Individuals turn to the Social Security Tribunal (SST) to appeal government decisions related to their Canada Pension Plan (CPP) and Old Age Security benefits. These benefits are critical components of Canada’s social safety net. A…
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…
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…
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…
People who receive Canada Pension Plan Disability (CPP-D) benefits may be interested inand able to work to some degree but may have concerns about how this will impact theirbenefits. Our new info sheet on CPP-D…
The Income Security Advocacy Centre and Chatham-Kent Legal Clinic recently worked together to represent a former healthcare worker receiving Canada Pension Plan Disability (CPP-D) benefits who desired to work sometime in the future (even in…
Throughout Autumn 2022, ISAC legal staff delivered several small group trainings on the basics of the Canada Pension Plan-Disability (CPP-D) benefit to more than 55 community legal clinic caseworkers working across Ontario. Our goal was…
Important changes to the laws governing the Social Security Tribunal (SST) have been made as of December 5, 2022. The SST deals with appeals and issues relating to the Canada Pension Plan (CPP), Canada Pension…
In a disappointing decision released on January 18, 2019, the Human Rights Tribunal of Ontario ruled that insurance companies do not discriminate when they deduct benefits received from a Canada Pension Plan Disability pension from…
The Income Security Advocacy Centre (ISAC) is partnering with the HIV/AIDS Legal Clinic of Ontario (HALCO) and the ARCH Disability Law Centre to intervene in an important human rights case. Our coalition will argue that it…
Where can you go when government benefit programs discriminate against you? The Supreme Court of Canada will be hearing an important case about that issue on November 28, 2017. The Government of Canada is responsible…
ISAC recently made a submission to the federal government’s consultations on the creation of a national Poverty Reduction Strategy. While Canada is a wealthy country, nearly 5 million of us continue to live in poverty.…