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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

There is nothing compassionate about Minister MacLeod’s announcement: Ontario’s cuts to social assistance will hurt the most vulnerable in Ontario

Minister MacLeod’s announcement to cut social assistance rates by 1.5 per cent will take approximately $150 million out of the hands of people who are among the most vulnerable in Ontario. “People on social assistance…

July 31, 2018
Basic Income, Indigenous Justice, Policy Advocacy, Social Assistance, Social Assistance Rates, Social Assistance Reform

Future of OW/ODSP Changes Uncertain: Take Action!

– la version française suit dessous –  A few weeks ago, we circulated information about changes that are slated to take effect in Ontario Works and the Ontario Disability Support Program starting this fall, and others that…

July 23, 2018
Community Organizing, Policy Advocacy, Public Education, Social Assistance, Social Assistance Rates, Social Assistance Reform

Important Changes Coming to OW and ODSP / Changements importants aux programmes d’OT et du POSPH

NOTE: As of June 31, 2018, all of these changes are now “on pause” and will not come into force this fall as scheduled. Please see these links for more information: https://incomesecurity.org/policy-advocacy/ontarios-cuts-to-social-assistance-will-hurt-the-most-vulnerable/  https://incomesecurity.org/public-education/ontarios-social-assistance-system-100-days-to-fix-it-or-to-break-it/  ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ – la…

June 28, 2018
Public Education, Roadmap, Social Assistance, Social Assistance Rates, Social Assistance Reform

Ontario Budget 2018: ISAC Analysis and Budget Details

Important First Steps to Transformation but No Meaningful Progress on Rates The 2018 Ontario Budget introduced today proposes to make a number of critically important changes to social assistance and other benefit systems, which would…

March 28, 2018
Indigenous Justice, Policy Advocacy, Provincial Budgets, Public Education, 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.