confidence, ability, and structure they need to deal with the challenges they face. Ultimately, Scott is a catalyst in enabling kids to help themselves, as well as giving adults around them the tools they need to support kids to change." "Scott Gallagher's Programs rises above simply telling kids to ‘stop’ whatever bad habits they have. Instead, Scott gives his students the confidence, ability, and structure they need to deal with the challenges they face. Ultimately, Scott is a catalyst in enabling kids to help themselves, as well as giving adults around them the tools they need to support kids to change." 
Dr. Stanton Peele |
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ADHD SYMPTOMS AT 12 YEARS OLD
DECEMBER 21, 1977
SCOTT'S MARRIAGE ENDED ONLY AFTER ONE YEAR DUE TO ADDICTION AND MENTAL HEALTH RELAPSE
SEPTEMBER 10, 1995
CRIMINAL RECORD CAUSED BY DRUNK DRIVING
JANUARY 6, 1998
SCOTT FOUNDED ADDICTIONS ANONYMOUS IN 2002
OCTOBER 28, 2002
SCOTT'S FIRST BANKRUPTCY CAUSED BY UNTREATED MENTAL HEALTH DISABILITY/ADDICTION
FEBRUARY 11, 2003
REFERRAL LETTER
DR. BROOKS FROM TORONTO GENERAL HOSPITAL
DR. BROOKS FROM TORONTO GENERAL HOSPITAL
JULY 13, 2004
ADDICTIONS ANONYMOUS
NAME CHANGE
NAME CHANGE
JULY 16, 2004
ADDICTIONS ANONYMOUS
SUPPLEMENTARY LATTERS PATENT
SUPPLEMENTARY LATTERS PATENT
JULY 26, 2004
ADDICTIONS ANONYMOUS PAPERS
AUGUST 6, 2004
ADDICTIONS ANONYMOUS
JANUARY 18, 2005
SPEAKER AT PROFESSIONALS ASSOCIATION FOR ADDICTION
OCTOBER 19, 2006
SHARING STAGE WITH DR. STANTON PEELE
APRIL 29, 2008
POWER OF CHOICE TRADEMARK
MARCH 17, 2010
POWER OF CHOICE WELLNESS INC. CERTIFICATE
FEBRUARY 7, 2011
AGREEMENT BETWEEN POWER OF CHOICE INC AND ADDICTION FREE YOUTH
ADDICTION FREE YOUTH FACT SHEET
2012
CAMH LETTER OF DIAGNOSIS
MAY 18, 2012
LEASE AGREEMENT
ADDICTION FREE YOUTH/CHOICE EMPOWERED YOUTH
ADDICTION FREE YOUTH/CHOICE EMPOWERED YOUTH
JANUARY 1, 2014
ALL ADDICTIONS ANONYMOUS CORPORATION INFORMATION SHEET
SEPTEMBER 14, 2015
SCOTT IS THE FOUNDER OF HOPE AND HAPPINESS SERVICES
OCTOBER 6, 2015
PATIENT AUDIT HISTORY
OCTOBER 23, 2015
HOPE AND HAPPINESS BOARD MEETING
APRIL 2, 2018
NINETY DAY AGREEMENT NATALIE URODA AND SAMEENA FERNANDES
SEPTEMBER 12, 2018
SCOTT'S SECOND BANKRUPTCY CAUSED BY MENTAL HEALTH DISABILITY
FEBRUARY 16, 2019
THE VIDEO CLIPS BELOW IS DOCUMENTATION OF SCOTT'S JOURNEY FROM 10 YEARS AGO AND ONWARDS.
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On Tue, Mar 22, 2022 at 10:54 AM SA Intake (MCCSS) <SA-Intake@ontario.ca> wrote:
Hello Scott,
I tried calling and message states you are unavailable, please contact me.
My name is Amanda. I am a Case Worker from the Intake and Benefits Administration Unit’.
I received your application for Ontario Works and will need to confirm details prior to determining eligibility.
If you may please contact me at my direct line 289-321-2502
If you could also please send me two pieces of government issued ID. This can be a drivers license, passport, health card, SIN card or age of majority card.
I also need your banking information which includes your:
1. Bank name and type of account
2. Account Number
3. Transit Number
4. Institution Number
5. Balance in account
I need this for any open bank accounts you have at the moment.
If you could please reply to this email with the information requested.
If you have any questions please don’t hesitate to reach out.
Thank you,
Amanda D
Caseworker
Intake and Benefits Administration Unit (IBAU)
Social Assistance Central Services Branch
Ministry of Children, Community and Social Services
Contact Centre: 1-888-999-1142
General Fax Line: 1-833-722-1643
General E-mail: SA-Intake@ontario.ca
Hello Scott,
I tried calling and message states you are unavailable, please contact me.
My name is Amanda. I am a Case Worker from the Intake and Benefits Administration Unit’.
I received your application for Ontario Works and will need to confirm details prior to determining eligibility.
If you may please contact me at my direct line 289-321-2502
If you could also please send me two pieces of government issued ID. This can be a drivers license, passport, health card, SIN card or age of majority card.
I also need your banking information which includes your:
1. Bank name and type of account
2. Account Number
3. Transit Number
4. Institution Number
5. Balance in account
I need this for any open bank accounts you have at the moment.
If you could please reply to this email with the information requested.
If you have any questions please don’t hesitate to reach out.
Thank you,
Amanda D
Caseworker
Intake and Benefits Administration Unit (IBAU)
Social Assistance Central Services Branch
Ministry of Children, Community and Social Services
Contact Centre: 1-888-999-1142
General Fax Line: 1-833-722-1643
General E-mail: SA-Intake@ontario.ca
From: Scott Gallagher <turnarounddottv@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, Mar 22, 2022 at 2:54 PM
Subject: Re: application information needed
To: Sameena <sameena@my1111agreement.com>, Wellmedica Brampton - Do Not Reply <wellmedicareception@gmail.com>
Cc: SA Intake (MCCSS) <SA-Intake@ontario.ca>, Customer <scott@turnaround.tv>
Hello as well Amanda,
Thank you so much for treating my situation and that of Ms Sameena Fernandes will such urgency.
I have replied to Sameena’s email to you and I have also cc’d Dr. Goldberg at wellmedicareception@gmail.com should you wish to confirm anything with him.
Just letting you know that, ive been self-employed for about 30 years now and I never expected I would be asking for this kind of help.
Back in 2004 I was diagnosed with Adhd, depression and bipolar 2. I went bankrupt in 2019 and then my financial/business situation worsened even more when lockdowns started happening March of 2020.
As Sameena Fernandes’ roommate, I gave her my legally required 60 days notice to terminate my room mate arrangement with her due to landlord harrassment as per this video https://youtu.be/DujP_SZEJxc I sent to Sameena.
I also have a business/wellbeing hybrid agreement that I created for Sameena when she first confessed to me on April 4th 2017 that she wanted to end her life. You can see what Sameena wrote about that agreement on this page https://passionprojects.kartra.com/page/lWC488
Sameena responded to my video message to her of me giving my notice, by sending me this video https://youtu.be/7hX6jg4gysk a couple days later, where she made an offer for me to live rent free in exchange for me supporting her well-being during covid and represent her at the various LTB hearings against her landlord who was harassing her, and which a final T2 hearing date for me to represent Sameena has still not been set.
You can verify by going to https://tribunalsontario.ca/ltb/check-file-status/ and then typing in the case number is CET-02821-21 and postal code L6T 4N4.
Anyways, when the lockdowns happened, both my primary doctor and Sameena’s primary doctor refused to see their patients in person so (to save on travel expenses and because sameena does not drive) we both saw a different doctor ie Dr Norman Goldberg a number of times together in back to back appointments primarily to support Sameena with her anxiety/paranoia condition I witnessed ongoingly.
This past Thursday, March 17th, we had another doctors appointment which was supposed to be for the purpose of Dr Goldberg doing the Trillium paperwork for me because my adhd disability has me overwhelmed in doing such paperwork - and because I can no longer afford my essential medications which also includes medications for gout and urinary problems.
Sameena’s appointment was originally supposed to be about Dr Goldberg helping Sameena submit paperwork for her disability.
Dr Goldberg told us during this appointment that both Sameena and myself qualified for some sort of a disability tax credit but when I told Dr. Goldberg during our appointment that I had to cancel my car insurance so that I could use my car insurance money to buy groceries, AND given our history from numerous appointments during covid, Dr. Goldberg knew how our financial situation had progressively gotten worse and worse over the past many months.
He therefore advised myself and Sameena that we both qualified individually for Social Assistance (since we are not in a domestic partnership arrangement) and that he would fill in the paperwork and submit both of our applications himself online for us during our most recent March 17th appointment with him which he obviously did.
Both mine and Sameena's appointments together ended up being more than 2 hours long because during that appointment, Dr. Goldberg read the application questions to us and typed in our verbal answers as he explained each of the questions to make sure we were not confused, and then he helped us read everything over before signing off on our answers and submitting.
I want to conclude by saying that I feel very embarrassed asking to be supported by the government in this way and that, should I qualify, my intention would be to NOT take advantage of this kind of assistance for more than 90 days.
Both Sameena and myself have found ourselves in a situation where we find ourselves financially "dependent" upon each other out of necessity so to speak - because we have no savings so if we were to get evicted, neither of us could afford first and last months rent separately so we need to stay together as room mates for our mutual survival and wellbeing.
As for the banking information questions you have asked for Amanda, I will send you another email tomorrow before 5PM with those details you have asked for related to me personally.
Sincerely,
Scott Gallagher
Date: Tue, Mar 22, 2022 at 2:54 PM
Subject: Re: application information needed
To: Sameena <sameena@my1111agreement.com>, Wellmedica Brampton - Do Not Reply <wellmedicareception@gmail.com>
Cc: SA Intake (MCCSS) <SA-Intake@ontario.ca>, Customer <scott@turnaround.tv>
Hello as well Amanda,
Thank you so much for treating my situation and that of Ms Sameena Fernandes will such urgency.
I have replied to Sameena’s email to you and I have also cc’d Dr. Goldberg at wellmedicareception@gmail.com should you wish to confirm anything with him.
Just letting you know that, ive been self-employed for about 30 years now and I never expected I would be asking for this kind of help.
Back in 2004 I was diagnosed with Adhd, depression and bipolar 2. I went bankrupt in 2019 and then my financial/business situation worsened even more when lockdowns started happening March of 2020.
As Sameena Fernandes’ roommate, I gave her my legally required 60 days notice to terminate my room mate arrangement with her due to landlord harrassment as per this video https://youtu.be/DujP_SZEJxc I sent to Sameena.
I also have a business/wellbeing hybrid agreement that I created for Sameena when she first confessed to me on April 4th 2017 that she wanted to end her life. You can see what Sameena wrote about that agreement on this page https://passionprojects.kartra.com/page/lWC488
Sameena responded to my video message to her of me giving my notice, by sending me this video https://youtu.be/7hX6jg4gysk a couple days later, where she made an offer for me to live rent free in exchange for me supporting her well-being during covid and represent her at the various LTB hearings against her landlord who was harassing her, and which a final T2 hearing date for me to represent Sameena has still not been set.
You can verify by going to https://tribunalsontario.ca/ltb/check-file-status/ and then typing in the case number is CET-02821-21 and postal code L6T 4N4.
Anyways, when the lockdowns happened, both my primary doctor and Sameena’s primary doctor refused to see their patients in person so (to save on travel expenses and because sameena does not drive) we both saw a different doctor ie Dr Norman Goldberg a number of times together in back to back appointments primarily to support Sameena with her anxiety/paranoia condition I witnessed ongoingly.
This past Thursday, March 17th, we had another doctors appointment which was supposed to be for the purpose of Dr Goldberg doing the Trillium paperwork for me because my adhd disability has me overwhelmed in doing such paperwork - and because I can no longer afford my essential medications which also includes medications for gout and urinary problems.
Sameena’s appointment was originally supposed to be about Dr Goldberg helping Sameena submit paperwork for her disability.
Dr Goldberg told us during this appointment that both Sameena and myself qualified for some sort of a disability tax credit but when I told Dr. Goldberg during our appointment that I had to cancel my car insurance so that I could use my car insurance money to buy groceries, AND given our history from numerous appointments during covid, Dr. Goldberg knew how our financial situation had progressively gotten worse and worse over the past many months.
He therefore advised myself and Sameena that we both qualified individually for Social Assistance (since we are not in a domestic partnership arrangement) and that he would fill in the paperwork and submit both of our applications himself online for us during our most recent March 17th appointment with him which he obviously did.
Both mine and Sameena's appointments together ended up being more than 2 hours long because during that appointment, Dr. Goldberg read the application questions to us and typed in our verbal answers as he explained each of the questions to make sure we were not confused, and then he helped us read everything over before signing off on our answers and submitting.
I want to conclude by saying that I feel very embarrassed asking to be supported by the government in this way and that, should I qualify, my intention would be to NOT take advantage of this kind of assistance for more than 90 days.
Both Sameena and myself have found ourselves in a situation where we find ourselves financially "dependent" upon each other out of necessity so to speak - because we have no savings so if we were to get evicted, neither of us could afford first and last months rent separately so we need to stay together as room mates for our mutual survival and wellbeing.
As for the banking information questions you have asked for Amanda, I will send you another email tomorrow before 5PM with those details you have asked for related to me personally.
Sincerely,
Scott Gallagher
Scott Gallagher <turnarounddottv@gmail.com>Mar 23, 2022, 4:56 PM (16 hours ago)
to SA
Hello again Amanda,
I promised you yesterday via email that I would send you my banking information before 5pm today and am not able to do that. I am re-promising to get that to you before 5pm tomorrow instead.
Short explanation for this delay is that an unexpected financial crisis situation happened that took me 2 hours to deal with today. My car insurance payment that was not supposed to go through my bank account because I had put my car insurance on suspension last week actually went through my account last night and as a result I got dinged 45 dollars NSF with bank as well as another 50 dollars with the insurance company for NSF on their end ie even though the insurance company promised me that they would be putting no more than 33 dollars through on Monday through my account their system tried to put the full 186.83 cents through resulting in these NSF charges.
Anyways, it’s a long boring story but what I was able to do so far is create this password protected page for you
http://www.alladdictionsanonymous.com/scotts-private-information.html
and on this page right now, is a picture of my drivers license and health card - and the password for this protected page is my social insurance number which ends in 801
I will have everything you asked for on this page regarding bank account details before 5pm tomorrow and will most likely give you a call sometime after Sameena speaks with you tomorrow.
My apologies for not being my word.
Scott Gallagher
to SA
Hello again Amanda,
I promised you yesterday via email that I would send you my banking information before 5pm today and am not able to do that. I am re-promising to get that to you before 5pm tomorrow instead.
Short explanation for this delay is that an unexpected financial crisis situation happened that took me 2 hours to deal with today. My car insurance payment that was not supposed to go through my bank account because I had put my car insurance on suspension last week actually went through my account last night and as a result I got dinged 45 dollars NSF with bank as well as another 50 dollars with the insurance company for NSF on their end ie even though the insurance company promised me that they would be putting no more than 33 dollars through on Monday through my account their system tried to put the full 186.83 cents through resulting in these NSF charges.
Anyways, it’s a long boring story but what I was able to do so far is create this password protected page for you
http://www.alladdictionsanonymous.com/scotts-private-information.html
and on this page right now, is a picture of my drivers license and health card - and the password for this protected page is my social insurance number which ends in 801
I will have everything you asked for on this page regarding bank account details before 5pm tomorrow and will most likely give you a call sometime after Sameena speaks with you tomorrow.
My apologies for not being my word.
Scott Gallagher
Here’s a picture of the room I rent from Sameena at 10 Lisa Street Brampton, which as you can see, I also use to do my daily zoom appointments that I have with prospective customers AND in service of All Addictions Anonymous, Get Booked to Book Others, and honoring my 1111 agreement with Sameena Fernandes ie https://passionprojects.kartra.com/page/lWC488
Scott Gallagher <turnarounddottv@gmail.com>
12:36 PM to SA
Hello again Amanda,
To be responsible for safeguarding me against possible identity theft, I sent you this private password protected page http://www.alladdictionsanonymous.com/scotts-private-information.html letting you know the password is my social insurance number.
I’ve provided additional financial disclosure on this page this morning to give you a more whole and complete view of my financial picture as well.
The auto insurance agent I previously told you I had spoke to, after escalating the call and talking to his finance team about my situation, advised me that their system will attempt to take out the 186.83 cents again as early as next Monday - and that there is nothing the agent can do to stop their next attempt at getting this payment, so if I don’t have the 186.83 in the account when they try and take it again, then I will be getting another 50 dollar NSF charge from them, which means I would get another 45 dollar NSF charge from my bank as well.
I’ve also been told that within the next 2 weeks my car insurance company will be crediting my bank account approximately 91 dollars. Bottom line is that, in reality, my simplii bank account has 261.01 minus 186.83 plus 91 dollars which equals 165.18
My intention for pro-actively putting my car insurance on suspension was so that I could have more money to purchase my meds and groceries and I currently have a prescription waiting at the pharmacy for me which costs over 150 dollars to fill and which is money I don’t have right now - and I still have 4 more days left of this prescription before it runs out.
I should have 113 dollars in my tangerine bank account but when I went in the account this morning it says I only have 13.16 cents available and it says that is because they’ve put a hold on 100 dollars of my money because the monthly bell internet fee is coming out of my account at midnight tonight.
After looking everywhere for spare change, as of right now I have a total of 27 dollars in cash as well.
I own a 2007 toyota prius which needs servicing and is parked downstairs in the garage until I can afford to activate the insurance again and I estimate the value of the car to be worth no more than 3 thousand dollars. My doctor typed 3 thousand in the form for me based on me telling him that figure which is probably a bit high. Maybe im wrong but I don’t think so.
That’s everything I can think of that you might need from me financially, and to be responsible for my Adhd and Bipolar 2 conditions (medical letter proof of these conditions is also included on the password protected page link I sent you) I document just about everything on video and/or audio, so if you have additional questions for me that I cant answer right away, I can (because im in the video marketing & consulting business) look through my media file archives to remind me of what happened in my life during any particular time period you ask of me - to help bring back my documemented memories.
Once again, to be responsible for safeguarding me against identify theft, this page http://www.alladdictionsanonymous.com/scotts-private-information.html contains all the information you asked of me and once again the password to access this page is my social insurance number.
Sincerely,
Scott Gallagher
12:36 PM to SA
Hello again Amanda,
To be responsible for safeguarding me against possible identity theft, I sent you this private password protected page http://www.alladdictionsanonymous.com/scotts-private-information.html letting you know the password is my social insurance number.
I’ve provided additional financial disclosure on this page this morning to give you a more whole and complete view of my financial picture as well.
The auto insurance agent I previously told you I had spoke to, after escalating the call and talking to his finance team about my situation, advised me that their system will attempt to take out the 186.83 cents again as early as next Monday - and that there is nothing the agent can do to stop their next attempt at getting this payment, so if I don’t have the 186.83 in the account when they try and take it again, then I will be getting another 50 dollar NSF charge from them, which means I would get another 45 dollar NSF charge from my bank as well.
I’ve also been told that within the next 2 weeks my car insurance company will be crediting my bank account approximately 91 dollars. Bottom line is that, in reality, my simplii bank account has 261.01 minus 186.83 plus 91 dollars which equals 165.18
My intention for pro-actively putting my car insurance on suspension was so that I could have more money to purchase my meds and groceries and I currently have a prescription waiting at the pharmacy for me which costs over 150 dollars to fill and which is money I don’t have right now - and I still have 4 more days left of this prescription before it runs out.
I should have 113 dollars in my tangerine bank account but when I went in the account this morning it says I only have 13.16 cents available and it says that is because they’ve put a hold on 100 dollars of my money because the monthly bell internet fee is coming out of my account at midnight tonight.
After looking everywhere for spare change, as of right now I have a total of 27 dollars in cash as well.
I own a 2007 toyota prius which needs servicing and is parked downstairs in the garage until I can afford to activate the insurance again and I estimate the value of the car to be worth no more than 3 thousand dollars. My doctor typed 3 thousand in the form for me based on me telling him that figure which is probably a bit high. Maybe im wrong but I don’t think so.
That’s everything I can think of that you might need from me financially, and to be responsible for my Adhd and Bipolar 2 conditions (medical letter proof of these conditions is also included on the password protected page link I sent you) I document just about everything on video and/or audio, so if you have additional questions for me that I cant answer right away, I can (because im in the video marketing & consulting business) look through my media file archives to remind me of what happened in my life during any particular time period you ask of me - to help bring back my documemented memories.
Once again, to be responsible for safeguarding me against identify theft, this page http://www.alladdictionsanonymous.com/scotts-private-information.html contains all the information you asked of me and once again the password to access this page is my social insurance number.
Sincerely,
Scott Gallagher