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Social Assistance Reform

Advocating for reforms to Ontario’s two social assistance programs, Ontario Works (OW) and the Ontario Disability Support Program (ODSP), is a core part of our work. We often partner with other groups, like the ODSP Action Coalition, on this work.

Information about our policy advocacy work on social assistance reform is below. Check our community organizing page for more information.

 

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  • 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 ...
  • 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 ...
  • 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 ...
  • 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 ...
  • Fact Sheet: Social Assistance Update November 20, 2019 - It has been almost a year since the Ontario government announced a number of proposed changes to our social assistance programs on Nov. 22, 2018. Many of these changes have been cancelled or postponed as a result of community resistance. This fact sheet explains where we are today. Proposed changes that have been cancelled The ...
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