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In the Media

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In the Media: “Centralize, digitize, privatize: unpacking Ontario’s welfare reforms”, CCPA’s Monitor Mag

ISAC’s Senior Policy Analyst Devorah Kobluk was interviewed for an article in The Monitor, the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives online magazine, on the topic of the modernization of social assistance. Read the full story…

May 10, 2022
In the Media, Social Assistance Reform
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In the Media: “What should happen to minimum wage?”, CBC’s Ontario Today

ISAC’s Workers’ Rights Organizer Dave Bush was a guest on CBC’s Ontario Today to discuss minimum wage in the context of the 2022 Provincial Election. You can listen to the segment by clicking here: https://www.cbc.ca/listen/live-radio/1-45/clip/15911390

May 9, 2022
In the Media, Minimum Wage, Workers' Rights
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In the Media: “Woman with disabilities nears medically assisted death after futile bid for affordable housing”, CTV News

ISAC’s Senior Policy Analyst Devorah Kobluk was interviewed for a CTV News story on the topic of medically assisted dying (MAiD). Read the full story on CTV News’ website here: https://www.ctvnews.ca/health/woman-with-disabilities-nears-medically-assisted-death-after-futile-bid-for-affordable-housing-1.5882202

April 30, 2022
Disability Justice, In the Media, Ontario Disability Support Program (ODSP)
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In the Media: “Tax break promise for low-income workers”, CityNews

ISAC’s Workers’ Rights Organizer Dave Bush was interviewed on a CityNews segment about the LIFT tax credit in the 2022 Ontario budget as well as what is included and lacking for low wage workers and…

April 28, 2022
In the Media, Minimum Wage, Ontario Disability Support Program (ODSP), Workers' Rights
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In the Media: “Budget 2022’s employment strategy for people with disabilities not a replacement for income support, warn advocates”, The Hill Times

ISAC’s Senior Policy Analyst Devorah Kobluk was interviewed for an article in The Hill Times about the Canada Disability Benefit and the federal budget. Read the full article at The Hill Times‘ website here: Budget…

April 20, 2022
Canada Disability Benefit (CDB), Federal Budgets, In the Media
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In the Media: “Private Companies In Line To Take Over Ontario Social Assistance ‘Employment Services,’ Memos Suggest”, Press Progress

ISAC’s Senior Policy Analyst Devorah Kobluk was quoted in an article by Press Progress about changes to the employment services model which are part of the province’s plan to modernize of social assistance. Read the…

April 19, 2022
In the Media, Ontario Works (OW), Social Assistance, Social Assistance Reform
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In the Media: “Low-income seniors complain of poor communication, hidden deadlines in GIS repayment rollout”, The Hill Times

ISAC’s Senior Policy Analyst Devorah Kobluk was interviewed for an article in The Hill Times about pandemic benefits interactions with regular benefits, which resulted in a loss of GIS for thousands of seniors who then…

March 31, 2022
Canada Emergency Response Benefit (CERB), Guaranteed Income Supplement (GIS), In the Media

Ontario’s strategies to end poverty will make life worse for low-income people post-pandemic | The Star

Low-income Ontarians entered the pandemic in distress and have disproportionately borne the brunt of the pandemic’s impacts. This would be the perfect time for Ontario to ensure a successful and complete recovery by making permanent…

July 29, 2021
In the Media, Policy Advocacy, Poverty Reduction
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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.