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In the Media: “Low-income seniors complain of poor communication, hidden deadlines in GIS repayment rollout”, The Hill Times

March 31, 2022

ISAC’s Senior Policy Analyst Devorah Kobluk was interviewed for an article in The Hill Times about pandemic benefits interactions with regular benefits, which resulted in a loss of GIS for thousands of seniors who then had to wait months before receiving repayments equaling the amount they did not receive.

Read the full article at The Hill Times‘ website here: https://www.hilltimes.com/2022/03/31/low-income-seniors-complain-of-poor-communication-hidden-deadlines-in-gis-repayment-rollout/353499 (Note: The article is behind a paywall.)

Canada Emergency Response Benefit (CERB), Guaranteed Income Supplement (GIS), In the Media

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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.