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

October 22, 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 increased slightly with inflation. The increase to OCB came into effect in July 2020. As in past years, we have …

Filed Under: Public Education Tagged With: Ontario Child Benefit, Ontario Disability Support Program, Ontario Works, Social Assistance Rates

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

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

March 10, 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 increased slightly with inflation. The increase to OCB came into effect in July 2019. As in past years, we have …

Filed Under: Public Education Tagged With: enews, Social Assistance Rates

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

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

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 …

Filed Under: Public Education Tagged With: enews, Provincial Budgets, Social Assistance Rates, Social Assistance Reform, Tax Related Benefits

Ontario 2019 Pre-Budget Consultations: Have your say!

January 23, 2019

The provincial government has asked for input into the upcoming 2019 provincial Budget. There are currently two pre-budget consultation processes that you can plug into: The Ontario Legislature’s Standing Committee on Finance and Economic Affairs is conducting hearings across the province and accepting written submissions until 5:00pm on January 29. The Minister of Finance is hosting …

Filed Under: Policy Advocacy Tagged With: Employment Standards, enews, Provincial Budgets, Social Assistance Rates, Social Assistance Reform, Special Diet Allowance

Open Letter to Minister MacLeod: Five Principles for the 100-day Review

October 29, 2018

More than 1100 people and nearly 100 organizations from across Ontario have signed this letter to Minister Lisa MacLeod, which we sent today to her office and the offices of all Ontario’s MPPs. If you missed signing this letter and want to take action, please send an email to Minister MacLeod voicing your support for …

Filed Under: Policy Advocacy Tagged With: enews, Human Rights, Indigenous justice, Social Assistance Rates, Social Assistance Reform

OW and ODSP Rates and the OCB 2018 / Les taux d’OT, du POSPH et de la POE 2018

September 10, 2018

– la version française suit dessous – Ontario Works (OW) and Ontario Disability Support Program (ODSP) rates are being increased later this month, as announced on July 31, 2018. As in past years, we have created a rates sheet to let people on social assistance, and people who work with them, know what these increases mean. …

Filed Under: Public Education Tagged With: enews, Social Assistance Rates

Ontario’s Social Assistance System: 100 days to fix it or to break it?

August 16, 2018

This post, by Jennefer Laidley at ISAC, originally appeared on the Advocacy Centre for Tenants Ontario (ACTO) blog on Thursday, August 16, 2018  Eleven years ago, I started work at the Income Security Advocacy Centre, a legal clinic advocating for improvements to the income benefit programs available to low-income Ontarians, with social assistance as a …

Filed Under: Blog, Public Education Tagged With: enews, Roadmap, Social Assistance General, Social Assistance Rates, Social Assistance Reform

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