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Budget 2013 Analysis

May 3, 2013

Moving Forward on Positive Social Assistance Reform

Budget 2013 has begun to make positive changes to a social assistance system that has continued to impoverish and cause hardship for low-income Ontarians.

The majority of these changes apply to the Ontario Works (OW) program. After the Commission’s social assistance review report, starting the process of reform with positive changes to OW is the right way to proceed.

The government has clearly heard the concerns of individuals and groups across Ontario about the negative impact of the report’s recommendations on people receiving ODSP.

As a package, the improvements in the budget don’t make major progress toward improving the lives of people on OW and the Ontario Disability Support Program (ODSP), but do represent positive steps toward making the systemic changes that are required.

Download ISAC’s full budget analysis below:

Ontario Budget 2013 – ISAC Response and Analysis

Provincial Budgets, Public Education

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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.