Today, ISAC, along with over 100 organizations from across Canada, called on Minister Carla Qualtrough, Minister of Employment, Workforce Development, and Disability Inclusion, to address the issue of CERB-GIS benefits interaction which has resulted in…
Election day is September 20, and the official election campaign started August 15. An election period is a time to have your voice heard. Ask your local candidates about what they will do for low-income…
** Français ci-dessous ** The Income Security Advocacy Centre (ISAC) welcomes the provincial government’s decision to reverse the cancellation of the Transition Child Benefit, a program that helps feed and clothe 32,000 Ontario children every month. The…
On June 4, 2019, migrant workers in Canada working for an abusive employer finally got a process for changing jobs – a right that other workers can take for granted. In order to work in…
If you are in Toronto, please join us for a public forum on funding cuts to legal aid and community legal clinics! When: Thursday, May 16, 7:00 pm Where: Metro Hall, 55 John Street, Room…
The provincial government’s recent budget made cuts to a number of public programs and services, which will hurt low-income people in Ontario. This includes cuts to social assistance, public health, library services, prescription coverage for…
Tomorrow is International Workers Day – here’s an important call to action from our partners at the Migrant Rights Network. * Go to a May 1st action near you, take a picture of yourself with this placard and…
Here’s an important call to action from our partners at the Migrant Rights Network. Migrants and refugees are being forced out from their homes in unprecedented numbers globally. Here in Canada, anti-immigrant protests and racially…
* La version française suit * End Employment Insurance discrimination against women In the mid-1990s, Canada’s unemployment insurance system underwent a massive change. At that time, whether or not an unemployed worker qualified for payments…
On December 8th and 9th, the Income Security Advocacy Centre joined nearly 60 representatives of 35 organizations in Huron-Wendat, Haudenosaunee, Anishinabe, Mississaugas of the New Credit territory (Toronto). Today, December 18th, 2018, International Migrants Day,…
1. If you know your MPP’s name: Go to the Legislative Assembly website and look up your MPP’s name to find their contact information: https://www.ola.org/en/members/current/contact-information 2. If you know the name of the electoral district…
The new Ontario government recently announced that they will reveal a new direction for social assistance, based in part on “compassion for people in need,” after a 100-day review. Take action now to help ensure…