Date of letter:
Sometime in March of 2004

From:
Revenue Canada

Message:
We have an unclaimed check here in our agency
with an amount of $500 for your Child Tax Benefit.
It has been here since Oct. of 2003.
Please give us a call so we can update our files and mail you the check.

Sometime between that original date, and the present time,
that check has been mailed to us,
received,
mailed back to bank in Canada,
deposited,
and spent.

Date of letter:
June 18, 2004

Date letter received:
June 24, 2004

From:
Revenue Canada

Message:
We have determined that you were overpaid, with an amount of $300.
We may use all or part of any current or future entitlement to reduce this debt.
Please use the enclosed envelope for your payment.

Sometime between reading this letter, and writing this post.
I have this in mind,

This mistake was not seen between the months of Oct 2003 until June of 2004?
Probably done by someone who the government hired for the summer,
who can’t tell their 5’s from 2’s.

For crying out loud Canada, leave me the hell alone!
I am tired of getting stress from you!
You’ll get your money when I get it.