The new Wynne government and the Opposition parties have returned to the Ontario Legislature and the Throne Speech has been read. The next significant milestone will be the 2013 provincial budget. This year’s budget may…
The 2012 provincial budget has eliminated two critically important programs for people on Ontario Works and the Ontario Disability Support Program. The Community Start-up and Maintenance Benefit is being cut. The Community Start-up and Maintenance Benefit…
The Ontario budget will have a large negative impact on people on Ontario Works (OW) and the Ontario Disability Support Program (ODSP). Direct benefits to people on OW and ODSP are being cut by the…
Analysis After the Negotiations Now that the dust has settled after the 2012 Ontario Budget, we’ve updated our analysis of how the Budget will affect people on Ontario Works (OW) and the Ontario Disability Support…
The 2012 Ontario Budget is deeply disappointing for the nearly 900,000 men, women, and children in Ontario who currently rely on Ontario Works and the Ontario Disability Support Program for income and other necessary benefits.…
The 2012 Ontario Budget is deeply disappointing for the nearly 900,000 men, women, and children in Ontario who currently rely on Ontario Works and the Ontario Disability Support Program for income and other necessary benefits.…
TORONTO (26 March 2012) – Two days before the 2012-13 Ontario Budget, Premier Dalton McGuinty has chosen to break faith with the poorest in Ontario. The Premier has been quoted in all Ontario’s major newspapers…
Join us and raise your concerns on the austerity agenda in Ontario – sign up TODAY to the e-action from Ontario Campaign 2000 and available on Make Poverty History’s website at http://www.makepovertyhistory.ca/act/an-ontario-that-works-for-everyone. The e-action gives…
Yesterday’s 2011 provincial budget did nothing to free people relying on Ontario Works (OW) and the Ontario Disability Support Program (ODSP) from the poverty traps built into those programs. Given skyrocketing food prices and continuing…
Toronto – Ontarians on social assistance have every right to be concerned about today’s provincial government decision to create a new “nutritional supplementation” program to replace the current Special Diet Program. “The government has given…
The McGuinty government’s budget has taken important steps to reduce poverty in Ontario. However, fundamental reform of social assistance remains a necessity, particularly as growing numbers of Ontarians lose their jobs.