ISAC’s Senior Policy Analyst Devorah Kobluk was interviewed on NOW with Dave Brown, an Accessible Media Inc. (AMI) podcast, about the Ontario government’s promise to increase ODSP rates by 5% and the Open Letter released…
ODSP rates increase On Tuesday, August, 9, 2022, and following the Speech from the Throne, the provincial government re-introduced the same pre-election Budget from April 28, 2022. It has a few additions. One is an…
Every year in the fall, ISAC reviews the new provincial social assistance rates and releases an updated “OW & ODSP Rates and the Ontario Child Benefit” rates sheet. Though the look of the rates sheets…
On Monday, July 25, ISAC and over 230 social service providers and community organizations called on Premier Ford to double social assistance rates ahead of the August 2022 Budget. Scroll down to read the full…
Guest post by Trevor Manson and Devorah Kobluk Broad popular support but no political movement Nearly nine-in-10 (89%) of Canadians are in favour of a Canadian Disability Benefit (CDB). An overwhelming majority also agree that…
ISAC’s Senior Policy Analyst Devorah Kobluk was interviewed for a CTV News story on the topic of medically assisted dying (MAiD). Read the full story on CTV News’ website here: https://www.ctvnews.ca/health/woman-with-disabilities-nears-medically-assisted-death-after-futile-bid-for-affordable-housing-1.5882202
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…
Non-partisan, candid, and thought-provoking, the Daily Bread Food Bank’s The 2030 Project tackles some of the biggest and most social pressing issues facing Canada today, from universal basic income, to digital access, disability rights, the future…
– la version française suit dessous – Ontario Works (OW) and Ontario Disability Support Program (ODSP) rates have not increased this year. However, the Ontario Child Benefit (OCB), for people who have children, has been…
ISAC calls for the government to defer all overpayment collection for social assistance recipients. Social assistance recipients are under unprecedented pressure because of the ongoing pandemic and emergency measures. They have plunged deeper into debt,…
– la version française suit dessous – Ontario Works (OW) and Ontario Disability Support Program (ODSP) rates have not increased this year. However, the Ontario Child Benefit (OCB), for people who have children, has been…
Download this letter in PDF format. Téléchargez cette lettre au format PDF. – Français ci-dessous – Income Security in the Time of COVID-19 Dear Minister Smith, We are an umbrella group of low-income Ontarians, health…