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To build public awareness and inform low-income Ontarians about the issues we’re working on, we create information sheets, backgrounders, and updates as required and circulate them electronically, primarily through our ISAC E-List (subscribe here).

Click on the links below for our latest public education material. Documents related to major topic areas are in the sidebar to the right. All our materials are on our Publications Archive page.

More comprehensive income security law materials can be found on the following websites:

  • Community Legal Education Ontario (CLEO) produces clear, accurate and practical legal information to help people understand and exercise their legal rights.
  • Your Legal Rights is a project of CLEO, and is a website of free, practical, and easy-to-find legal information produced by hundreds of organizations across Ontario.
  • New data shows Ontario to deny basic needs to approximately 32,000 children September 13, 2019 - The Ontario government has introduced a law that will cancel the Transition Child Benefit on November 1, 2019. With Ontario’s changes, families living in poverty who are ineligible for child tax benefits will experience a significant loss of up to $230 per month per child. A typical two-parent households with two children, for example, will ...
  • Changes coming to Employment Insurance Appeal Process August 20, 2019 - The Government of Canada has announced that it is making changes to the way that workers appeal Employment Insurance (EI) decisions. Starting in April 2021, workers will appeal to a new Employment Insurance Boards of Appeal that includes decision-makers that reflect the interests of workers. The announcement is a victory for the workers and advocates ...
  • Benefit for Children To Be Cut from OW/ODSP May 16, 2019 - We have recently learned that the Ontario government plans on eliminating a benefit that allows some parents on Ontario Works and the Ontario Disability Program to feed and clothe their children. The Transition Child Benefit provides up to $230 per child per month to parents on OW or ODSP who are not eligible for the ...
  • Take Action! Community Legal Clinic Services Under Threat May 1, 2019 - The provincial government’s recent budget made cuts to a number of public programs and services, which will hurt low-income people in Ontario. This includes cuts to social assistance, public health, library services, prescription coverage for children and youth, public education, and many others. It also includes a massive 30% cut to legal aid funding. And ...
  • Ontario Budget 2019 Announces $1 Billion in OW and ODSP Cuts April 11, 2019 - – Massive Cuts to Legal Aid Funding Also Announced – The 2019/2020 Ontario Budget was announced today, and creates even more uncertainty for people who receive benefits from the Ontario Works (OW) and Ontario Disability Support Program (ODSP) system. While the Budget is short on details about changes to social assistance, it confirms many of ...
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