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Policy Advocacy

2020 Fall Provincial Budget Consultation / Présentation des consultations sur le budget de l’automne 2020

December 2, 2020

Please note that due to the COVID-19 pandemic, submissions to the Minister of Finance were delayed until the Fall 2020 Budget consultations. Our submission to the Ontario’s Standing Committee on Finance and Economic Affairs in January 2020. Read ISAC’s Fall 2020 Budget Consultation Submission below: English / French

Filed Under: General, Policy Advocacy, Public Education

Open Letter addressing protections for injured workers during COVID-19

June 4, 2020

On June 3, 2020, ISAC sent a letter to Minister Monte McNaughton, who is Minister of Labour, Training and Skills Development. The letter expresses concerns about the inadequate level of protections for injured workers during the COVID-19 pandemic and the negative impacts this will have on the health of people in Ontario. To view this …

Filed Under: General, Policy Advocacy

Virtual Press Conference: Income Security During COVID 19

April 21, 2020

On April 8, 2020 Arash Ghiassi, lawyer at Income Security Advocacy Centre (ISAC), hosted a press conference on ISAC’s open letter addressing income insecurity and assistance during the COVD-19 pandemic in Ontario. The letter demanded that social assistance rates be raised and that federal benefits be exempt from clawbacks from social assistance recipients. It has …

Filed Under: General, Policy Advocacy

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

April 7, 2020

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 care providers, and other organizations. We call on you to ensure the most vulnerable members of our Province have meaningful …

Filed Under: General, Policy Advocacy Tagged With: Canada Emergency Response Benefit, Employment Insurance, enews, Ontario Disability Support Program, Ontario Works, Social Assistance Rates

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

March 30, 2020

** 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 to our mandate, we make the following recommendations: Connecting people to good jobs: Recommendation #1: Ensure sufficient funding, inter-ministerial collaboration …

Filed Under: Blog, General, Policy Advocacy, Public Education Tagged With: Employment Standards, enews, Minimum Wage, Social Assistance General

Employment Services Transformation / Transformation des services d’emploi

February 25, 2020

** 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 organizations providing these services will be paid according to how many social assistance recipients they connect to jobs. These changes …

Filed Under: General, Policy Advocacy Tagged With: enews, Human Rights, Ontario Disability Support Program, Social Assistance Reform

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

January 21, 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 consultation with our community partners on issues relevant to our mandate, we make the following recommendations for the 2020 budget: …

Filed Under: General, Policy Advocacy Tagged With: Access to Justice, Auditor General, Employment Standards, enews, Minimum Wage, Provincial Budgets, Social Assistance General, Social Assistance Rates

ISAC Joins Press Conference Calling on Ontario to Respect the Rights of People with Disabilities

December 11, 2019

On December 10, International Human Rights Day, ISAC participated in a press conference hosted by Defend Disability  at Queen’s Park, urging the Province to protect the right of people with disabilities to an adequate standard of living. Defend Disability, a coalition of people with lived experience of disability, legal clinics, health care providers, experts and …

Filed Under: Blog, Policy Advocacy Tagged With: Auditor General, enews, Ontario Disability Support Program, Social Assistance Reform

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

December 9, 2019

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) provides monthly income supports and health benefits to low-income persons with disabilities who have no other means to pay for …

Filed Under: General, Policy Advocacy Tagged With: Auditor General, enews, Ontario Disability Support Program, Press Release, 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

December 6, 2019

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 who have no other means to pay for their basic necessities such as food and shelter. The focus of the …

Filed Under: Blog, General, Policy Advocacy Tagged With: Auditor General, enews, Ontario Disability Support Program, Social Assistance General, Social Assistance Rates, Social Assistance Reform

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