Seven months in a shelter, still searching for a home
Sudbury agrees to maintain funding to help those on social assistance
Sears managers to earn thousands in bonuses while laid-off workers get no severance
Workers’ Action Centre: Let’s defend and strengthen Bill 148 – Submission deadline July 21
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It’s time to tear down the “welfare wall” for persons with disabilities
Freeing our people: Updates from the long road to deinstitutionalization
Sudbury to review discretionary benefits for OW and ODSP recipients
Lawsuit takes on WSIB for rejecting “chronic mental stress” claims
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Star editorial: Wynne government should dump cruel panhandling ban
Reducing Canada’s workplace gender gap would add $150 billion to GDP
Calgary outpaces Toronto and Vancouver as Canada’s least-affordable city for low-income residents
Safe Streets Act to be challenged in court
The CRA is keeping tax cheat data secret, breaking minister’s commitment
Meat prices set to rise by up to 9% this year even as other groceries take less of a bite
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More Canadians seeking CPP disability benefits have denials overturned on appeal
Average hourly wages in Canada have barely budgeted in 40 years
Canadians owe $1.67 for every $1 of household disposable income, StatsCan says
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On International Workers Day, migrant workers are still precarious and unsupported
Federal Liberals suspend tax audits of political charities
Case for Canada’s infrastructure bank not compelling, researchers warn
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Ontario ends onerous reviews for disabled people on welfare
Advocate says Ontario’s social assistance programs need to do more
Toronto’s ‘gig economy’ fueled by young workers starved for choice
Business group discovers being good is good for business
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You shouldn’t have to do your taxes to get benefits
Brantford City Council votes to van use of temp agencies to hire City workers
Bankruptcy study points to worsening income inequality in Ontario
Federal Budget 2017: Building a Strong Middle Class
The budget that could have been
Saskatchewan redesigning welfare programs to get “able-bodied” people off the dole
Housing groups want BC to double welfare cheques
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The federal Budget announced on March 22 does very little to address the poverty and income inequality that Canadians are experiencing right now. The Budget did announce important investments over time in key areas like…