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Min. Qualtrough: Restore the GIS for low-income seniors now! / Rétablir le Supplément de revenu garanti (SRG) pour les aînés à faible revenu!

October 28, 2021

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 low-income working seniors experiencing a reduction or complete loss of their GIS benefit. Specifically, we are calling on Minister Qualtrough …

Filed Under: Community Organizing, General, Policy Advocacy Tagged With: Access to Justice, Canada Emergency Response Benefit, Guaranteed Income Supplement, Social Assistance General

Federal Election 2021: Tools You Can Use

August 24, 2021

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 Ontarians. Talk to members of the general public about poverty-related issues that are important to you. We have prepared some …

Filed Under: Community Organizing Tagged With: Federal Elections

ISAC Welcomes Decision to Reverse Cut to TCB / Se réjouit de la décision d’annuler la suppression de la Prestation transitoire pour enfants

October 3, 2019

** 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 Transition Child Benefit (TCB) provides up to $230 per child to social assistance recipients who do not receive federal or …

Filed Under: Blog, Community Organizing, Litigation, Policy Advocacy Tagged With: Social Assistance Reform, Transition Child Benefit

New law allows migrant workers facing abuse to change jobs

June 10, 2019

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 Canada, non-permanent residents or citizens must have a work permit. Most migrant workers are issued what are called “closed” work …

Filed Under: Blog, Community Organizing, Policy Advocacy Tagged With: Employment Standards, enews, Good Jobs, Migrant Workers

Public Forum: Access to Justice for All!

May 13, 2019

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 309 RSVP via Eventbrite by clicking here or via Facebook by clicking here. Community legal clinics are facing 15% funding …

Filed Under: Community Organizing, Policy Advocacy Tagged With: Access to Justice, enews

Take Action! Community Legal Clinic Services Under Threat

May 1, 2019

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 children and youth, public education, and many others. It also includes a massive 30% cut to legal aid funding. And …

Filed Under: Blog, Community Organizing, Litigation, Policy Advocacy, Public Education Tagged With: Access to Justice, enews

May 1: No Worker Left Behind! / Travailleuses et travailleurs uni.e.s!

April 30, 2019

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 share on social media using the hashtag: #UniteAgainstRacism. * If you can’t go to an action, post a photo any way and …

Filed Under: Community Organizing, General Tagged With: Employment Standards, enews, Good Jobs, Human Rights, Migrant Workers

MARCH 21: #UNITEAGAINSTRACISM | CROSS-CANADA DAY OF ACTION / Journée d’Action Transcanadienne: Unissons-Nous Contre Le Racisme!

March 18, 2019

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 motivated attacks are on the rise. Meanwhile, right wing politicians who use anti-immigrant and racist rhetoric are getting rewarded with …

Filed Under: Community Organizing, General Tagged With: Employment Standards, enews, Good Jobs, Human Rights, Migrant Workers

End Employment Insurance discrimination against women / Mettre fin à la discrimination

February 8, 2019

* 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 was based on the number of weeks that they had worked before they lost their job. Although there were lots …

Filed Under: Blog, Community Organizing, General, Policy Advocacy, Public Education Tagged With: Employment Insurance, enews

Migrant Rights Network Launches on International Migrants Day / Lancement du Réseau Des Droits des Migrant(e)s à l’occasion de la Journée Internationale des Migrant(e)s

December 18, 2018

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, we are part of a new cross-Canada organization, the MIGRANT RIGHTS NETWORK, which will combat racism and fight for migrant justice. …

Filed Under: Community Organizing, General Tagged With: enews, Migrant Workers

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