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Access to Justice

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ISAC Submissions on Further Proposed Changes to Human Rights Tribunal Rules (April 2025)

ISAC has been actively monitoring and providing feedback to the Human Rights Tribunal of Ontario (HRTO) consultations on proposed changes to its Rules of Procedure since consultations began in November 2024. At that time, ISAC…

April 25, 2025
Access to Justice, Human Rights, Policy Advocacy

New Board of Appeal coming for first-level Employment Insurance (EI) appeals

After years of advocacy from workers’ groups, the federal government created the Employment Insurance Board of Appeal (EI BOA). The Board of Appeal will take over responsibility from the Social Security Tribunal – General Division…

April 4, 2025
Access to Justice, Employment Insurance (EI), Policy Advocacy, Public Education
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ISAC Submissions on Proposed Changes to Human Rights Tribunal Rules

The Human Rights Tribunal of Ontario (HRTO) is holding a consultation on proposed changes to its Rules of Procedure. The proposed changes would eliminate some procedural steps that can be helpful for unrepresented people trying…

November 19, 2024
Access to Justice, Human Rights

Access to Justice for Social Assistance Recipients: New Article Published in the Canadian Journal of Administrative Law and Practice

Nabila Qureshi and Anu Bakshi, ISAC Staff Lawyers, and Anna Rosenbluth from the Clinic Resource Office have published an article in the Canadian Journal of Administrative Law and Practice entitled “Yatar v. TD Insurance Meloche…

November 8, 2024
Access to Justice, Social Assistance, Supreme Court of Canada

Improving the Canada Disability Benefit: ISAC’s 5 Key Points

There are just under two weeks left in the consultation period for feedback on the new Canada Disability Benefit (CDB)! The consultation is open until September 23. We have done a line-by-line analysis of the…

September 10, 2024
Access to Justice, Canada Disability Benefit (CDB), CPP-D, Disability Justice, Public Education, Social Assistance
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There’s still time to submit comments on how to improve the Canada Disability Benefit. Our Submissions Guide is here!

The Canada Disability Benefit Act was passed in the House of Commons in Spring 2023, but the details of the Canada Disability Benefit (CDB) are still being worked out by government staff. We are currently…

August 28, 2024
Access to Justice, Canada Disability Benefit (CDB), Disability Justice, Federal Benefits - General, Indigenous Justice, Policy Advocacy, Poverty Reduction, Public Education, Social Assistance
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In the Media: “‘Nothing for most and no easy way to fight back:’ Advocates skeptical as regulations for Canada Disability Benefit Act outlined”, Healthy Debate

Appeal rights are a necessary component of income support programs, writes former ISAC public health student Abby Taher. What would the ideal appeals process look like for the CDB? Abby has shared some ideas in…

July 5, 2024
Access to Justice, Canada Disability Benefit (CDB), Disability Justice, In the Media, Policy Advocacy, Social Security Tribunal

CPP-Disability: A Guided Pathway to Request Reconsideration or Appeal when Denied: Webinar & Resources

On June 6, Anu Bakshi, Staff Lawyer at the Income Security Advocacy Centre (ISAC), and Erik Bornmann, Director of Guided Pathways at CLEO, gave a workshop designed for frontline/community workers to learn more about the…

June 11, 2024
Access to Justice, CPP-D, Public Education

Update on the Canada Disability Benefit – Spring 2024

When we posted our last update in February 2024, we were waiting to hear more about what the government was going to include in the first draft of the detailed rules on how the law…

June 7, 2024
Access to Justice, Canada Disability Benefit (CDB), Disability Justice, Federal Budgets, Policy Advocacy

Upcoming Training on CPP-Disability: A Guided Pathway to request reconsideration or appeal when denied

Do you support clients who applied for Canadian Pension Plan–Disability (CPP-D) benefits and were denied? Or who had their request for reconsideration declined? This webinar will help community workers understand the CPP-D reconsideration and appeal…

May 30, 2024
Access to Justice, CPP-D, Public Education

Important Legal Victory: SBT must provide social assistance recipients with adequate reasons when denying their claims

The Income Security Advocacy Centre (ISAC) is pleased that the Ontario Divisional Court has found that the Social Benefits Tribunal’s practice of issuing “boilerplate” reasons when denying a reconsideration breaches procedural fairness. In recent years,…

May 16, 2024
Access to Justice, Litigation, Ontario Works (OW), Social Benefits Tribunal
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Ministers Freeland and Khera, There’s Still Time to Fix the Once-In-A-Generation Canada Disability Benefit

On Friday, April 26, ISAC sent the following letter to Minister Freeland and Minister Khera regarding the disappointing information announced about the Canada Disability Benefit in the 2024 Federal Budget. The letter was endorsed by…

April 29, 2024
Access to Justice, Canada Disability Benefit (CDB), Disability Justice, Federal Budgets, Indigenous Justice, Policy Advocacy
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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.