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Minimum Wage

Ontario Budget 2023: Presentation to the Standing Committee on Finance and Economic Affairs

In a typical year, provincial budget season lasts from January to early Spring, and includes pre-budget and budget submission periods, meetings, and hearings. On February 13, 2023, ISAC’s Senior Policy Analyst, Devorah Kobluk, spoke at…

February 15, 2023
Access to Justice, Employment Standards, Human Rights, Minimum Wage, Ontario Disability Support Program (ODSP), Ontario Works (OW), Policy Advocacy, Provincial Budgets, Social Assistance Rates, Workers' Rights
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2022 Economic Outlook and Fiscal Review Analysis

On November 14, 2022, the Minister of Finance, Peter Bethlenfalvy, presented the Economic Outlook and Fiscal Review. While the proposed changes for people who rely on the Ontario Disability Support Program (ODSP) and can work…

November 28, 2022
Minimum Wage, Ontario Disability Support Program (ODSP), Ontario Works (OW), Provincial Budgets, Social Assistance, Social Assistance Rates, Workers' Rights

Changes to benefits aimed at rising cost of living (CLEO re-post)

NOTE: The following information was compiled and posted by Community Legal Education Ontario (CLEO) on November 4, 2022, and is being re-posted with permission. Sign up for CLEO’s mailing list here! Changes to benefits aimed…

November 10, 2022
Government Benefits - General, Minimum Wage, Ontario Disability Support Program (ODSP), Public Education, Special Diet Allowance, Workers' Rights
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In the Media: “What should happen to minimum wage?”, CBC’s Ontario Today

ISAC’s Workers’ Rights Organizer Dave Bush was a guest on CBC’s Ontario Today to discuss minimum wage in the context of the 2022 Provincial Election. You can listen to the segment by clicking here: https://www.cbc.ca/listen/live-radio/1-45/clip/15911390

May 9, 2022
In the Media, Minimum Wage, Workers' Rights
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In the Media: “Tax break promise for low-income workers”, CityNews

ISAC’s Workers’ Rights Organizer Dave Bush was interviewed on a CityNews segment about the LIFT tax credit in the 2022 Ontario budget as well as what is included and lacking for low wage workers and…

April 28, 2022
In the Media, Minimum Wage, Ontario Disability Support Program (ODSP), Workers' Rights

Ontario’s 2021 Economic Outlook and Fiscal Review: Inadequate for Low-Income Ontarians

2021 Ontario Economic Outlook and Fiscal Review: Inadequate for Low-Income Ontarians The 2021 Ontario Economic Outlook and Fiscal Review was released on Thursday, November 5. It does not include meaningful investments or immediate action on…

November 9, 2021
Minimum Wage, Policy Advocacy, Provincial Budgets, Public Education, Social Assistance Rates

Have your say on Ontario’s Poverty Reduction Strategy / donnez votre avis sur la Stratégie ontarienne de réduction de la pauvreté

** Français ci-dessous ** The provincial government is conducting consultations for a new poverty reduction strategy for Ontario. Have your say! ISAC has provided a . Informed by ongoing consultation with our community partners on issues relevant…

March 30, 2020
Employment Standards, General, Minimum Wage, Policy Advocacy, Public Education, Social Assistance

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

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

Gender Equality Week: What’s the state of women’s economic equality in the workplace?

September 23rd marked the beginning of the very first Gender Equality Week in Canada, aimed at celebrating the progress Canada has made in advancing gender equality while also reflecting on the work that remains to…

September 27, 2018
Employment Insurance (EI), Employment Standards, Minimum Wage

Ontario jobs numbers contradict fears about raising the minimum wage

This Labour Day weekend marks eight months since Bill 148, the Fair Workplaces, Better Jobs Act, came into effect. Bill 148 increased the minimum wage from $11.60 to $14.00 an hour, gave all workers access…

August 29, 2018
Employment Standards, Good Jobs, Minimum Wage, Public Education

URGENT ACTION ALERT: Federal review of labour standards

The federal government is doing a review of the labour standards that affect workers in federally-regulated sectors, like banking, telecommunications and inter-provincial and international transportation. We’ve just learned that they’re conducting a consultation with Canadians…

January 29, 2018
Employment Standards, Minimum Wage, Policy Advocacy
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