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Income Security Advocacy Centre

Income Security Advocacy Centre

ISAC works to address issues of income security and poverty in Ontario

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Pay the Rent and Feed the Kids

The “Pay the Rent and Feed the Kids” campaign was initiated in Ottawa by the Somerset West Action Network (SWAN) to challenge inadequate social assistance benefits, as a result of the 21.6% cut to basic…

March 29, 2022

Ontario Needs a Raise

ISAC participated in the Ontario Needs a Raise campaign, which was led by the Ontario Coalition for Social Justice and the Centre for Social Justice, between 2003 and 2007. “Ontario Needs A Raise!” was the…

March 29, 2022

Hands Off!

ISAC’s Hands off! Campaign against the clawback of the National Child Benefit Supplement (NCBS) from families on social assistance ended in June 2007. The implementation of the Ontario Child Benefit (OCB) in July 2008 means…

March 29, 2022

CSUMB / Housing and Homelessness Supports

The Ontario government’s 2012 Budget announced the elimination of the Community Start-Up and Maintenance Benefit (CSUMB) from Ontario’s two social assistance programs (Ontario Works and the Ontario Disability Support Program) starting in January 2012. ISAC…

March 29, 2022

ODSP Work-Related Benefit

In 2014, the provincial government announced it would be eliminating seven different employment benefits available to people on OW and ODSP and replacing it with one new Employment-Related Benefit. A very important benefit that would…

March 29, 2022

Bill C585 / C43 – Residency Requirements for Social Assistance

In April of 2014, a backbench member of the Conservative federal government introduced a Private Members Bill, Bill C-585, into the House of Commons. The Bill proposed changing the terms of the Canada Social Transfer,…

March 29, 2022

Restore the GIS for low-income seniors

In late July 2021, many low-income seniors were surprised to find their GIS benefits for 2021-2022 reduced or eliminated due to their receipt of CERB in 2020, which temporarily raised their incomes and therefore made…

March 29, 2022

Save the Transition Child Benefit (TCB)

In May 2019 ISAC, along with other legal clinics and anti-poverty advocates, discovered that the Ontario government planned to eliminate a benefit that allows some parents on Ontario Works and the Ontario Disability Program to…

January 6, 2020

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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.