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Hands Off!

March 29, 2022

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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 that the NCBS is no longer being deducted from the monthly cheques of families on Ontario Works (OW) or the Ontario Disability Support Program (ODSP). Families on OW and ODSP receive the Ontario Child Benefit, which is available to all low-income families in Ontario regardless of whether they are on social assistance or are working.

However, the impact of this change for families on social assistance has been uneven. In July 2008 and in every year that the OCB has been increased, basic needs rates for certain types of families on OW and ODSP have been reduced. And families no longer get the winter clothing allowance or back-to-school clothing allowance. The provincial government is doing this in order to move benefits for children out of social assistance and into the OCB.

All these changes complicated the issue enough that ISAC felt it was too difficult to continue the Hands off! Campaign. Instead, we will focus on getting increases to social assistance rates for everyone on OW and ODSP and getting improvements to the OCB.

Read ISAC’s evaluation of the Hands off! Campaign.

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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.