AFN chief Perry Bellegarde says reconciliation means closing the poverty gap and acknowledging cultural genocide
Op-Ed: Government should put ODSP medical reviews on hold until promised new process is created
Ontario community legal clinics expanding access to justice efforts for vulnerable workers
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Star editorial: The province must do more to protect those in precarious work
Meanwhile, federal Finance Minister Joe Oliver told the G7 that relaxing labour laws would spur economic growth
Hamilton social services manager says problems with OW/ODSP SAMS system will last until March
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Government rethinking poor ODSP medical review process after legal clinics and health care advocates raise alarm
OECD report finds record levels of inequality between rich and poor in most advanced economies
Ontario’s poor employment standards laws give advantage to employers
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Ontario employers benefit by keeping people on for years as “temporary” workers
San Francisco becomes the first city to legislate predictable schedules for employees
Provincial efforts to boost low wages of home care workers, as promised, stymied by complex rules
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Government “truly sorry” for bungled rollout of social assistance computer system
Enforcement blitz finds 83% of workplaces are contravening the Employment Standards Act
Ontario’s affordable housing wait list hits all-time high
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For May Day: New CCPA study shows union membership is a ticket to middle-class stability
Couple on OW or ODSP can’t afford rent in Hamilton – or virtually anywhere else
Op-Ed: People with disabilities are being deceived by ODSP
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Star editorial: Only modest help for the poor in Ontario’s budget
ISAC analysis: Not much assistance for social assistance in Budget 2015
Campaign 2000: Budget lacks the investments required to reduce child and family poverty in Ontario
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Chatham-Kent Director of Employment and Social Services says low paying jobs make it hard to get off OW
Op-Ed: In the lead up to the federal election, we have to talk about poverty and health
Star editorial: Feds should not double the TFSA
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Op-Ed: Provincial and federal budgets must invest in people, not drive them deeper into poverty
ODSP medical reviews could overwhelm legal clinics already reeling under disability appeals
Province announces launch of $50 million Local Poverty Reduction Fund
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Elimination of the ODSP Work-Related Benefit “undercuts some of Ontario’s most determined and resourceful citizens”
Ontario releases report on first year of second Poverty Reduction Strategy, as mandated by law
Op-Ed: People with disabilities deserve to be paid a legal wage
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Use this online tool to send a letter asking government to Save the ODSP Work-Related Benefit
Government announces creation of Ontario Energy Support Program
Ottawa set to enforce four year limit on temporary foreign workers
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Sign on to send a message that Ontario can do better on Poverty Reduction
CCPA releases the 2015 Alternative Federal Budget
Feds end contract and take away jobs from people with developmental disabilities on ODSP
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