Income Security Advocacy Centre

ISAC works to address issues of income security and poverty in Ontario

Social Assistance

Min. Qualtrough: Restore the GIS for low-income seniors now! / Rétablir le Supplément de revenu garanti (SRG) pour les aînés à faible revenu!

Today, ISAC, along with over 100 organizations from across Canada, called on Minister Carla Qualtrough, Minister of Employment, Workforce Development, and Disability Inclusion, to address the issue of CERB-GIS benefits interaction which has resulted in…

Access to Justice, Canada Emergency Response Benefit (CERB), Community Organizing, General, Guaranteed Income Supplement (GIS), Policy Advocacy, Social Assistance

Have your say on Ontario’s Poverty Reduction Strategy / donnez votre avis sur la Stratégie ontarienne de réduction de la pauvreté

** Français ci-dessous ** The provincial government is conducting consultations for a new poverty reduction strategy for Ontario. Have your say! ISAC has provided a . Informed by ongoing consultation with our community partners on issues relevant…

Employment Standards, General, Minimum Wage, Policy Advocacy, Public Education, Social Assistance

Accessing Income Support in the wake of COVID-19 / L’accès au soutien du revenu en raison de la COVID-19 (Updated September 23, 2020)

This document lists several income support programs that may be available to Ontario residents during the COVID-19 pandemic. This information is changing rapidly and we recommend that you check with the relevant government’s website for…

Canada Child Benefit (CCB), Canada Emergency Response Benefit (CERB), Canada Emergency Student Benefit (CESB), Employment Insurance (EI), General, Ontario Disability Support Program (ODSP), Ontario Works (OW), Public Education, Social Assistance

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…

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…

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