Star editorial: Stop clawing back child support payments from social assistance recipients
Consultations on revamping Ontario’s labour laws end: Workers speak out
With news that the federal budget is now balanced, some responses
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Ontario government defers decision that would have eliminated the ODSP Work-Related Benefit
Ontario being taken to court over child support clawbacks in OW and ODSP
Ottawa activists protest for higher ODSP shelter rates
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National Vote to End Poverty campaign launched September 1
Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives releases four-part platform to end inequality in Canada
On the one-year anniversary of Ontario’s second Poverty Reduction Strategy, CCPA-Ontario looks at Ontario’s commitment, current Ontario poverty numbers, and the need for a strong federal partner
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Nunavut considering ending the clawback of the National Child Benefit Supplement from social assistance benefits
Who actually are the “middle class” that politicians are always talking about?
New poll finds Canadians are worried about economic recession and their own financial security
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Why aren’t the federal political party leaders talking about poverty in this election campaign?
Study finds food insecurity takes a heavy financial toll on Ontario’s health care system
Vancouver Sun Op-Ed: Tackling housing affordability now means we won’t have to pay for it later
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Globe Editorial: Fix Canada’s broken Employment Insurance system
Star Editorial: Ontario must do more to collect unpaid wages
Ontario’s community legal clinics given $3.9 million, some for giving more help to vulnerable workers
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Campaign 2000 calls for putting the spotlight on child poverty during the federal election campaign
UCCB increase and retroactive lump sum payment arrived July 20
Put Food in the Budget investigates social assistance poverty in Whitefish River, Manitoulin Island
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91 percent of Canadians support a national pharmacare program
Ontario court dismisses class action lawsuit against WSIB for “pre-existing condition” decision-making
Poverty in the North, especially on social assistance, the subject of Food in the Budget research trip
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Provincial labour laws allow migrant workers to be treated like slaves
Those same labour laws allow workers’ wages to be stolen, seemingly without penalty
Little progress made on fixing Ontario’s SAMS social assistance computer system problems
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“Contrary to the government’s messaging, all the evidence indicates that the increase of the TFSA contribution limit to $10,000 will benefit only a very small proportion of Canadians,”
Canadian seniors are going bankrupt in soaring numbers
Ontario government contracts with same temp companies it cites for Employment Standards violations
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IMF paper says trickle down economics doesn’t work; bolster those with low incomes to spur growth
CCPA Ontario report shows low-wage jobs in Ontario grew more than three times as fast as overall jobs since 1997
CAMH President urges Minister Jaczek to keep the ODSP Work Related Benefit
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Significant expansion of Legal Aid services means more access to justice for low income Ontarians
Fiorito: Ontario Works? I’m not so sure
Globe editorial: Medicare should cover prescription drugs
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