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Social Benefits Tribunal

Important Legal Victory: SBT must provide social assistance recipients with adequate reasons when denying their claims

The Income Security Advocacy Centre (ISAC) is pleased that the Ontario Divisional Court has found that the Social Benefits Tribunal’s practice of issuing “boilerplate” reasons when denying a reconsideration breaches procedural fairness. In recent years,…

May 16, 2024
Access to Justice, Litigation, Ontario Works (OW), Social Benefits Tribunal

New Intervention: Challenge to whether Ontario’s Guide Dog Benefit is discriminatory

The Ontario Divisional Court granted the Income Security Advocacy Centre (ISAC) intervener status in Ministry of Community and Social Services v. Robinson-Cooke. This legal challenge concerns whether the strict training and accreditation requirements for the Guide…

May 6, 2024
Human Rights, Litigation, Ontario Disability Support Program (ODSP), Social Assistance, Social Assistance Reform, Social Benefits Tribunal

Protecting Student Grants from ODSP Clawbacks

To receive a post-secondary education, students living with disabilities require support and accommodation that costs more than what abled students need. Accordingly, students living with disabilities in Ontario rely on various grants to help finance…

April 17, 2024
Litigation, Ontario Disability Support Program (ODSP), Social Assistance, Social Benefits Tribunal

Major Access to Justice Win for Social Assistance Recipients at the Supreme Court: Court Removes Barrier to Accessing Judicial Review

On Friday March 18, 2024, the Supreme Court of Canada released its decision in Yatar v. TD Insurance Meloche Monnex. The Income Security Advocacy Centre intervened in this case to highlight the perspective of social…

March 18, 2024
Access to Justice, Litigation, Social Assistance, Social Benefits Tribunal, Supreme Court of Canada

New Case: Procedural Fairness For ODSP Clients during Requests for Information

The Income Security Advocacy Centre and the Grey Bruce Community Legal Clinic recently represented an ODSP recipient who required two caregivers to assist her with her day-to-day activities and literacy-based support. ODSP believed that one of these…

January 31, 2023
Access to Justice, Litigation, Ontario Disability Support Program (ODSP), Social Benefits Tribunal

New Case: Adjudicating Disability, ODSP, and CPP-D Prescribed Class

The Income Security Advocacy Centre and Chatham-Kent Legal Clinic recently worked together to represent a former healthcare worker receiving Canada Pension Plan Disability (CPP-D) benefits who desired to work sometime in the future (even in…

January 25, 2023
CPP-D, Government Benefits - General, Litigation, Ontario Disability Support Program (ODSP), Social Benefits Tribunal

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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.