Oxfam: Wealth of richest 1% now equal to other 99%, and 62 people’s wealth now equal to the poorest half of humanity
Spec Editorial: 2016 is the perfect time to fix social assistance
Labour Ministry inspection finds 78% of Ontario employers violating the Employment Standards Act
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Advocacy groups seeking clarity on federal government’s “social infrastructure” pledge
Will 2016 be the year the world tumbles back into economic crisis
Joe Gunn: Five qualities a federal anti-poverty plan must include
Canada is Back? Not until taxation is truly fair
Cole: Clawing child support back from social assistance is a disgrace
Ending the child support clawback one part of lifting parents out of poverty
How non-Indigenous allies can help make the Truth and Reconciliation Commission recommendations a reality
This will be the last Media & Policy News until the new year! Happy Holidays everyone!
And ISAC is moving today!
Check back later today for a copy of Campaign 2000’s letter, to which ISAC is a proud signatory
Sally Ann clients in say thanks for the Christmas Turkey, but much more is needed to end poverty
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New York City’s welfare chief defends high welfare rolls “because we care about people”
There’s a food security crisis in Canada and it’s worse than you think
Charity is essential when there’s no justice, but there’s no justice when people have to rely on charity
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2016 is coming: Make reconciliation with Indigenous peoples your new year’s resolution
Ontario Association of Food Banks’ Hunger Report
Editorial: Quebec’s punitive welfare changes are worrying
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ISAC has a new website! Visit us at www.incomesecurity.org!
5 lessons we can learn from seven years of poverty reduction in Ontario – anniversary this week
Cole: Queen’s Park is failing hungry Ontarians
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Budget increases to OW and ODSP rates come into effect
Increases won’t be enough to lift Oxford residents out of poverty
ISAC’s new rate sheet
BC Welfare Food Challenge runs November 3 to November 9
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Sheila Block blog: What Ontario should expect from the new federal government
Caledon: Ottawa must get serious about poverty reduction
Roy Romanow Op-Ed: The time has come for universal pharmacare
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Are you registered to vote? Use this online tool to be sure:
Election 2015: ISAC’s list of key issues and where the parties stand:
Campaign 2000 report: Mapping Child Poverty: A Reality in Every Federal Riding
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A real nation would not let this happen to Aboriginal people:
Report shows the minimum wage is rising in Ontario but workers are still suffering:
Story and video: Big city mayors put pressure on for a solution to Canada’s affordable housing crisis
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Major growth in food bank use in Toronto suburbs reveals a geographical shift in poverty; suburban services are not keeping up; and note that fully 65% of food bank users have social assistance as their primary source of income
London Public Health calls for an increase to social assistance rates due to rising cost of food
Ottawa ACORN calls for end to clawback of child support from social assistance benefits
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