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Federal Budget 2024: ISAC’s Pre-Budget Submission (August 2023)

Every federal budget cycle includes a period for public submissions well in advance of budget deliberations. ISAC submitted recommendations to the Standing Committee on Finance during the first 2024 Federal Budget pre-budget submission period which…

August 8, 2023
Canada Child Benefit (CCB), Canada Disability Benefit (CDB), Canada Emergency Response Benefit (CERB), Disability Justice, Employment Insurance (EI), Employment Standards, Federal Budgets, Indigenous Justice, Migrant Workers, Policy Advocacy
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Statement on Government Cuts to Life-Saving Healthcare Program Serving Uninsured People

ISAC is profoundly disappointed that the Ontario Government plans to end a vital program that provides OHIP coverage to uninsured people living in Ontario. This program successfully improves health outcomes and reduces financial hardship for…

March 28, 2023
Disability Justice, Human Rights, Migrant Workers

Permanent residency status for all means equal rights

On December 16, 2021, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau promised regularization of undocumented people and permanent resident status for migrant workers and international students. This announcement was the result of sustained organizing by migrants. However, to…

February 16, 2023
Campaigns, Community Organizing, Migrant Workers

Let’s Not Go Backwards on Employment Insurance

In response to the unprecedented crisis brought on by the pandemic, the federal government instituted a number of reforms to Canada’s Employment Insurance (EI) program in 2020. These reforms allowed greater access to EI, and…

September 7, 2022
Employment Insurance (EI), Migrant Workers, Workers' Rights

Recommendations on Reforming Canada’s Employment Insurance Program: Submissions to the Federal Government

– la version française suit dessous – This year the federal government launched consultations on reforming Canada’s Employment Insurance Program. It represents a once-in-a-generation opportunity to improve EI and address the EI program’s longstanding failures…

November 25, 2021
Employment Insurance (EI), Migrant Workers, Policy Advocacy

New law allows migrant workers facing abuse to change jobs

On June 4, 2019, migrant workers in Canada working for an abusive employer finally got a process for changing jobs – a right that other workers can take for granted. In order to work in…

June 10, 2019
Community Organizing, Employment Standards, Good Jobs, Migrant Workers, Policy Advocacy

May 1: No Worker Left Behind! / Travailleuses et travailleurs uni.e.s!

Tomorrow is International Workers Day – here’s an important call to action from our partners at the Migrant Rights Network. * Go to a May 1st action near you, take a picture of yourself with this placard and…

April 30, 2019
Community Organizing, Employment Standards, General, Good Jobs, Human Rights, Migrant Workers

MARCH 21: #UNITEAGAINSTRACISM | CROSS-CANADA DAY OF ACTION / Journée d’Action Transcanadienne: Unissons-Nous Contre Le Racisme!

Here’s an important call to action from our partners at the Migrant Rights Network. Migrants and refugees are being forced out from their homes in unprecedented numbers globally. Here in Canada, anti-immigrant protests and racially…

March 18, 2019
Community Organizing, Employment Standards, General, Good Jobs, Human Rights, Migrant Workers

Migrant Rights Network Launches on International Migrants Day / Lancement du Réseau Des Droits des Migrant(e)s à l’occasion de la Journée Internationale des Migrant(e)s

On December 8th and 9th, the Income Security Advocacy Centre joined nearly 60 representatives of 35 organizations in Huron-Wendat, Haudenosaunee, Anishinabe, Mississaugas of the New Credit territory (Toronto). Today, December 18th, 2018, International Migrants Day,…

December 18, 2018
Community Organizing, General, Migrant Workers

Legislative Assembly resumes! Email the Premier, step up the pressure!

We’re forwarding this recent email from our partners at the Fight for $15 & Fairness and encourage you to get involved! – ISAC The Toronto Star published a heart-breaking expose revealing the reckless treatment of workers…

September 12, 2017
Community Organizing, Employment Standards, Good Jobs, Migrant Workers, Policy Advocacy

The 2017 Federal Budget and Income Security

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…

March 24, 2017
Employment Insurance (EI), Federal Budgets, Housing, Media and Policy News E-list Archive, Migrant Workers, Old Age Security (OAS), Policy Advocacy, Poverty Reduction, Public Education

Changing Workplaces Review – ISAC submission

The Employment Standards Act and the Labour Relations Act are currently being reviewed in Ontario. The two Special Advisors leading this review issued an Interim Report on July 27, 2016. The Interim Report includes a…

October 24, 2016
Employment Standards, Migrant Workers, Policy Advocacy
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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.