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Employment Services Transformation / Transformation des services d’emploi

** Français ci-dessous ** What the coming changes mean for Ontario’s social assistance recipients The Ontario government is changing how employment services are provided in the province. The most concerning aspect of the proposed changes is that…

February 25, 2020
General, Human Rights, Ontario Disability Support Program (ODSP), Policy Advocacy, Social Assistance Reform

Have your say on Ontario’s 2020 Budget / donnez votre avis sur le budget de l’Ontario 2020

** Français ci-dessous ** Time for Justice: Have your say on Ontario’s 2020 Budget Ontario’s Standing Committee on Finance and Economic Affairs is conducting Pre-Budget Consultations. ISAC appeared at the Standing Committee’s hearings and provided a . Informed by ongoing…

January 21, 2020
Access to Justice, Employment Standards, General, Minimum Wage, Policy Advocacy, Provincial Budgets, Social Assistance, Social Assistance Rates

ISAC Press Release: Response to the Auditor General’s Report on ODSP

Income Security Advocacy Centre (ISAC) cautions against relying on the Auditor General’s fundamentally flawed report on ODSP The report misunderstands the purpose of ODSP and relies on erroneous assumptions The Ontario Disability Support Program (ODSP)…

December 9, 2019
General, Ontario Disability Support Program (ODSP), Policy Advocacy, Social Assistance Reform

ODSP expenditures have increased because the program is better meeting the needs of Ontarians with disabilities: ISAC responds to the Auditor General’s Report

On December 4, 2019, the Auditor General released an audit of the Ontario Disability Support Program (ODSP). ODSP is a critical program that provides monthly income supports and health benefits to low-income persons with disabilities…

December 6, 2019
General, Ontario Disability Support Program (ODSP), Policy Advocacy, Social Assistance, Social Assistance Rates, Social Assistance Reform

New data shows Ontario to deny basic needs to approximately 32,000 children

The Ontario government has introduced a law that will cancel the Transition Child Benefit on November 1, 2019. With Ontario’s changes, families living in poverty who are ineligible for child tax benefits will experience a…

September 13, 2019
Canada Child Benefit (CCB), General, Public Education, Social Assistance Reform, Transition Child Benefit (TCB)

Income Security Advocacy Centre (ISAC) budget cut by 25%: Provincial government’s cut to legal aid will hurt the most vulnerable

ISAC was advised this morning that our budget will be cut by 25% over the next two years. We have been directed to de-prioritize law reform and community development work. This cut is a direct…

June 12, 2019
Access to Justice, General, Provincial Budgets

May 1: No Worker Left Behind! / Travailleuses et travailleurs uni.e.s!

Tomorrow is International Workers Day – here’s an important call to action from our partners at the Migrant Rights Network. * Go to a May 1st action near you, take a picture of yourself with this placard and…

April 30, 2019
Community Organizing, Employment Standards, General, Good Jobs, Human Rights, Migrant Workers

MARCH 21: #UNITEAGAINSTRACISM | CROSS-CANADA DAY OF ACTION / Journée d’Action Transcanadienne: Unissons-Nous Contre Le Racisme!

Here’s an important call to action from our partners at the Migrant Rights Network. Migrants and refugees are being forced out from their homes in unprecedented numbers globally. Here in Canada, anti-immigrant protests and racially…

March 18, 2019
Community Organizing, Employment Standards, General, Good Jobs, Human Rights, Migrant Workers

End Employment Insurance discrimination against women / Mettre fin à la discrimination

* La version française suit * End Employment Insurance discrimination against women In the mid-1990s, Canada’s unemployment insurance system underwent a massive change. At that time, whether or not an unemployed worker qualified for payments…

February 8, 2019
Community Organizing, Employment Insurance (EI), General, Policy Advocacy, Public Education

ISAC Annual Report / Rapport annuel 2017-2018

– la version française suit dessous – The past year has seen many development in the income security and employment landscape, with many more to come in the near future. Check out our annual report…

January 18, 2019
General, ISAC News

Migrant Rights Network Launches on International Migrants Day / Lancement du Réseau Des Droits des Migrant(e)s à l’occasion de la Journée Internationale des Migrant(e)s

On December 8th and 9th, the Income Security Advocacy Centre joined nearly 60 representatives of 35 organizations in Huron-Wendat, Haudenosaunee, Anishinabe, Mississaugas of the New Credit territory (Toronto). Today, December 18th, 2018, International Migrants Day,…

December 18, 2018
Community Organizing, General, Migrant Workers

Bill 47 is a Step Back for Ontario’s Workers

On October 23, Ontario’s government tabled Bill 47, the Making Ontario Open for Business Act. The legislation, which will repeal portions of Bill 148 (the Fair Workplaces, Better Jobs Act), is a major setback for…

November 6, 2018
Employment Standards, General, Minimum Wage, Public Education
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This site contains general legal information for people in Ontario, Canada. It is not intended to be used as legal advice for a specific legal problem. ISAC is a not-for-profit, non-partisan organization. ISAC is funded by Legal Aid Ontario (LAO). The funding for this website is also provided by LAO. The views expressed in any of ISAC’s publications (including written, oral, or visual) are the views of the clinic and do not necessarily reflect those of LAO.