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Ontario’s 2021 Economic Outlook and Fiscal Review: Inadequate for Low-Income Ontarians

2021 Ontario Economic Outlook and Fiscal Review: Inadequate for Low-Income Ontarians The 2021 Ontario Economic Outlook and Fiscal Review was released on Thursday, November 5. It does not include meaningful investments or immediate action on…

November 9, 2021
Minimum Wage, Policy Advocacy, Provincial Budgets, Public Education, Social Assistance Rates

OW and ODSP Rates and the OCB Fall 2021 / Les taux d’OT, du POSPH et de la POE l’ automne 2021

– la version française suit dessous – Ontario Works (OW) and Ontario Disability Support Program (ODSP) rates have not increased this year. However, the Ontario Child Benefit (OCB), for people who have children, has been…

September 17, 2021
Ontario Child Benefit (OCB), Ontario Disability Support Program (ODSP), Ontario Works (OW), Public Education, Social Assistance Rates

OW and ODSP Rates and the OCB Fall 2020 / Les taux d’OT, du POSPH et de la POE l’ automne 2020

– la version française suit dessous – Ontario Works (OW) and Ontario Disability Support Program (ODSP) rates have not increased this year. However, the Ontario Child Benefit (OCB), for people who have children, has been…

October 22, 2020
Ontario Child Benefit (OCB), Ontario Disability Support Program (ODSP), Ontario Works (OW), Public Education, Social Assistance Rates

Open Letter from 150 community organizations / Lettre ouverte de 150 organismes communautaires

Download this letter in PDF format. Téléchargez cette lettre au format PDF. – Français ci-dessous – Income Security in the Time of COVID-19 Dear Minister Smith, We are an umbrella group of low-income Ontarians, health…

April 7, 2020
Canada Emergency Response Benefit (CERB), Employment Insurance (EI), General, Ontario Disability Support Program (ODSP), Ontario Works (OW), Policy Advocacy, Social Assistance Rates

OW and ODSP Rates and the OCB March 2020 / Les taux d’OT, du POSPH et de la POE Mars 2020

– la version française suit dessous – Ontario Works (OW) and Ontario Disability Support Program (ODSP) rates have not increased this year. However, the Ontario Child Benefit (OCB), for people who have children, has been…

March 10, 2020
Public Education, Social Assistance Rates

Have your say on Ontario’s 2020 Budget / donnez votre avis sur le budget de l’Ontario 2020

** Français ci-dessous ** Time for Justice: Have your say on Ontario’s 2020 Budget Ontario’s Standing Committee on Finance and Economic Affairs is conducting Pre-Budget Consultations. ISAC appeared at the Standing Committee’s hearings and provided a . Informed by ongoing…

January 21, 2020
Access to Justice, Employment Standards, General, Minimum Wage, Policy Advocacy, Provincial Budgets, Social Assistance, Social Assistance Rates

ODSP expenditures have increased because the program is better meeting the needs of Ontarians with disabilities: ISAC responds to the Auditor General’s Report

On December 4, 2019, the Auditor General released an audit of the Ontario Disability Support Program (ODSP). ODSP is a critical program that provides monthly income supports and health benefits to low-income persons with disabilities…

December 6, 2019
General, Ontario Disability Support Program (ODSP), Policy Advocacy, Social Assistance, Social Assistance Rates, Social Assistance Reform

Ontario Budget 2019 Announces $1 Billion in OW and ODSP Cuts

– Massive Cuts to Legal Aid Funding Also Announced – The 2019/2020 Ontario Budget was announced today, and creates even more uncertainty for people who receive benefits from the Ontario Works (OW) and Ontario Disability…

April 11, 2019
Provincial Budgets, Public Education, Social Assistance Rates, Social Assistance Reform

Ontario 2019 Pre-Budget Consultations: Have your say!

The provincial government has asked for input into the upcoming 2019 provincial Budget. There are currently two pre-budget consultation processes that you can plug into: The Ontario Legislature’s Standing Committee on Finance and Economic Affairs is…

January 23, 2019
Employment Standards, Policy Advocacy, Provincial Budgets, Social Assistance Rates, Social Assistance Reform, Special Diet Allowance

Open Letter to Minister MacLeod: Five Principles for the 100-day Review

More than 1100 people and nearly 100 organizations from across Ontario have signed this letter to Minister Lisa MacLeod, which we sent today to her office and the offices of all Ontario’s MPPs. If you…

October 29, 2018
Human Rights, Indigenous Justice, Policy Advocacy, Social Assistance Rates, Social Assistance Reform

OW and ODSP Rates and the OCB 2018 / Les taux d’OT, du POSPH et de la POE 2018

– la version française suit dessous – Ontario Works (OW) and Ontario Disability Support Program (ODSP) rates are being increased later this month, as announced on July 31, 2018. As in past years, we have created…

September 10, 2018
Public Education, Social Assistance Rates

Ontario’s Social Assistance System: 100 days to fix it or to break it?

This post, by Jennefer Laidley at ISAC, originally appeared on the Advocacy Centre for Tenants Ontario (ACTO) blog on Thursday, August 16, 2018  Eleven years ago, I started work at the Income Security Advocacy Centre,…

August 16, 2018
Public Education, Roadmap, Social Assistance, Social Assistance Rates, Social Assistance Reform
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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.