The offices of the Income Security Advocacy Centre (ISAC) will be closed on Wednesday, June 21, in honour and recognition of National Aboriginal Day. “We have described for you a mountain. We have shown you…
ISAC is hiring a staff lawyer for a permanent full-time position The primary role of the staff lawyer is to undertake strategic litigation aimed at expanding the legal rights, remedies and benefits available to low…
After nearly 15 years in the same location, ISAC will be moving into new space as of December 18. Our new address will be: 1500 – 55 University Avenue Toronto, Ontario M5J 2H7 We’ve been…
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Sign on to push for a renewed federal role in housing provision and affordable housing for all
Podcast: Trish Hennessy and Adam Vasey on the intersection of minimum wage and living wage
John Stapleton recognizes today’s 50th anniversary of the Constitutional amendment that brought in the Canada Pension Plan
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Health Providers Against Poverty issue open letter on necessary action for the next Poverty Reduction Strategy
First Nation issues eviction notice to City of Vancouver after City tries to evict people who are homeless
Inclusive zoning: Vancouver’s done it, can Toronto be next?
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Poverty is “a structural issue, which requires substantive government involvement, resources, vision and leadership.”
Star editorial: Wynne’s pledge to tackle poverty needs fleshing out
Generating additional revenue and big movement on poverty reduction might be possible:
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Former WSIB chair says Ontario’s workers’ compensation system is under attack from within
A letter to the editor outlines more problems in the WSIB system
Ontario’s housing crisis is also a health crisis
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International Monetary Fund report issues stark warning to corporate and individual tax cheats
Here’s the IMF press release and link to the report
Great piece on why people who are poor can’t just “get a job”
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“It’s nuts” that social assistance programs across Canada don’t provide enough for healthy food
Thousands denied federal disability benefits waiting more than a year for new federal tribunal appeal hearings
Changes to temporary foreign worker program announced today
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Special Section: Ontario Election 2014
Poverty is missing in the provincial election campaign
Greg DeGroot-Maggetti says the campaign cannot overlook poverty reduction
ISAC’s Ontario Election 2014 materials – Election Kit, Candidate Questions, etc
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