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Ontario Disability Support Program (ODSP)

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In the Media: “Demand to increase disability support”, AMI’s Now with Dave Brown

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…

August 17, 2022
Campaigns, In the Media, Ontario Disability Support Program (ODSP), Ontario Works (OW), Provincial Budgets, Social Assistance Rates

Government re-introduced Budget 2022 fails to implement calls to raise both OW and ODSP rates significantly

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…

August 11, 2022
Ontario Disability Support Program (ODSP), Ontario Works (OW), Provincial Budgets, Social Assistance Rates, Workers' Rights

From the archive: ODSP & OW rates sheets from 2015 to 2021

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…

August 8, 2022
Ontario Child Benefit (OCB), Ontario Disability Support Program (ODSP), Ontario Works (OW), Social Assistance Rates
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Open Letter: Premier Ford, Double Social Assistance Rates Now!

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…

July 25, 2022
Campaigns, Ontario Disability Support Program (ODSP), Ontario Works (OW), Social Assistance Rates

The Political Hot Potato: Disability, Poverty, and Income Support

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…

May 30, 2022
Canada Disability Benefit (CDB), Ontario Disability Support Program (ODSP), Policy Advocacy, Provincial Elections
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In the Media: “Woman with disabilities nears medically assisted death after futile bid for affordable housing”, CTV News

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

April 30, 2022
Disability Justice, In the Media, Ontario Disability Support Program (ODSP)
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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

Trapped Behind the Welfare Wall on Disability Assistance: Podcast Episode

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…

September 30, 2021
Ontario Disability Support Program (ODSP), Policy Advocacy

OW and ODSP Rates and the OCB Fall 2021 / Les taux d’OT, du POSPH et de la POE l’ automne 2021

– 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…

September 17, 2021
Ontario Child Benefit (OCB), Ontario Disability Support Program (ODSP), Ontario Works (OW), Public Education, Social Assistance Rates

Defer overpayment collection for social assistance recipients now!

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,…

June 3, 2021
Ontario Disability Support Program (ODSP), Ontario Works (OW), Policy Advocacy

OW and ODSP Rates and the OCB Fall 2020 / Les taux d’OT, du POSPH et de la POE l’ automne 2020

– 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…

October 22, 2020
Ontario Child Benefit (OCB), Ontario Disability Support Program (ODSP), Ontario Works (OW), Public Education, Social Assistance Rates

Open Letter from 150 community organizations / Lettre ouverte de 150 organismes communautaires

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…

April 7, 2020
Canada Emergency Response Benefit (CERB), Employment Insurance (EI), Ontario Disability Support Program (ODSP), Ontario Works (OW), Policy Advocacy, Social Assistance Rates
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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.