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# Income Security Advocacy Centre

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

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- [Turning 65 and Leaving Social Assistance: New Resources to Help Navigate Changes to Income and Health Benefits](https://incomesecurity.org/turning-65-and-leaving-social-assistance-new-resources-to-help-navigate-changes-to-income-and-health-benefits/) - Turning 65 is often seen as a milestone, but for low-income seniors in Ontario, it can bring financial and health-related uncertainty. Many seniors turning 65 no longer financially qualify for Ontario Works (OW) or the Ontario Disability Support Program (ODSP), including their related health benefits. This is because getting federal seniors’ benefits such as Old
- [Don’t Leave Money on the Table: You Could Get Back Pay from the Canada Disability Benefit. Start Planning Your CDB Application Today!](https://incomesecurity.org/dont-leave-money-on-the-table-you-could-get-back-pay-from-the-canada-disability-benefit-start-planning-your-cdb-application-today/) - The Canada Disability Benefit (CDB) is a federal monthly payment for people with disabilities who are between 18 and 64 years old. If you are eligible and approved, you will start getting payments in the month after your application is received. The CDB also allows for back pay up to 24 months from when your
- [OW and ODSP rates and OCB as of July 2026: Social Assistance Rates are Stuck in Time](https://incomesecurity.org/ow-and-odsp-rates-and-ocb-as-of-july-2026-social-assistance-is-stuck-in-time/) - ISAC’s 2026 Ontario Works (OW) & Ontario Disability Support Program (ODSP) Rates and Ontario Child Benefit (OCB) Rates Sheet is now available. The Rates Sheet includes: The 1.9% ODSP increase to Basic Needs and Maximum Shelter amounts due to inflation-based adjustments effective July 1, 2026 Rates for different family types on both OW and ODSP,
- [Efficiency at What Cost? How Ontario's New Centralized Intake System Puts Vulnerable People at Risk](https://incomesecurity.org/efficiency-at-what-cost-how-ontarios-new-centralized-intake-system-puts-vulnerable-people-at-risk/) - In 2020, Ontario began to introduce a host of changes to the administration of social assistance, including rolling out a new Centralized Intake model with the purpose of modernizing access to social assistance. With this new administrative service model, the province promised a faster, more streamlined system that “focuses on people.” As a key pillar
- [Join us for the Community Launch of "In Their Own Words: The State of Social Assistance in Ontario", June 25, 10:30 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.](https://incomesecurity.org/join-us-for-the-community-launch-of-in-their-own-words-the-state-of-social-assistance-in-ontario-june-25-1030-a-m-1200-p-m/) - ISAC recently released a new policy report called In Their Own Words: The State of Social Assistance in Ontario. You can read more about the report here. Join us for the online community launch of the report, taking place Thursday, June 25, from 10:30 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. What: Webinar on ISAC’s new report, including
- [ISAC Submissions on Further Proposed Changes to Human Rights Tribunal Rules (June 2026)](https://incomesecurity.org/isac-submissions-on-further-proposed-changes-to-human-rights-tribunal-rules-june-2026/) - ISAC has been actively monitoring and providing feedback to the Human Rights Tribunal of Ontario (HRTO)’s consultations on proposed changes to its Rules of Procedure since a series of consultations began in November 2024. In phase 1 of the consultation, ISAC provided two sets of submissions on changes that would have affected unrepresented people trying
- [New Employment Insurance Board of Appeal hearing first-level appeals as of April 1, 2026](https://incomesecurity.org/new-employment-insurance-board-of-appeal-hearing-first-level-appeals-as-of-april-1-2026/) - After years of advocacy from workers’ groups, the federal government created the Employment Insurance Board of Appeal (EI BOA). The EI BOA will take over responsibility from the Social Security Tribunal (SST) – General Division for hearing and deciding first-level appeals under the Employment Insurance Act. Under the new BOA, three-member panels made up of
- [ISAC Federal Budget Submission 2026: Read it here!](https://incomesecurity.org/isac-federal-budget-submission-2026-read-it-here/) - The federal government has opened its consultation session for the upcoming budget, with a submission deadline of May 22, 2026 (details about how to submit your own recommendations can be found in our post here.) This year, we focused on the following four major recommendations: Make the Disability Tax Credit (DTC) an effective, accessible, and
- [Consultations are Open for Federal Budget 2026!](https://incomesecurity.org/consultations-are-open-for-federal-budget-2026/) - The Standing Committee on Finance is inviting submissions to its Pre-Budget Consultation in advance of the 2026 Budget. This means it's time to share your thoughts on what the federal government's budget priorities for the upcoming year should be. There are usually two periods of consultation, one in March and one in August. The government
- [Need support while applying for the Disability Tax Credit and Canada Disability Benefit? These organizations may be able to help.](https://incomesecurity.org/need-support-while-applying-for-the-disability-tax-credit-and-canada-disability-benefit-these-organizations-may-be-able-to-help/) - Looking for help with your Disability Tax Credit (DTC) or Canada Disability Benefit (CDB) application? You may be able to get individualized help from a non-profit organization that has been trained and funded to help. The Disability Tax Credit and Canada Disability Benefit are important income-related programs for people who experience severe disabilities and who
- [Budget 2026 Reaction: The Limits of Protection in Ontario’s 2026 Budget](https://incomesecurity.org/budget-2026-reaction-the-limits-of-protection-in-ontarios-2026-budget/) - Ontario's 2026 Budget arrives with a familiar promise of protection, but for whom? The province faces compounding pressures, including a deficit that has nearly doubled to $13.8 billion, ongoing U.S. tariff threats, and the ripple effects of global instability that are already filtering into the cost of living for Ontarians. These are real and serious
- [NEW: Resource on Health Benefits for People Leaving Social Assistance Now Available!](https://incomesecurity.org/new-resource-on-health-benefits-for-people-leaving-social-assistance-now-available/) - There are many reasons why someone may stop receiving social assistance. For example, a senior may turn 65 and begin receiving seniors benefits that are greater than their Ontario Disability Support Program (ODSP) income. A mother might return to part-time work once her children are in school, and now her income may become too high
- [NEW REPORT: In Their Own Words: The State of Social Assistance in Ontario](https://incomesecurity.org/new-report-in-their-own-words-the-state-of-social-assistance-in-ontario/) - Nearly one million Ontarians rely on social assistance programs like Ontario Works (OW) and the Ontario Disability Support Program (ODSP) for survival. These are programs of last resort, a lifeline for those with nowhere else to turn. So how well are they actually working? According to ISAC’s new report In Their Own Words: A Recipient-Informed
- [New rules for extended temporary layoffs (CLEO re-post)](https://incomesecurity.org/new-rules-for-extended-temporary-layoffs-cleo-re-post/) - NOTE: The following information was compiled and posted by Community Legal Education Ontario (CLEO) on February 24, 2026, and is being re-posted here with permission. Sign up for CLEO’s mailing list here! There are new temporary layoff rules in the Employment Standards Act, 2000 (ESA). They came into force on November 27, 2025. The new rules let employers put non-unionized workers
- [Top Court upholds equality for women refugee claimants in access to affordable childcare](https://incomesecurity.org/top-court-upholds-equality-for-women-refugee-claimants-in-access-to-affordable-childcare/) - On March 6, 2026, right in time for International Women’s Day, the Supreme Court of Canada released its decision in Quebec (Attorney General) v. Kanyinda. Eight of nine justices ruled in favour of Ms. Kanyinda, a refugee claimant who was denied access to Quebec’s subsidized childcare program. Justice Karakatsanis, writing for the majority, ruled that
- [Decision-makers must look at the “whole person” in assessing ODSP eligibility](https://incomesecurity.org/decision-makers-must-look-at-the-whole-person-in-assessing-odsp-eligibility/) - People living with mental health-related disabilities who apply to the Ontario Disability Support Program (ODSP) are often turned down. This may be because the decision-maker believes that the medical treatment they are getting isn’t comprehensive enough, that there are gaps in their treatment, or there is not enough detailed and complete medical evidence to show
- [In the Media: "Court bars tribunal from using legal standard that led to dismissal of many human rights complaints", Law Times](https://incomesecurity.org/in-the-media-court-bars-tribunal-from-using-legal-standard-that-led-to-dismissal-of-many-human-rights-complaints-law-times/) - ISAC Staff Lawyer Nabila F. Qureshi was interviewed by the Law Times about the recent victory at Divisional Court in the case of Bokhari v. Top Medical Transportation Services. The decision is considered an important victory because, in the words of Nabila, “It removes a really significant barrier to accessing the Human Rights Tribunal –
- [Community Legal Clinics Win Major Human Rights Decision at Divisional Court of Ontario in Bokhari v. Top Medical Transportation Services](https://incomesecurity.org/community-legal-clinics-win-major-human-rights-decision-at-divisional-court-of-ontario-in-bokhari-v-top-medical-transportation-services/) - Decision removes a serious access to justice hurdle for applicants alleging discrimination at the Human Rights Tribunal Toronto, ON. – The Divisional Court of Ontario has released a new decision, Bokhari v. Top Medical Transportation Services, 2026 ONSC 1073, with significant implications for individuals with claims before the Human Rights Tribunal of Ontario. The Human
- [ISAC Lawyers Promote Health Justice with New Book for Primary Health Care Providers](https://incomesecurity.org/isac-lawyers-promote-health-justice-with-new-book-for-primary-health-care-providers/) - In our work on income security at ISAC, we know that unmet legal needs can harm people’s health. Unsafe working conditions can lead to illness or injury. Members of marginalized groups may face discrimination in the workplace, worsening mental health. Being cut off from social assistance means people may be unable to afford medications and
- [ISAC Submission on Automatic Federal Benefits for Lower-Income Individuals](https://incomesecurity.org/isac-submission-on-automatic-federal-benefits-for-lower-income-individuals/) - The federal government has recently taken steps to implement a long-awaited automatic tax filing system in Canada, first announced in 2020. People who owe taxes must file a tax return each year with the Canada Revenue Agency. However, many low-income Canadians rarely file their taxes because they do not owe the federal government anything and
- [The Black Inmate Abuse Class Action Case & Anti-Black Racism in Federal Prisons](https://incomesecurity.org/the-black-inmate-abuse-class-action-case-anti-black-racism-in-federal-prisons/) - Mr. Araya, a formerly incarcerated person, brought a case against Corrections Services Canada (CSC) in which he alleges that he was subjected to human rights violations due to his race. In a 2023 hearing, the Federal Court agreed to certify the case as a class action. This does not mean that the court has issued
- [Ontario Budget 2026: ISAC’s Recommendations](https://incomesecurity.org/ontario-budget-2026-isacs-recommendations/) - The Ontario government’s mandate is to protect the province, its communities, workers, and businesses. In the face of U.S. tariffs, rising costs, and ongoing economic uncertainty, the provincial budget must help Ontarians to withstand current and future shocks. To do this, the government must make targeted investments so that all Ontarians can live with dignity,
- [In the Media: "Why is the CRA still targeting pandemic aid recipients?", Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives](https://incomesecurity.org/in-the-media-why-is-the-cra-still-targeting-pandemic-aid-recipients-canadian-centre-for-policy-alternatives/) - "While people across the country were preparing to ring in the new year, the Canada Revenue Agency took the time to issue a stern warning: if you erroneously received emergency pandemic benefits five years ago, you can run but you can’t hide."..... ISAC staff Claudia Calabro and Nabila F. Qureshi recently wrote an op-ed about the
- [Understanding the Disability Tax Credit and Canada Disability Benefit, January 28, 2026, 12-1:30 p.m.](https://incomesecurity.org/understanding-the-disability-tax-credit-and-canada-disability-benefit-january-28-2026-12-130-p-m/) - Are you a community worker helping clients apply for the Disability Tax Credit (DTC) and the Canada Disability Benefit (CDB)? Do you support clients if their application is denied? If so, join us on January 28, 2026, 12:00 p.m. - 1:30 p.m. for this webinar on the DTC and CDB to better understand these benefits.
- [ISAC challenges the Human Rights Tribunal’s practice of denying oral hearings to applicants](https://incomesecurity.org/isac-challenges-the-human-rights-tribunals-practice-of-denying-oral-hearings-to-applicants/) - On November 24, 2025, ISAC appeared before the Divisional Court of Ontario in Bokhari v. Top Medical Transportation Services and Human Rights Tribunal of Ontario. Together with the Clinic Resource Office and Don Valley Community Legal Services, ISAC represented a worker, Ali Bokhari, who was fired from his job because of his disability. In 2021,
- [In the Media: "Canadians fight back as CRA cracks down on pandemic benefit recipients", Business in Vancouver (BIV)](https://incomesecurity.org/in-the-media-canadians-fight-back-as-cra-cracks-down-on-pandemic-benefit-recipients-business-in-vancouver-biv/) - ISAC Staff Lawyer Nabila Qureshi was recently interviewed for a Business in Vancouver article on the CERB overpayment issues still plaguing many low income workers across the country. The article speaks to the overwhelming need for more legal supports for those facing down a CRA repayment order, as the main avenue to challenge the CRA
- [In the Media: "Ontario rule for service dog benefit deemed against human rights in 2023. This woman’s still not getting it", CBC News](https://incomesecurity.org/in-the-media-ontario-rule-for-service-dog-benefit-deemed-against-human-rights-in-2023-this-womans-still-not-getting-it-cbc-news/) - ISAC Staff Lawyer Adrian Merdzan was recently quoted in an article about the Ontario government's forthcoming guide dog benefit, which is required to be changed as it was found to be discriminatory. The article focuses on the delay between the court's finding that the policy is discriminatory and the current situation that some clients on
- [ISAC intervenes at the Ontario Court of Appeal in a motion deciding whether the legal test for seeking permission to appeal should be updated](https://incomesecurity.org/isac-intervenes-in-case-to-decide-when-the-ontario-court-of-appeal-should-grant-leave-to-appeal/) - On November 7, 2025, the Income Security Advocacy Centre (ISAC) intervened in coalition with other civil society organisations in Knauff v. Human Rights Tribunal of Ontario et al. at the Court of Appeal for Ontario. The case is an opportunity to modernize the test for leave to appeal in a way that improves access to
- [Ontario Workers Are Being Left Out in the Cold: Join Two Upcoming Actions to say Enough is Enough!](https://incomesecurity.org/ontario-workers-are-being-left-out-in-the-cold-join-two-upcoming-actions-to-say-enough-is-enough/) - Workers in Ontario are facing high rates of inflation, precarious and dangerous work, and job instability due to the impact of international tariffs, all while being asked to accept paycheques that can't keep up with the bills. The situation is dire for workers who experience employer wage theft. And for those who have been injured
- [ISAC - ACTO Joint Submission on the forthcoming Ontario Poverty Reduction Strategy](https://incomesecurity.org/isac-acto-joint-submission-on-the-forthcoming-ontario-poverty-reduction-strategy/) - Ontario’s current Poverty Reduction Strategy, Building a Strong Foundation for Success: Reducing Poverty in Ontario (2020–2025), is nearing its end without having delivered meaningful or lasting reductions in poverty. Despite its stated ambition, the strategy has been undermined by a narrow, almost singular focus on employment activation and labour-market integration that has left the core
- [Join ISAC at Disability Without Poverty's National Virtual Symposium on December 3](https://incomesecurity.org/join-isac-at-disability-without-povertys-national-virtual-symposium-on-december-3/) - Disability Without Poverty (DWP), a national disability justice organization, is holding a virtual symposium on December 3, 2025, the International Day for Persons with Disabilities. The symposium, titled "Disability Poverty in Canada: Learning from Today to Make Tomorrow Better", will include a wide variety of presentations from people with lived experience, service providers, academic researchers
- [ISAC's Federal Budget 2025 Response: ‘Generational Investments’ Rhetoric Conflicts with Budget 2025’s Status-Quo Social Safety Net](https://incomesecurity.org/isacs-federal-budget-2025-response-generational-investments-rhetoric-conflicts-with-budget-2025s-status-quo-social-safety-net/) - The new federal government’s first and much-anticipated budget introduces what it describes as "generational investments" to empower Canadians. However, when it comes to the social safety net that protects low-income families, persons with disabilities, workers, and marginalized groups from economic vulnerability, it is clear that the budget preserves the status quo rather than delivering a
- [New Resource for Community Legal Clinics: Guidance on Fees for Medical Reports](https://incomesecurity.org/new-resource-for-community-legal-clinics-guidance-on-fees-for-medical-reports/) - Accessing appropriate and timely medical care can be challenging enough when living with a disability. For those applying for disability-related income support programs, their ability to receive income support becomes inextricably tied to their ability to obtain timely and thorough medical documentation. We know that doctors want to support their patients, and at the same
- [Ontario Budget 2026: Have your say!](https://incomesecurity.org/ontario-budget-2026-have-your-say/) - The Government of Ontario has opened up its pre-budget consultation period for submissions from members of the public. This is a great time to share your thoughts on what should be included and prioritized in the next provincial budget when it comes to improving income security for low-income Ontarians. There are a few ways to
- [On the 33rd International Day to Eradicate Poverty, let's stop wasting time and make permanent changes to improve the lives of Ontarians.](https://incomesecurity.org/on-the-33rd-international-day-to-eradicate-poverty-lets-stop-wasting-time-and-make-permanent-changes-to-improve-the-lives-of-ontarians/) - The International Day to Eradicate Poverty occurs every year on October 17. Adopted by the UN General Assembly in 1992, reflecting on the aspirations of the declaration today brings mixed feelings. Poverty in Canada dipped during the pandemic years due largely in part to direct income transfers provided by the federal government in the form
- [Press Release: Community Groups are Putting Queen's Park ON NOTICE - Food is a Right! Freeze the Rents! Raise the Rates! Raise Wages!](https://incomesecurity.org/press-release-community-groups-are-putting-queens-park-on-notice-food-is-a-right-freeze-the-rents-raise-the-rates-raise-wages/) - TORONTO, ON - On Thursday, October 23, at 11 a.m., a coalition of organizations focused on disability justice, food security, workers’ rights, renters’ rights, income security, poverty reduction, and improved social services will arrive at Queen’s Park in Toronto to put Queen’s Park ON NOTICE! The event will call attention to the interconnectedness of social
- [On October 23, We're Putting Queen's Park ON NOTICE!](https://incomesecurity.org/on-october-23-were-putting-queens-park-on-notice/) - Food is a Right! Freeze the Rent! Raise the Rates! Raise Wages! On Thursday, October 23, starting at 11 a.m., a coalition of organizations focused on disability justice, food security, workers’ rights, renters’ rights, income security, poverty reduction, and improved social services will arrive at Queen’s Park in Toronto to put Queen’s Park ON NOTICE!
- [Ontario Legal Clinics call on Min. Champagne to improve Employment Insurance in these turbulent times](https://incomesecurity.org/ontario-legal-clinics-call-on-min-champagne-to-improve-employment-insurance-in-these-turbulent-times/) - Every day the top headlines include news about factory or plant closures and layoffs, job instability across industries, and the federal government's potential plans to support workers by investing in new or "shovel-ready" projects. Missing from the government's plans is any meaningful, permanent change to one of the most crucial support systems that workers look
- [Work with us! Legal and Admin Assistant Position - October 24 Deadline](https://incomesecurity.org/work-with-us-legal-and-admin-assistant-position-october-24-deadline/) - The Income Security Advocacy Centre (ISAC) is a community legal clinic that specializes in improving income security and removing systemic barriers in order to provide access to justice and advance the rights of low-income Ontarians. ISAC’s work includes pursuing test case litigation, developing law reform initiatives, community organizing and providing community legal education. ISAC is
- [Update on the Canada Disability Benefit – Summer 2025](https://incomesecurity.org/update-on-the-canada-disability-benefit-summer-2025/) - The Canada Disability Benefit (CDB) is finally here. The Benefit has been open for applications since late June, with funds being distributed starting in late July. Some applicants have reported problems with their receipt of funds over the summer. In some cases, Service Canada was not calculating the amount of the CDB properly, which resulted
- [Summer CDB Spotlight on: Disability Planning Helpline by Plan Institute](https://incomesecurity.org/summer-cdb-spotlight-on-disability-planning-helpline-by-plan-institute/) - This is the last post of our summer website series promoting materials that will help individuals and/or their caregivers, friends, healthcare professionals and other support workers, apply for the Disability Tax Credit and the Canada Disability Benefit. We will only share materials created by trusted sources. What is the Canada Disability Benefit? The Canada Disability
- [Federal Budget 2025: ISAC’s Pre-Budget Submission to the Department of Finance](https://incomesecurity.org/federal-budget-2025-isacs-pre-budget-submission-to-the-department-of-finance/) - Building a strong, thriving economy requires improving affordability for all Canadians, especially the most vulnerable. With record-high income inequality, the affordability crisis is hitting low-income households the hardest. Now is the time for bold social policies that close these gaps and ensure no one is left behind. To achieve this, the government must provide a
- [Summer CDB Spotlight on: The Canada Disability Benefit Estimator](https://incomesecurity.org/summer-cdb-spotlight-on-the-canada-disability-benefit-estimator/) - After taking two weeks off, we are back! ISAC is running a summer website series to promote materials that will help individuals and/or their caregivers, friends, healthcare professionals and other support workers, apply for the Disability Tax Credit and the Canada Disability Benefit. We will only share materials created by trusted sources. What is the
- [Summer CDB Spotlight on: "Can I get the Canada Disability Benefit?" by Steps to Justice](https://incomesecurity.org/summer-cdb-spotlight-on-can-i-get-the-canada-disability-benefit-by-steps-to-justice/) - ISAC is running a summer website series to promote materials that will help individuals and/or their caregivers, friends, healthcare professionals and other support workers, apply for the Disability Tax Credit and the Canada Disability Benefit. We will only share materials created by trusted sources. What is the Canada Disability Benefit? The Canada Disability Benefit (CDB)
- [Summer CDB Spotlight on: The Government of Canada’s Free Tax Clinics Directory](https://incomesecurity.org/summer-cdb-spotlight-on-the-government-of-canadas-free-tax-clinics-directory/) - ISAC is running a summer website series to promote materials that will help individuals and/or their caregivers, friends, healthcare professionals and other support workers, apply for the Disability Tax Credit and the Canada Disability Benefit. We will only share materials created by trusted sources. What is the Canada Disability Benefit? The Canada Disability Benefit (CDB)
- [Supporting self-represented Social Security Tribunal appellants: ISAC's Submissions to the SST on document management](https://incomesecurity.org/supporting-self-represented-social-security-tribunal-appellants-isacs-submissions-to-the-sst-on-document-management/) - Individuals turn to the Social Security Tribunal (SST) to appeal government decisions related to their Canada Pension Plan (CPP) and Old Age Security benefits. These benefits are critical components of Canada’s social safety net. A significant portion of the appeals before the Tribunal involves denials of CPP Disability benefits. The majority of these appellants before
- [Every dollar matters for our clients: ISAC's submission on the costs of out-of-pocket doctors' fees](https://incomesecurity.org/every-dollar-matters-for-our-clients-isacs-submission-on-the-costs-of-out-of-pocket-doctors-fees/) - Doctors often charge patients to write reports and to provide access to the patient’s own medical records. This is a key issue for people applying for the Ontario Disability Support Program and other public disability benefits. Doctors are able to charge these fees because providing medical reports and records is an “uninsured service”, meaning it
- [Federal Budget 2025: ISAC’s Pre-Budget Submission to the Standing Committee on Finance](https://incomesecurity.org/federal-budget-2025-isacs-pre-budget-submission-to-the-standing-committee-on-finance/) - As we submit our budget recommendations to the Standing Committee on Finance this year, Canada stands at a critical crossroads. Low-income households are teetering under the weight of record-high income inequality, while escalating tariff wars threaten to exacerbate an already deepening economic crisis. These families face a perfect storm of rising costs from tariffs, looming
- [In the Media: "‘Not a good look’: Canada Disability Benefit rollout begins", Canadian Affairs](https://incomesecurity.org/in-the-media-not-a-good-look-canada-disability-benefit-rollout-begins-canadian-affairs/) - ISAC Staff Lawyer Robin Nobleman was recently quoted in an article on the Canada Disability Benefit (CDB) in Canadian Affairs. The article discusses the recent roll-out of the new benefit, and the challenges that individuals have faced in trying to access the CDB. Robin's comments focused on the design of the benefit, which creates problems
- [In the Media: "Time for a real poverty reduction strategy in Ontario", Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives](https://incomesecurity.org/in-the-media-time-for-a-real-poverty-reduction-strategy-in-ontario-canadian-centre-for-policy-alternatives/) - ISAC staff members Claudia Calabro and Asif Khan recently co-authored a piece published on the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives' website entitled Time for a real poverty reduction strategy in Ontario. In it, Claudia and Asif argue that it was a mistake for the provincial government to focus the 2020-2025 Poverty Reduction Strategy (PRS) on
- [Consultations are Open for Federal Budget 2025!](https://incomesecurity.org/consultations-are-open-for-federal-budget-2025/) - The federal government has opened the pre-consultation period for the upcoming budget. There are usually two periods of consultation, one in March and one in August. You can find out more about the consultation process on the federal government's official budget consultation website at this link. You can participate in the consultation by sending in
- [Summer CDB Spotlight on: Understanding the Disability Tax Credit - Video Presentation](https://incomesecurity.org/summer-cdb-spotlight-on-understanding-the-disability-tax-credit-video-presentation/) - ISAC is running a summer website series to promote materials that will help individuals and/or their caregivers, friends, healthcare professionals and other support workers, apply for the Disability Tax Credit. We will only share materials created by trusted sources. What is the Canada Disability Benefit? The Canada Disability Benefit (CDB) is a new federal government
- [Summer CDB Spotlight on: Demystifying the Disability Tax Credit (DTC)](https://incomesecurity.org/summer-cdb-spotlight-on-demystifying-the-disability-tax-credit-dtc/) - ISAC is running a summer website series to promote materials that will help individuals and/or their caregivers, friends, healthcare professionals and other support workers, apply for the Disability Tax Credit. We will only share materials created by trusted sources. What is the Canada Disability Benefit? The Canada Disability Benefit (CDB) is a new federal government
- [Temporary Improvements to Employment Insurance in Response to Tariff Threats Don’t Go Far Enough](https://incomesecurity.org/temporary-improvements-to-employment-insurance-in-response-to-tariff-threats-dont-go-far-enough/) - Employment Insurance (EI) has always been an important program for workers in Canada who lose their jobs. It’s even more important now in the face of US tariffs. The tariffs are expected to cause wide-ranging layoffs for workers in industries directly impacted by tariffs, but also for workers who are indirectly impacted. An estimated 2.4
- [Summer CDB Spotlight on: Resources for people with diabetes who are applying for the DTC](https://incomesecurity.org/summer-cdb-spotlight-on-resources-for-people-with-diabetes-who-are-applying-for-the-dtc/) - ISAC is running a summer website series to promote materials that will help individuals and/or their caregivers, friends, healthcare professionals and other support workers, apply for the Disability Tax Credit. We will only share materials created by trusted sources. What is the Canada Disability Benefit? The Canada Disability Benefit (CDB) is a new federal government
- [In the Media: "Ontario auto insurance reforms offer no real “choice” for low-wage workers", Policy Options](https://incomesecurity.org/in-the-media-ontario-auto-insurance-reforms-offer-no-real-choice-for-low-wage-workers-policy-options/) - ISAC staff members Anu Bakshi and Asif Khan recently co-authored an article published in Policy Options, the digital magazine for the Institute for Research on Public Policy (IRPP), about a small change with big implications that was tucked into Ontario's 221-page 2024 budget. The small change in question was billed as a consumer relief measure:
- [Summer CDB Spotlight on: The DTC and RDSP Guide for Newcomers](https://incomesecurity.org/summer-cdb-spotlight-on-the-dtc-and-rdsp-guide-for-newcomers/) - ISAC is running a summer website series to promote materials that will help individuals and/or their caregivers, friends, healthcare professionals and other support workers, apply for the Disability Tax Credit. We will only share materials created by trusted sources. What is the Canada Disability Benefit? The Canada Disability Benefit (CDB) is a new federal government
- [Summer CDB Spotlight on: The DTC Help Sheet created by Disability Alliance BC](https://incomesecurity.org/summer-cdb-spotlight-on-the-dtc-help-sheet-created-by-disability-alliance-of-bc/) - ISAC is running a summer website series to promote materials that will help individuals and/or their caregivers, friends, healthcare professionals and other support workers, apply for the Disability Tax Credit. We will only share materials created by trusted sources. What is the Canada Disability Benefit? The Canada Disability Benefit (CDB) is a new federal government
- [Summer CDB Spotlight on: MyDTCApp](https://incomesecurity.org/summer-cdb-spotlight-on-mydtcapp/) - ISAC is running a summer website series to promote materials that will help individuals and/or their caregivers, friends, healthcare professionals and other support workers, apply for the Disability Tax Credit. We will only share materials created by trusted sources. What is the Canada Disability Benefit? The Canada Disability Benefit (CDB) is a new federal government
- [OW and ODSP rates and OCB as of July 2025](https://incomesecurity.org/ow-and-odsp-rates-and-ocb-as-of-july-2025/) - As of July 2025, Ontario Works (OW) rates remain frozen for the seventh year, with no adjustment for inflation. As household costs continue to rise, this marks yet another year where the real value of income provided to social assistance recipients is effectively reduced. Ontario Disability Support Program (ODSP) recipients will see a 2.8% increase
- [Preserving the Charter’s right to equality for low-income communities: ISAC at the Supreme Court of Canada in Attorney General of Québec v. Kanyinda](https://incomesecurity.org/preserving-the-charters-right-to-equality-for-low-income-communities-isac-at-the-supreme-court-of-canada-in-attorney-general-of-quebec-v-kanyinda/) - On May 14-15, 2025, the Income Security Advocacy Centre (ISAC) intervened in Attorney General of Québec v. Kanyinda at the Supreme Court of Canada. The case is the next opportunity for the Supreme Court to engage with the equality rights section of the Charter. Ms. Kanyinda, a woman refugee claimant, was excluded from access to subsidized
- [New Resource: Guide to Health Benefits in Ontario](https://incomesecurity.org/new-resource-guide-to-health-benefits-in-ontario/) - Note: This Guide was updated towards the end of March 2025 to include new information about Canadian Dental Care Plan eligibility. This new information was added to p. 22 of the Guide, and 'Table 2. Dental Care Programs' on p. 35 was also updated. If you downloaded a copy of the guide prior to March
- [Budgeting Our Way Into More Inequality: Ontario Spends Billions on Rebates While Social Safety Nets Crumble](https://incomesecurity.org/budgeting-our-way-into-more-inequality-ontario-spends-billions-on-rebates-while-social-safety-nets-crumble/) - The Ontario government’s record high $232.5-billion 2025 Budget bills itself as “A Plan to Protect Ontario” from the threat and impacts of U.S. tariffs on the province’s economy. Ontarians struggling with low incomes and living in poverty will not see themselves anywhere in this budget, however, leaving them increasingly vulnerable and exposed to economic threats
- [Update on the Canada Disability Benefit – Spring 2025](https://incomesecurity.org/update-on-the-canada-disability-benefit-spring-2025/) - Note: Shortly after this Update was posted to our website, on May 27 the Ontario government announced that they will not claw back social assistance from individuals who will also receive the CDB. This is a big win! See our statement here. All other information in this post remains accurate and up-to-date. The Canada Disability
- [Statement on the Provincial Decision to Allow Canada Disability Benefit Recipients to Keep Their Full Social Assistance Income](https://incomesecurity.org/statement-on-the-provincial-decision-to-allow-canada-disability-benefit-recipients-to-keep-their-full-social-assistance-income/) - TORONTO - The Ontario government has announced it will exempt the Canada Disability Benefit (CDB) as income, which will allow people receiving social assistance to keep both provincial social assistance income and CDB income. This is a positive announcement, which people with disabilities in Ontario who live on incredibly low incomes have been waiting for.
- [ISAC Submissions on Further Proposed Changes to Human Rights Tribunal Rules (April 2025)](https://incomesecurity.org/isac-submissions-on-further-proposed-changes-to-human-rights-tribunal-rules-april-2025/) - ISAC has been actively monitoring and providing feedback to the Human Rights Tribunal of Ontario (HRTO) consultations on proposed changes to its Rules of Procedure since consultations began in November 2024. At that time, ISAC provided submissions opposing changes related to eliminating some procedural steps that can be helpful for unrepresented people trying to enforce
- [In the Media: "‘Nothing for most and no easy way to fight back:’ Advocates skeptical as regulations for Canada Disability Benefit Act outlined", Healthy Debate](https://incomesecurity.org/in-the-news-nothing-for-most-and-no-easy-way-to-fight-back-advocates-skeptical-as-regulations-for-canada-disability-benefit-act-outlined/) - Appeal rights are a necessary component of income support programs, writes former ISAC public health student Abby Taher. What would the ideal appeals process look like for the CDB? Abby has shared some ideas in this great piece for Healthy Debate. We have republished the entirety of the piece below with permission, but it can
- [In the Media: "Time is Running out to Fix Canada’s New Disability Benefit", Policy Magazine](https://incomesecurity.org/in-the-media-time-is-running-out-to-fix-canadas-new-disability-benefit-policy-magazine/) - This op-ed was first published in Policy Magazine on May 19, 2025. We have published the entirety of the piece below with permission. The original post can be viewed on Policy Magazine's website at this link. The much-anticipated Canada Disability Benefit (CDB) is set to roll out with first payments in July 2025. For Canadians with disabilities
- [New Resource: Tip Sheet for Healthcare Practitioners on the Disability Tax Credit](https://incomesecurity.org/new-resource-tip-sheet-for-healthcare-practitioners-on-the-disability-tax-credit/) - Starting July 2025, individuals will be able to apply for the Canada Disability Benefit (CDB). Currently, the only way to access the CDB is through having an active Disability Tax Credit (DTC). The Disability Tax Credit Certificate application includes a section that must be filled out by medical practitioners. ISAC's new tip sheet for Healthcare
- [Federal Election 2025: Issues and Campaigns We’re Paying Attention to this Federal Election](https://incomesecurity.org/federal-election-2025-issues-and-campaigns-were-paying-attention-to-this-federal-election/) - There is a lot going on during this Federal Election! With the ongoing threat of - and real consequences arising from - US tariffs, it would be easy to lose sight of ongoing issues like the affordability and housing crises, and longstanding problems with our social safety net. During this Federal Election, we continue to
- [Federal Election Day is coming up soon - here's the latest info on where, when, how, and why to vote!](https://incomesecurity.org/federal-election-day-is-coming-up-soon-heres-the-latest-info-on-where-when-how-and-why-to-vote/) - When is Election Day for the Federal Election? The federal election is coming up on Monday, April 28, 2025! I moved recently / I’m a new voter / I’m not sure if I’m registered. How can I find out if I’m on the voter’s list? You can check to see if you are on the
- [New Board of Appeal coming for first-level Employment Insurance (EI) appeals](https://incomesecurity.org/new-board-of-appeal-coming-for-first-level-employment-insurance-ei-appeals/) - After years of advocacy from workers’ groups, the federal government created the Employment Insurance Board of Appeal (EI BOA). The Board of Appeal will take over responsibility from the Social Security Tribunal – General Division for hearing and deciding first-level appeals under the Employment Insurance Act. Under the new Board of Appeal, three-member (tri-partite) panels
- [“My dreams are shattered”: Immigration Program Shut Down Within Hours Leaving Thousands of Migrant Care Workers Stranded](https://incomesecurity.org/my-dreams-are-shattered-immigration-program-shut-down-within-hours-leaving-thousands-of-migrant-care-workers-stranded/) - MEDIA RELEASE: Migrant Rights Network is calling on the government to stop the caps and exclusions and ensure permanent resident status for all. Toronto & Vancouver, March 31, 2025 - Migrant care workers across Canada are frustrated, angry and upset after a federal immigration program for home childcare and support workers closed within 4 and
- [Federal Budget 2025: ISAC's Budget Submission (March 2025)](https://incomesecurity.org/federal-budget-2025-isacs-budget-submission-march-2025/) - Every federal budget cycle includes a period for public submissions well in advance of budget deliberations. Last August, we posted our initial federal pre-budget submission linked here. In the months ensuing, we modified our submission slightly, and submitted it for the second and final submission period for Federal Budget 2025. ISAC recommends the following for
- [Ontario Court of Appeal declines to revisit finding that Ontario’s Guide Dog Benefit is discriminatory](https://incomesecurity.org/ontario-court-of-appeal-declines-to-revisit-finding-that-ontarios-guide-dog-benefit-is-discriminatory/) - The Ontario Court of Appeal has declined to revisit the Divisional Court’s finding that the strict training and accreditation requirements for the Ontario Disability Support Program’s (ODSP) Guide Dog Benefit are discriminatory, on the basis of disability, contrary to Ontario’s Human Rights Code. On June 12, 2024, the Income Security Advocacy Centre (ISAC) intervened in the
- [Provincial Election 2025: Questions and Answers from the Parties](https://incomesecurity.org/provincial-election-2025-questions-and-answers-from-the-parties/) - ISAC developed 11 questions on important issues that affect people living on low incomes in Ontario, and on February 14, these questions were sent to each of the four major political parties with sitting members in provincial parliament. You can read the original questionnaire here, which includes some preamble and context with each question. As
- [Watch ISAC's 2025 Election Forum on Income Security Here!](https://incomesecurity.org/watch-isacs-2025-election-forum-on-income-security-here/) - On Tuesday, February 25, ISAC held an online provincial election forum on income security, which was attended by Aislinn Clancy (Green Party), John Fraser (Liberal Party), and Lise Vaugeois (NDP). A member of the Progressive Conservative party was invited but did not respond to the invitation. The forum was moderated by Kat Eschner, TVO journalist,
- [Provincial Election 2025 Round-up: February 15 - February 21](https://incomesecurity.org/provincial-election-2025-roundup-february-15-february-21/) - Every week during the election, we’ll post select info and articles featuring our work and the work of our clinic colleagues and community allies to help inform you about the issues at stake in the 2025 Provincial Election. This week – week three of four of Ontario Election 2025 – saw many local debates, and
- [Provincial Election 2025 Round-up:  February 8 - February 14](https://incomesecurity.org/provincial-election-2025-round-up-february-8-february-14/) - Every week during the election, we’ll post select info and articles featuring our work and the work of our clinic colleagues and community allies to help inform you about the issues at stake in the 2025 Provincial Election. This week – week two of four of Ontario Election 2025 – we saw more advocacy campaigns
- [Provincial Election 2025 Round-up: January 29 - February 7](https://incomesecurity.org/provincial-election-2025-roundup-january-29-february-7/) - Every week during the election, we’ll post select info and articles featuring our work, the work of our clinic colleagues, and community groups and allies to help inform you about the issues at stake in the 2025 Provincial Election. The Ontario Election period began on Thursday, January 29, giving Ontarians and candidates a tight four
- [Ontario Budget 2025: ISAC's Recommendations](https://incomesecurity.org/ontario-budget-2025-isacs-recommendations/) - On Friday, January 24, 2025, ISAC was invited to provide a deputation on our priorities for the 2025 Ontario Budget at a Ministry of Finance budget consultation in North York. Members of the panel included the Parliamentary Assistant to the Minister of Finance and other Members of Provincial Parliament. ISAC's Research and Policy Analyst, Asif
- [Ontarians are going to the polls on February 27, 2025!](https://incomesecurity.org/ontarians-are-going-to-the-polls-on-february-27-2025/) - A provincial election has been called for February 27, 2025. We have put together some quick facts about when, how, and why to vote. Unfortunately we can only provide this information in English, but you you can translate this page and all pages on ISAC's website by using the language drop-down menu in the top
- [New! Changes to Employment Standards Act on Unpaid Job-Protected Leave due to Long-Term Illness](https://incomesecurity.org/new-changes-to-employment-standards-act-on-unpaid-job-protected-leave-due-to-long-term-illness/) - The Government of Ontario has approved changes to the rules that govern unpaid leave due to long-term illness. Some workers will now have access to a 27-week long-term illness leave. During that time, their employer must hold their job for them. This is called a “job-protected” leave. Workers can access this leave once they have
- [OW and ODSP rates and OCB as of July 2024](https://incomesecurity.org/ow-and-odsp-rates-and-ocb-as-of-july-2024/) - As of July 2024, Ontario Works (OW) sees no increase or inflation-based adjustment. For the sixth year and counting, OW rates have remained the same despite the ongoing impacts of high inflation on the cost of living. In this context, no increase in the rates essentially translates to a reduction in rates for recipients. Ontario
- [Update on the Canada Disability Benefit – Fall 2024](https://incomesecurity.org/update-on-the-canada-disability-benefit-fall-2024/) - A lot has happened with the CDB in the last few months! The Federal Government released proposed CDB rules: A lot of new information was released about the Canada Disability Benefit (CDB) in the federal government’s 2024 Budget in the Spring, even though the government was still in the middle of consultations about what the
- [Survey on Social Assistance: What’s Next](https://incomesecurity.org/survey-on-social-assistance-whats-next/) - In late October, ISAC launched a survey aimed at gathering data and stories from individuals who are receiving or who have recently received provincial social assistance (OW and ODSP specifically.) We received over 250 responses from people across the province, with many more sending in partial responses. In our initial post about the survey (which
- [Our Response to the Fall Economic Statement: Ontarians Need Sustained Income Support, Not an Election Rebate](https://incomesecurity.org/ontarians-need-sustained-income-support-not-an-election-rebate/) - Yesterday, Finance Minister Peter Bethlenfalvy announced a one-time “Taxpayer Rebate” worth $200 to all taxpayers in the province as a Fall Economic Statement 2024 surprise. Ontario families who qualify for the Canada Child Benefit for 2024 will also receive the $200 rebate for each eligible child under 18. The news of the “surprise” had broken
- [If you're on OW or ODSP, we want to hear from you! Fill out our new Survey on Social Assistance today](https://incomesecurity.org/if-youre-on-ow-or-odsp-we-want-to-hear-from-you-fill-out-our-new-survey-on-social-assistance-today/) - ISAC is launching a survey on social assistance today, aimed at gathering data and stories from individuals who are receiving or who have recently received provincial social assistance (OW and ODSP specifically.) We intend to use the info gathered from the survey to support our advocacy for raising social assistance rates and improving the social
- [Ontario Budget 2025: Have your say!](https://incomesecurity.org/ontario-budget-2025-have-your-say/) - The Government of Ontario has opened up its pre-budget consultation period for submissions from members of the public. This is a great time to share your thoughts on what should be included and prioritized in the next provincial budget when it comes to improving income security for low-income Ontarians. The deadline to submit all comments
- [Five things to know about Ontario’s new Centralized Intake Expansion for social assistance applicants](https://incomesecurity.org/five-things-to-know-about-ontarios-new-centralized-intake-expansion-for-social-assistance-applicants/) - The Ministry of Children, Community, and Social Services (MCCSS) first launched Centralized Intake for Ontario Works in 2020 under the Social Assistance Renewal (SAR) plan, which is part of the government’s multi-year social assistance “modernization” work. Centralized Intake introduced an online application and automated, risk-based eligibility verification process that aimed “to simplify the Ontario Works
- [ISAC Submissions on Proposed Changes to Human Rights Tribunal Rules](https://incomesecurity.org/isac-submissions-on-proposed-changes-to-human-rights-tribunal-rules/) - The Human Rights Tribunal of Ontario (HRTO) is holding a consultation on proposed changes to its Rules of Procedure. The proposed changes would eliminate some procedural steps that can be helpful for unrepresented people trying to enforce their human rights at the Tribunal. ISAC provided submissions opposing these changes. ISAC agrees that the HRTO must
- [ISAC's Analysis of Ontario’s 2024 Economic Outlook and Fiscal Review](https://incomesecurity.org/isacs-analysis-of-ontarios-2024-economic-outlook-and-fiscal-review/) - The Ontario Government’s 2024 Fall Economic Statement (FES) has revealed that the province is in an improved fiscal position compared to earlier projections in the 2024 Budget. This is mainly due to an overall deficit that is $3 billion lower than the number initially projected by the 2024 Budget which was released earlier this year.
- [Access to Justice for Social Assistance Recipients: New Article Published in the Canadian Journal of Administrative Law and Practice](https://incomesecurity.org/access-to-justice-for-social-assistance-recipients-new-article-published-in-the-canadian-journal-of-administrative-law-and-practice/) - Nabila Qureshi and Anu Bakshi, ISAC Staff Lawyers, and Anna Rosenbluth from the Clinic Resource Office have published an article in the Canadian Journal of Administrative Law and Practice entitled “Yatar v. TD Insurance Meloche Monnex: Access to Justice Implications for Low Income Litigants in Ontario”. This paper discusses the implications of the Supreme Court’s
- [Opinion: The Premier could snap his fingers and fix social assistance, so what’s stopping him?](https://incomesecurity.org/opinion-the-premier-could-snap-his-fingers-and-fix-social-assistance-so-whats-stopping-him/) - This op-ed piece was written by Robin Nobleman and Claudia Calabro Last week, Doug Ford told people living in homeless encampments to “get off your a-s-s and start working like everyone else”. Premier Ford was particularly fixated on people who receive social assistance, scolding, “we need to get these folks back working”. As if it
- [Improve Equity and Fairness in the Hiring Process: Our Recommendations to the Ontario Ministry of Labour (MLITSD) on Job Postings](https://incomesecurity.org/improve-equity-and-fairness-in-the-hiring-process-our-recommendations-to-the-ontario-ministry-of-labour-mlitsd-on-job-postings/) - ISAC, together with the Workers Action Centre and Parkdale Community Legal Services, recently responded to a consultation held by the Ministry of Labour, Immigration, Training, and Skills Development (MLITSD) on potential changes to the Employment Standards Act, 2000, regarding job postings requirements. The consultation included questions on what information should be shared with job seekers
- [Federal Budget 2025: ISAC's Pre-Budget Submission (August 2024)](https://incomesecurity.org/federal-budget-2025-isacs-pre-budget-submission-august-2024/) - *September 10, 2024, Update: Our recommendations for improving the Canada Disability Benefit (CDB) have changed slightly. To read the most up-to-date ISAC recommendations on the CDB, click here* Every federal budget cycle includes a period for public submissions well in advance of budget deliberations. In May, we posted our reaction to the 2024 Federal Budget
- [Pandemic benefits program discriminated against persons with disabilities but was justified due to the COVID emergency, say Ontario Court of Appeal](https://incomesecurity.org/pandemic-benefits-program-discriminated-against-persons-with-disabilities-but-was-justified-due-to-the-covid-emergency-say-ontario-court-of-appeal/) - ISAC intervened at the Ontario Court of Appeal in a legal challenge concerning workers living with severe disabilities and their exclusion from receiving pandemic benefits. To be considered a “worker”, claimants must have earned at least $5,000 from specified income sources (such as employment or self-employment) in the 12 months prior to the claim. Income
- [Robinson Huron Treaty Settlement: The History of the Treaty, the Legal Case and Settlement, and the Impact on Social Assistance Recipients](https://incomesecurity.org/robinson-huron-treaty-settlement-the-history-of-the-treaty-the-legal-case-and-settlement-and-the-impact-on-social-assistance-recipients/) - The Robinson Huron Treaty Settlement is a settlement agreement between different levels of government and several First Nations, which has come out of a unique and important court case on treaty obligations. The settlement agreement was proposed in 2023, the related court case was settled in July 2024, and settlement funds are now being distributed.
- [Say Yes to Immigrant Justice and No to Racism: Myths and Facts that Cut Through The Noise (re-post from Migrant Rights Network)](https://incomesecurity.org/say-yes-to-immigrant-justice-and-no-to-racism-myths-and-facts-that-cut-through-the-noise-repost-from-migrant-rights-network/) - *Note: This post was originally drafted by the Migrant Rights Network and was posted with permission and with minor edits for length Parliament returns next week! This is why on September 12-15, we are taking action in Charlottetown, Edmonton, Moncton, Niagara, Ottawa, Peterborough, Sudbury, Toronto and Vancouver to tell Prime Minister Trudeau to reject racism
- [New law protects homeowners from costly scam (CLEO re-post)](https://incomesecurity.org/new-law-protects-homeowners-from-costly-scam-cleo-re-post/) - NOTE: The following information was compiled and posted by Community Legal Education Ontario (CLEO) on September 18, 2024, and is being re-posted with permission. Sign up for CLEO’s mailing list here! In June 2024, the Homeowner Protection Act came into effect in Ontario. It aims to stop companies from using a legal tool called a notice of security
- [Improving the Canada Disability Benefit: ISAC’s 5 Key Points](https://incomesecurity.org/improving-the-canada-disability-benefit-isacs-5-key-points/) - There are just under two weeks left in the consultation period for feedback on the new Canada Disability Benefit (CDB)! The consultation is open until September 23. We have done a line-by-line analysis of the proposed regulations that will implement the CDB and the federal government’s justifications for them, and we have produced a Submissions
- [There's still time to submit comments on how to improve the Canada Disability Benefit. Our Submissions Guide is here!](https://incomesecurity.org/theres-still-time-to-submit-comments-on-how-to-improve-the-canada-disability-benefit-our-submissions-guide-is-here/) - The Canada Disability Benefit Act was passed in the House of Commons in Spring 2023, but the details of the Canada Disability Benefit (CDB) are still being worked out by government staff. We are currently at the point in the process where government staff has produced draft regulations that will determine the details of the
- [Court finds Ontario’s Guide Dog Benefit is discriminatory](https://incomesecurity.org/court-finds-ontarios-guide-dog-benefit-is-discriminatory/) - The Divisional Court has found that the strict training and accreditation requirements for the Ontario Disability Support Program’s (ODSP) Guide Dog Benefit are discriminatory, on the basis of disability, contrary to Ontario’s Human Rights Code. On June 12, 2024, the Income Security Advocacy Centre (ISAC) intervened in the case at the Ontario Divisional Court (Ontario (Minister of
- [2024 Federal Budget Reaction](https://incomesecurity.org/2024-federal-budget-reaction/) - Since its announcement, the 2024 Federal Budget has continued to generate much conversation, speculation, and expectation. Now that the dust has settled, let’s look at what the Budget offers and misses from an income security and social safety net lens. The Canada Disability Benefit Sorely Disappoints: The much-anticipated Canadian Disability Benefit (CDB) has dominated the
- [Another Year with NO Relief: Ontario Works Recipients Left to Live on $733 per month (Press Release)](https://incomesecurity.org/another-year-with-no-relief-ontario-works-recipients-left-to-live-on-733-per-month-press-release/) - TORONTO, ON – Social assistance rates for Ontario Disability Support Program (ODSP) recipients will increase today, but Ontarians struggling to get by on Ontario Works (OW) will see no increase to their social assistance incomes for the sixth year in a row. The annual inflation-related increase to ODSP rates will raise the basic needs and
- [New information on Canada Disability Benefit draft regulations and consultation process](https://incomesecurity.org/new-information-on-canada-disability-benefit-draft-regulations-and-consultation-process/) - The federal government has announced the next step in the Canada Disability Benefit (CDB) rollout. ISAC attended a public meeting on June 26, 2024, where Economic and Social Development Canada (ESDC) staff shared that they will publish the first draft of the regulations that implement the Canada Disability Benefit Act on Friday, June 28, 2024. Regulations
- [Join us on July 4 in Toronto at the Nothing Without Us Rally about the Canada Disability Benefit](https://incomesecurity.org/join-us-on-july-4-in-toronto-at-the-nothing-without-us-rally-about-the-canada-disability-benefit/) - Nothing Without Us: An Action about the Canada Disability Benefit Join us at Matt Cohen Park (across from Chrystia Freeland’s Office) for a Community Gathering in Toronto to talk about the low proposed rates, access requirements, and other barriers of the coming Canada Disability Benefit. Let’s come together and make them listen! WHEN: July 4, 2024
- [Challenge to whether Ontario’s Guide Dog Benefit is discriminatory Goes to Court](https://incomesecurity.org/challenge-to-whether-ontarios-guide-dog-benefit-is-discriminatory-goes-to-court/) - On June 12, 2024, the Income Security Advocacy Centre (ISAC) intervened in Ministry of Community and Social Services v. Robinson-Cooke at the Ontario Divisional Court. The case was about whether the strict training and accreditation requirements for the Ontario Disability Support Program’s Guide Dog Benefit are discriminatory, on the basis of disability, contrary to Ontario’s Human Rights Code.
- [CPP-Disability: A Guided Pathway to Request Reconsideration or Appeal when Denied: Webinar & Resources](https://incomesecurity.org/cpp-disability-a-guided-pathway-to-request-reconsideration-or-appeal-when-denied-webinar-resources/) - On June 6, Anu Bakshi, Staff Lawyer at the Income Security Advocacy Centre (ISAC), and Erik Bornmann, Director of Guided Pathways at CLEO, gave a workshop designed for frontline/community workers to learn more about the CPP-D reconsideration and appeal processes, and to learn how to use the new Guided Pathway tool on the Steps to
- [Update on the Canada Disability Benefit – Spring 2024](https://incomesecurity.org/update-on-the-canada-disability-benefit-spring-2024/) - When we posted our last update in February 2024, we were waiting to hear more about what the government was going to include in the first draft of the detailed rules on how the law should be carried out (also known as “regulations”.) Since then – to the surprise of many – when the government
- [Upcoming Training on CPP-Disability: A Guided Pathway to request reconsideration or appeal when denied](https://incomesecurity.org/upcoming-training-on-cpp-disability-a-guided-pathway-to-request-reconsideration-or-appeal-when-denied/) - Do you support clients who applied for Canadian Pension Plan–Disability (CPP-D) benefits and were denied? Or who had their request for reconsideration declined? This webinar will help community workers understand the CPP-D reconsideration and appeal processes. Presenters from ISAC and CLEO will walk you through the steps to help you support clients using CLEO's Guided
- [Court finds that portions of the Safe Streets Act are unconstitutional](https://incomesecurity.org/court-finds-that-portions-of-the-safe-streets-act-are-unconstitutional/) - Many people who depend on Ontario Works and Ontario Disability Support live in deep poverty. They may rely on panhandling to make ends meet, because their income assistance is inadequate to survive. However, for over two decades the Safe Streets Act has restricted the ability of people who live in poverty to ask for help,
- [5 Recommendations to the Ontario Ministry of Labour (MLITSD) on Developing a New Personal Long-Term Illness Leave](https://incomesecurity.org/5-recommendations-to-the-ontario-ministry-of-labour-mlitsd-on-developing-a-new-personal-long-term-illness-leave/) - The Ontario Ministry of Labour, Immigration, Training and Skills Development recently held a consultation on a proposal to include a new 27 week job-protected medical leave in the Employment Standards Act, 2000 (ESA). There are currently several different kinds of leaves already outlined in the ESA, as well as other legal protections included under the
- [Important Legal Victory: SBT must provide social assistance recipients with adequate reasons when denying their claims](https://incomesecurity.org/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, the Tribunal has issued boilerplate denial decisions that fail to address the circumstances or the arguments of an individual’s claim,
- [New Intervention: Challenge to whether Ontario’s Guide Dog Benefit is discriminatory](https://incomesecurity.org/new-intervention-challenge-to-whether-ontarios-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 Dog Benefit are discriminatory, on the basis of disability, contrary to Ontario’s Human Rights Code. Following a complaint that took
- [Canadian Dental Care Plan: What is it, who gets it, how does it work?](https://incomesecurity.org/canadian-dental-care-plan-what-is-it-who-gets-it-how-does-it-work/) - The Canadian Dental Care Plan (CDCP) is a new dental coverage plan for people living on low incomes across Canada. It is the next step in ensuring that all Canadians have at least some level of coverage for basic dental care. ISAC staff have developed a Backgrounder document that includes information on relevant legislation that
- [Ministers Freeland and Khera, There's Still Time to Fix the Once-In-A-Generation Canada Disability Benefit](https://incomesecurity.org/ministers-freeland-and-khera-theres-still-time-to-fix-the-once-in-a-generation-canada-disability-benefit/) - On Friday, April 26, ISAC sent the following letter to Minister Freeland and Minister Khera regarding the disappointing information announced about the Canada Disability Benefit in the 2024 Federal Budget. The letter was endorsed by over 50 community legal clinics across Ontario who serve thousands of clients who will be impacted by the CDB decisions
- [Protecting Student Grants from ODSP Clawbacks](https://incomesecurity.org/new-case-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 their education under the Ontario Student Assistance Program. In the process of receiving these grants, the student’s post-secondary school breaks
- [Important Legal Victory: Safe Streets Act Provisions Struck Down for Violating Charter Rights](https://incomesecurity.org/important-legal-victory-safe-streets-act-provisions-struck-down-for-violating-charter-rights/) - The Income Support Advocacy Centre is pleased that the Ontario Superior Court of Justice has found that some provisions of the Safe Streets Act violate the freedom of expression and presumption of innocence of people who panhandle to survive, and are therefore unconstitutional. Lawyers representing Fair Change Community Services, Aboriginal Legal Services, Justice for Children and Youth, the Canadian
- [New Intervention: Challenging the Exclusion of Workers with Severe Disabilities from Receiving Pandemic Benefits](https://incomesecurity.org/new-intervention-challenging-the-exclusion-of-workers-with-severe-disabilities-from-receiving-pandemic-benefits/) - The Ontario Court of Appeal granted the Income Security Advocacy Centre (ISAC) intervener status in Jacob v. Canada (Attorney General). This legal challenge concerns workers living with severe disabilities and their exclusion from receiving pandemic benefits. To be considered a “worker”, claimants must have earned at least $5,000 from specified income in the 12 months
- [Ontario Budget 2024: No Real Lifeline for Low Income Ontarians](https://incomesecurity.org/ontario-budget-2024-no-real-lifeline-for-low-income-ontarians/) - Last week, the Ontario government tabled a $214 billion budget for 2024-25, the largest in the province’s history. But if you are among the hundreds of thousands of low income working age Ontarians struggling to make both ends meet amid the affordability and cost of living crisis, unfortunately, there is little in it for you
- [Major Access to Justice Win for Social Assistance Recipients at the Supreme Court: Court Removes Barrier to Accessing Judicial Review](https://incomesecurity.org/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 assistance recipients in Ontario. The Supreme Court unanimously agreed with ISAC’s argument that a limited right to appeal certain tribunal
- [New Resource: Info Sheet on CPP-D and Returning to Work](https://incomesecurity.org/new-resource-info-sheet-on-cpp-d-and-returning-to-work/) - People who receive Canada Pension Plan Disability (CPP-D) benefits may be interested inand able to work to some degree but may have concerns about how this will impact theirbenefits. Our new info sheet on CPP-D and Returning to Work may be able to help answer some common questions about work trial periods, earning exemptions, and
- [ISAC, Pro Bono Ontario, and Osler LLP announce new program to support low-income people facing CERB/CRB repayment requests](https://incomesecurity.org/isac-pro-bono-ontario-and-osler-llp-announce-new-program-to-support-low-income-people-facing-cerb-crb-repayment-requests/) - The Income Security Advocacy Centre (ISAC)*, Pro Bono Ontario, and law firm Osler, Hoskin & Harcourt LLP have partnered on a public interest project: the “CERB/CRB Pro Bono Program.” This program will provide pro bono legal support to eligible people in Ontario dealing with CRA requests for repayment of the Canada Emergency Response Benefit (CERB)
- [Federal Budget 2024: ISAC’s Pre-Budget Submission (February 2024)](https://incomesecurity.org/federal-budget-2024-isacs-pre-budget-submission-february-2024/) - Every federal budget cycle includes a period for public submissions well in advance of budget deliberations. The federal government first solicited submissions for Budget 2024 in August 2023 (you can read our August 2023 submission here). There is also a second period for submissions, usually in Winter, as they continue to work on the federal
- [Ontario Pre-Budget Submission 2024: An Opportunity to Change Course ](https://incomesecurity.org/ontario-pre-budget-submission-2024-an-opportunity-to-change-course/) - Ontario is in a state of unprecedented crisis. While the province recovers from the COVID-19 pandemic-induced shock on its socio-economic structure, Ontario’s low-income and vulnerable population have seen their poverty and marginalization increase in almost every measure of poverty while dealing with soaring inflation and costs of living. In 2022, 18.7 per cent, or almost
- [Update on the Canada Disability Benefit – Winter 2024](https://incomesecurity.org/update-on-the-canada-disability-benefit-winter-2024/) - On June 22, 2023, Bill C-22 received Royal Assent and became law. We now have a Canada Disability Benefit Act. This is great news, but the important work of figuring out the details of the Canada Disability Benefit (CDB) is still ongoing. When we posted our last update in October 2023, we were at the
- [Constitutional Battle to End Criminalization of Panhandling Goes to Court - Fair Change Joint Press Release](https://incomesecurity.org/constitutional-battle-to-end-criminalization-of-panhandling-goes-to-court-fair-change-joint-press-release/) - TORONTO, ON – A long-awaited constitutional challenge seeking to strike down the Safe Streets Act and end the criminalization of panhandling in Ontario will be heard in Superior Court starting Tuesday. Lawyers representing Fair Change, Aboriginal Legal Services, Justice for Children and Youth, the Canadian Civil Liberties Association, the Ontario Human Rights Commission, and the
- [Creating the Canada Disability Benefit: ISAC's Submissions at the Technical Roundtables](https://incomesecurity.org/creating-the-canada-disability-benefit-isacs-submissions-at-the-technical-roundtables/) - The Canada Disability Benefit (CDB) is currently in the process of being created. The Canada Disability Benefit Act passed into law in June 2023, and since then, government staff have engaged with people across Canada in a variety of ways to solicit ideas and information on all of the important elements of a benefit whose
- [Ontario’s Human Rights Tribunal rules that Ontario’s Guide Dog Benefit is discriminatory](https://incomesecurity.org/ontarios-human-rights-tribunal-rules-that-ontarios-guide-dog-benefit-is-discriminatory/) - Ontario Works (OW) and the Ontario Disability Support Program (ODSP) offer a monthly Guide Dog Benefit for routine care of a guide dog. Those on social assistance could receive $84 per month only if the dog can be trained and certified by an accredited facility. The problem is that finding an accredited facility is tough.
- [Ontario Budget 2024: Have Your Say!](https://incomesecurity.org/ontario-budget-2024-have-your-say/) - The Government of Ontario has opened up its pre-budget consultation period for submissions from members of the public. This is a great time to share your thoughts on what should be included and prioritized in the next provincial budget when it comes to improving income security for low-income Ontarians. The deadline to submit all comments
- [First Nations Drinking Water Settlement & OW and ODSP Exemptions](https://incomesecurity.org/first-nations-drinking-water-settlement-ow-and-odsp-exemptions/) - In 2019, three First Nations took the Canadian government to court to address drinking water advisories in their communities and in First Nations communities across Canada. A landmark settlement agreement was approved by the courts two years later, and a claims process was set up. Details about the terms of the $8 billion settlement,
- [New Resource: Info Sheet on Ontario Works and Gifts](https://incomesecurity.org/new-resource-info-sheet-on-ontario-works-and-gifts/) - There are rules about how much money a person living on Ontario Works can receive in gifts or “voluntary payments”. Generally, a person living on Ontario Works can receive gifts up to a maximum of $10,000 in a 12-month period. However, there are rules around reporting gifts, and decisions on how to spend, save, or
- [Work With Us! Staff Lawyer Position - January 15, 2024 Deadline for Application](https://incomesecurity.org/work-with-us-staff-lawyer-position-january-15-2024-deadline-for-application/) - The Income Security Advocacy Centre (ISAC) is expanding our current legal team and is hiring for a full-time Staff Lawyer position. ISAC is a community legal clinic that specializes in advancing income security for Ontarians living on low incomes. This position offers a unique opportunity to practice appellate, Charter, and human rights litigation. This is
- [ISAC is hiring for an Administrative Manager position. Apply before January 15, 2024.](https://incomesecurity.org/isac-is-hiring-for-an-administrative-manager-position-apply-before-january-15-2024/) - The Income Security Advocacy Centre (ISAC) is hiring for a full-time Administrative Manager position. The Income Security Advocacy Centre (ISAC) is a community legal clinic that specializes in advancing income security for Ontarians living with low-income. ISAC’s work includes pursuing test case litigation, developing law reform initiatives, community organizing and providing community legal education. This
- [Panhandling to Survive Should Not Be an Offence: Fair Change Community Legal Clinic v. Ontario (Attorney General)](https://incomesecurity.org/panhandling-to-survive-should-not-be-an-offence-fair-change-community-legal-clinic-v-ontario-attorney-general/) - Social assistance is inadequate in Ontario. People who depend on Ontario Works or Ontario Disability Support Program live in deep poverty, and many do not have enough to afford food, rent, medicine and winter boots. Many are forced to turn to panhandling to survive. Their need may stem from overlapping and compounding vulnerabilities: the inadequacy
- [Federal Budget 2024: ISAC's Pre-Budget Submission (August 2023)](https://incomesecurity.org/federal-budget-2024-isacs-pre-budget-submission-august-2023/) - Every federal budget cycle includes a period for public submissions well in advance of budget deliberations. ISAC submitted recommendations to the Standing Committee on Finance during the first 2024 Federal Budget pre-budget submission period which closed on August 4, 2023. Recommendations were submitted in an abridged format. ISAC recommends the following for Budget 2024: Recommendation
- [Changes coming for Ontario workers (CLEO re-post)](https://incomesecurity.org/changes-coming-for-ontario-workers-cleo-re-post/) - NOTE: The following information was compiled and posted by Community Legal Education Ontario (CLEO) on December 6, 2023, and is being re-posted with permission. Sign up for CLEO’s mailing list here! As 2024 approaches, it's time to look ahead at some upcoming changes that will affect workers in Ontario. New EI Rates for 2024 The maximum amount workers
- [Modernization of Ontario’s Social Assistance Programs: New Amendments, Same Old Concerns](https://incomesecurity.org/modernization-of-ontarios-social-assistance-programs-new-amendments-same-old-concerns/) - Ontario’s social assistance system is in the midst of a “modernization” process that aims to “build a more responsive, efficient, and person-centred” system. The modernization process essentially involves two parts - Social Assistance Renewal (SAR) led by the Ministry of Children, Community and Social Services (MCCSS) and Employment Services Transformation (EST), undertaken by the Ministry
- [ISAC at the SCC: Yatar v. TD Insurance Meloche Monnex - Watch here!](https://incomesecurity.org/isac-at-the-scc-yatar-v-td-insurance-meloche-monnex-watch-here/) - Tomorrow, Nabila Qureshi and Anu Bakshi, ISAC Staff Lawyers, and Anna Rosenbluth from the Clinic Resource Office (CRO) will appear before the Supreme Court of Canada in an important case concerning access to judicial review of administrative tribunal decisions. Yatar v. TD Insurance Meloche Monnex will be heard tomorrow, Wednesday, November 15, starting at 9:30 a.m. ET.
- [Promises and Pitfalls of the Canada Disability Benefit: Webinar Link](https://incomesecurity.org/promises-and-pitfalls-of-the-canada-disability-benefit/) - On October 23, 2023, Adrian Merdzan, ISAC Staff Lawyer, joined a panel of experts on an Osgoode Hall Law School Professional Development webinar to discuss the Canada Disability Benefit. Adrian joined the first of two panels on “Clawbacks and Constitutional Issues”. His remarks focused on interactions between the Canada Disability Benefit and Ontario’s social assistance
- [Response to the Ontario Government's Fall 2023 Economic Outlook and Fiscal Review](https://incomesecurity.org/response-to-the-ontario-governments-fall-2023-economic-outlook-and-fiscal-review/) - On November 2, the Ontario Government released the 2023 Ontario Economic Outlook and Fiscal Review, titled “Building a Strong Ontario Together”. Aside from a provision for low‐income seniors, the Review contains glaring omissions in recognizing the needs of low-income Ontarians during these times of soaring inflation and the increased cost of living, raising the question:
- [Update on the Canada Disability Benefit – Fall 2023](https://incomesecurity.org/update-on-the-canada-disability-benefit-fall-2023/) - On June 22, 2023, Bill C-22 received Royal Assent and became law. We now have a Canada Disability Benefit Act. This is great news, but the important work of figuring out the details of the Canada Disability Benefit (CDB) is just beginning. In our last update, we discussed the difference between a Bill receiving “Royal
- [Social Assistance recipients need meaningful access to judicial review: Upcoming Supreme Court Case](https://incomesecurity.org/social-assistance-recipients-need-meaningful-access-to-judicial-review-upcoming-supreme-court-case/) - An important case concerning access to judicial review of administrative tribunal decisions is scheduled for November 15th before the Supreme Court of Canada. Social assistance recipients have a statutory right to appeal certain decisions about their benefits to the Social Benefits Tribunal on questions of law. However, there are some decisions that they cannot appeal.
- [Hot off the press: ISAC's 2022-2023 Annual Report now available](https://incomesecurity.org/hot-off-the-press-isacs-2022-2023-annual-report-now-available/) - ISAC's 2022-2023 Annual Report has been released in both English and French, ahead of our Annual General Meeting (AGM). The AGM will be held in mid-September and will feature guest speaker DT Cochrane from Canadians for Tax Fairness. While it may be too late to join this year’s AGM as a member, ISAC welcomes members
- [New Resource: Tips for changing your hearing format at the Social Benefits Tribunal](https://incomesecurity.org/new-resource-tips-for-changing-your-hearing-format-at-the-social-benefits-tribunal/) - Do you have an upcoming hearing with the Social Benefits Tribunal, but worry that access to your hearing will be next to impossible because of technology-related problems like no phone minutes or data, or because of medical/disability-related limitations, or language barriers? Check out our new tip-sheet for step-by-step information on how you can request a
- [Update on the Canada Disability Benefit – Summer 2023](https://incomesecurity.org/update-on-the-canada-disability-benefit-summer-2023/) - On June 22, 2023, Bill C-22 received Royal Assent and became law. This is great news, but the important work of figuring out the details of the Canada Disability Benefit (CDB) is just beginning. We provided our last update at the end of June, when the House approved Bill C-22 and the Bill received Royal
- [New Case: ODSP: Protecting Income Support Recipients from Double Recovery](https://incomesecurity.org/new-case-odsp-protecting-income-support-recipients-from-double-recovery/) - When an Ontario Disability Support Program (ODSP) recipient turns 65, they may qualify for Old Age Security (OAS) benefits. In addition, OAS recipients with low income may also receive additional income support via the Guaranteed Income Supplement (GIS). Usually, receipt of both OAS and GIS will disqualify those 65 and older from remaining financially eligible
- [Older Adult Homeowners Beware: This Housing Scam is on the Rise (ACE re-post)](https://incomesecurity.org/older-adult-homeowners-beware-this-housing-scam-on-the-rise-ace-re-post/) - Guest post by Karen Steward, Sarah Tella, and Kimber-lee Wargalla, from the Advocacy Centre for the Elderly (ACE), one of ISAC's sister clinics. It was originally published in their Fall 2023 newsletter, and has been modified slightly for ISAC's website. Since January 2022, the Advocacy Centre for the Elderly (“ACE”) has regularly received calls from
- [ODSP and OW Rates and OCB as of July 2023](https://incomesecurity.org/odsp-and-ow-rates-and-ocb-as-of-july-2023/) - For the fifth year in a row, Ontario Works (OW) incomes remain stagnant and well below the official poverty line for every family type. The provincial government did not make any increases to OW benefit rates. The Ontario Disability Support Program (ODSP) benefit rates have increased by 6.5% based on the cost of living formula
- [Press Release: Annual Social Assistance Rates Sheet Released, Too Little For ODSP Recipients and No Increase for OW Recipients](https://incomesecurity.org/press-release-annual-social-assistance-rates-sheet-released-too-little-for-odsp-recipients-and-no-increase-for-ow-recipients/) - TORONTO, ON – Ontario Disability Support Program (ODSP) recipients will see a slight increase to their July social assistance cheques due to an inflation-related increase to basic needs and maximum shelter allowances. The Income Security Advocacy Centre (ISAC) releases an annual update tracking the changes in social assistance rates. As of July 2023, a single
- [Update on Bill C-22 (Canada Disability Benefit) – June 2023](https://incomesecurity.org/update-on-bill-c-22-canada-disability-benefit-june/) - On June 20, 2023, the Senate passed the House’s recommended changes to Bill C-22. Since both the House and the Senate approved Bill C-22 with the same text, the Bill now moves to Royal Assent. Once the Governor General grants Royal Assent, which we expect to take place quickly, Bill C-22 will become law. Read
- [Press Release: Bill C-22 (Canada Disability Benefit) Passed by the House, Moves Closer to Becoming Law; Appeal Rights Enshrined](https://incomesecurity.org/press-release-bill-c-22-canada-disability-benefit-passed-by-the-house-moves-closer-to-becoming-law-appeal-rights-enshrined/) - TORONTO, ON - The Income Security Advocacy Centre (ISAC) applauds members of the House of Commons for passing the long-awaited Bill C-22 (Canada Disability Benefit). The Bill will now return to the Senate for final review, with passage of Bill C-22 now possible in the coming weeks before the summer recess. The House retained five
- [Update on Bill C-22 (Canada Disability Benefit) - May 2023](https://incomesecurity.org/update-on-bill-c-22-canada-disability-benefit-may-2023/) - On Thursday May 18, 2023, the Senate passed Bill C-22 with the amendments adopted by the SOCI Committee. This is welcome news! The amendments that were added to the Bill will make it so that: Insurance companies can't claw back the Canada Disability Benefit (CDB) from anyone who receives long-term disability benefits under an insurance
- [Filling in the Gaps on Energy Affordability: New Report Gives Recommendations on Ending Energy Poverty for Northern Ontarians](https://incomesecurity.org/filling-in-the-gaps-on-energy-affordability-new-report-gives-recommendations-on-ending-energy-poverty-for-northern-ontarians/) - Guest post by Zoé St Pierre, Student-at-Law at CELA In March 2023, the Low-Income Energy Network (LIEN) and Canadian Environmental Law Association (CELA) published Pathway Out of Energy Poverty in Northern Ontario, a report assessing energy affordability programs available to low-income people in Northern Ontario. Unfortunately, Pathway Out of Energy Poverty in Northern Ontario concludes
- [Tell the Senate to Pass a Stronger Bill C-22!](https://incomesecurity.org/tell-the-senate-to-pass-a-stronger-bill-c-22/) - ARCH Disability Law Centre, the Income Security Advocacy Centre, and many other community legal clinics and advocates across Ontario have closely followed the progress of Bill C-22 - Canada Disability Benefit Act as it has moved through Parliament. The Bill is currently before the Standing Senate Committee on Social Affairs, Science and Technology (SOCI). Bill C-22
- [ISAC in the Senate on Bill C-22 (Canada Disability Benefit)](https://incomesecurity.org/isac-in-the-senate-on-bill-c-22-canada-disability-benefit/) - Bill C-22 (Canada Disability Benefit) has been moving through Parliament over the last several months. The purpose of the Bill is to create a new federal income benefit for people with disabilities. The Bill initially made its way through the House of Commons where important amendments were added before it was sent on to the
- [Challenging CERB and CRB Overpayments: Webinar & Resources](https://incomesecurity.org/webinar-challenging-cerb-and-crb-overpayments/) - On April 4, Nabila Qureshi, Staff Lawyer at ISAC, and Amy Brubacher, Staff Lawyer at Don Valley Community Legal Services, gave a workshop designed for community workers to help clients who are facing CERB and CRB overpayment notices. The workshop was supported and hosted by CLEO. A PDF version of the presentation slides is posted
- [Ontario Budget 2023: Designed to Balance the Books on the Backs of Ontario’s Poorest During a Worsening Affordability Crisis](https://incomesecurity.org/ontario-budget-2023-designed-to-balance-the-books-on-the-backs-of-ontarios-poorest-during-a-worsening-affordability-crisis/) - On Thursday, March 23, following Finance Minister Bethlenfalvy’s Speech from the Throne, the Provincial 2023-2024 Budget was introduced. Released shortly after the three-year anniversary of the COVID-19 pandemic, the Budget contained few provisions to support individuals and families living on low incomes who are still dealing with the financial and health impacts of the pandemic
- [Federal Budget 2022 Analysis](https://incomesecurity.org/federal-budget-2022-analysis-people-with-disabilities-forgotten-workers-wait-for-paid-sick-days-and-ei-reform/) - – la version française suit dessous – Federal Budget 2022 Analysis: People with disabilities forgotten; Workers wait for paid sick days and EI reform Income security and poverty alleviation Overall, this budget does not offer any significant income supports for low-income Ontarians on social assistance or for people with disabilities. With the last pandemic benefits
- [Statement on Government Cuts to Life-Saving Healthcare Program Serving Uninsured People](https://incomesecurity.org/statement-on-government-cuts-to-life-saving-healthcare-program-serving-uninsured-people/) - ISAC is profoundly disappointed that the Ontario Government plans to end a vital program that provides OHIP coverage to uninsured people living in Ontario. This program successfully improves health outcomes and reduces financial hardship for our uninsured clients who need hospital-based services. This cancellation announcement came without notice and is set to occur on March
- [Change the Future for People with Disabilities Now! Take Action on the Canada Disability Benefit!](https://incomesecurity.org/change-the-future-for-people-with-disabilities-now-take-action-on-the-canada-disability-benefit/) - We have a once-in-a-generation opportunity to improve life for people with disabilities who live in poverty. In 30 minutes or less, you can change the future right now. Your 3-Step Checklist: Learn about Bill C-22 and the Canada Disability Benefit Read about needed amendments to strengthen Bill C-22 Write to the Senate to urge them
- [Ontario Budget 2023: Presentation to the Standing Committee on Finance and Economic Affairs](https://incomesecurity.org/ontario-budget-2023-presentation-to-the-standing-committee-on-finance-and-economic-affairs/) - In a typical year, provincial budget season lasts from January to early Spring, and includes pre-budget and budget submission periods, meetings, and hearings. On February 13, 2023, ISAC’s Senior Policy Analyst, Devorah Kobluk, spoke at a pre-budget consultation held by the Standing Committee on Finance and Economic Affairs. Below is the text of the presentation
- [Ontario Budget 2023: ISAC's Budget Submission](https://incomesecurity.org/2023-provincial-budget-submission/) - Informed by ongoing consultation with our community partners on issues relevant to our mandate, ISAC has made the following eight recommendations for the Spring 2023 budget: Invest in Income Security Programs Recommendation #1: Raise social assistance rates and broaden access a) Increase Ontario Works and Ontario Disability Support Program dependent adults earnings exemptions to $1000
- [Permanent residency status for all means equal rights](https://incomesecurity.org/permanent-residency-status-for-all-means-equal-rights/) - On December 16, 2021, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau promised regularization of undocumented people and permanent resident status for migrant workers and international students. This announcement was the result of sustained organizing by migrants. However, to date, the Cabinet has yet to make a decision on regularization. The scope and timeline of regularization is still very
- [Federal Budget 2023: ISAC's Budget Submission (February 2023 Edition)](https://incomesecurity.org/isac-2023-federal-budget-submission-february-2023-edition/) - Every federal budget cycle includes a period for submissions well in advance of budget deliberations, followed by a pre-budget submission period closer to the time when the budget will be released. ISAC submitted recommendations for the 2023 federal budget during the first submission period in October 2022 to the Standing Committee on Finance, and has
- [Impact of Proposed Changes to Earned Income Exemptions for ODSP - November 2022](https://incomesecurity.org/impact-of-proposed-changes-to-earned-income-exemptions-for-odsp-november-2022/) - On November 14, 2022, the Ontario Economic Outlook and Fiscal Review proposed changes to how earned income will be deducted from benefit cheques of people on the Ontario Disability Support Program (ODSP) only. Note: These changes do not apply to Ontario Works (OW) clients. The government announced that the ODSP monthly flat rate earnings exemption
- [Ontario Budget 2023: Presentation to the Parliamentary Assistant to the Minister of Finance](https://incomesecurity.org/presentation-to-the-parliamentary-assistant-to-the-minister-of-finance-in-advance-of-the-2023-ontario-budget/) - In a typical year, provincial budget season lasts from January to early Spring, and includes pre-budget and budget submission periods, meetings, and hearings. ISAC’s Senior Policy Analyst, Devorah Kobluk, was invited to present to MPP Rick Byers, Parliamentary Assistant to the Minister of Finance, on Thursday, January 26, in person at North York Central Library
- [Case Update: Discrimination and Wrongful Termination of an Indigenous Elder](https://incomesecurity.org/case-update-discrimination-and-wrongful-termination-of-an-indigenous-elder/) - The Income Security Advocacy Centre and Lake Country Community Legal Clinic jointly represented an Indigenous Elder in a legal challenge to the discrimination and wrongful termination he experienced while working as an Elder for the Correctional Service Canada. The clinics worked with the Elder to challenge this mistreatment through both a civil lawsuit and a
- [2022 Provincial Budget Submission](https://incomesecurity.org/2022-provincial-budget-consultation-presentation-des-consultations-sur-le-budget-de-2022/) - – la version française suit dessous – Informed by ongoing consultation with our community partners on issues relevant to our mandate, ISAC has made the following nine recommendations for the Spring 2022 budget: Invest in Justice for Workers: Recommendation #1: Legislate 10 Personal Emergency Leave days in the Employment Standards Act, 2000 that can be
- [ISAC Submission regarding Bill 276 / Mémoire au Comité permanent des affaires gouvernementales au sujet du projet de loi 276](https://incomesecurity.org/isac-submission-regarding-bill-276-supporting-recovery-and-competitiveness-act-2021/) - Informed by ongoing consultation with our community partners on issues relevant to our mandate, we make the following six recommendations for Bill 276, Supporting Recovery and Competitiveness Act, 2021, specifically Schedule 21, which amends the Ontario Works Act, 1997. Recommendation 1: Immediately raise the Ontario Works single rate to $1086.32 per month. Recommendation 2: Clearly
- [On debt forgiveness of pandemic benefits, the AG says one thing, the CRA says another. We say there's a third option.](https://incomesecurity.org/on-pandemic-debt-forgiveness-the-ag-says-one-thing-the-cra-says-another-we-say-theres-a-third-option/) - Recently, the federal Standing Committee on Public Accounts (PACP) met to discuss the Auditor General’s December 2022 performance audit report, Report 10 – Specific COVID-19 Benefits, on the treatment of pandemic benefits. ISAC’s analysis found several serious problems with the AG’s report, which evaluated the administration of pandemic benefits from March 15, 2020, to September
- [ISAC’s Advocacy Makes Gains for Low-Income Seniors But Timing is Crucial](https://incomesecurity.org/isacs-advocacy-makes-gains-for-low-income-seniors-but-timing-is-crucial/) - TORONTO – Income Security Advocacy Centre (ISAC) calls on the federal government to make funds available immediately for low-income seniors who lost their Guaranteed Income Supplement (GIS) due to CERB and CRB. Today’s Economic and Fiscal Update includes an announcement of a $742.4 million fund for one-time payments to low-income seniors who lost their GIS
- [Access to Justice for Workers: Uber v. Heller](https://incomesecurity.org/access-to-justice-for-workers-uber-v-heller/) - ** Français ci-dessous ** In Ontario, if your boss refuses to pay the minimum wage or violates your other employment rights, you can go to court or contact the Ministry of Labour. But can your boss make you sign an agreement to give up that right? On November 6, 2019, the Supreme Court of Canada will hear
- [Income Security Advocacy Centre and Parkdale Community Legal Services welcome the Supreme Court’s landmark decision for gig workers](https://incomesecurity.org/income-security-advocacy-centre-and-parkdale-community-legal-services-welcome-the-supreme-courts-landmark-decision-for-gig-workers/) - Media Release Toronto: In a ground-breaking decision released this morning, the Supreme Court of Canada made it easier for workers to challenge unfair contractual terms imposed by companies that hire them, whether or not they are in a formal employment relationship. The court sided with Uber drivers and reached a decision that addresses the concerns
- [Yatar v. TD Insurance Meloche Monnex: Ontario Court of Appeal decision removes a barrier to accessing judicial review](https://incomesecurity.org/yatar-v-td-insurance-meloche-monnex-ontario-court-of-appeal-decision-removes-a-barrier-to-accessing-judicial-review/) - Social assistance recipients have a statutory right to appeal certain decisions about their benefits to the Social Benefits Tribunal. However, there are some decisions that they cannot appeal. For example, decisions about access to “discretionary benefits” to cover dental, medical, and other expenses cannot be appealed, nor can decisions that refuse an extension of time
- [New Case: ODSP Treatment of the Federal "Incapacitated Child Benefit"](https://incomesecurity.org/new-case-odsp-treatment-of-the-federal-incapacitated-child-benefit/) - When a person living with disabilities receives Ontario Disability Support Program (ODSP) income support, they have a responsibility to pursue other government benefits that they may be eligible for. ODSP may withhold income support to account for the income an ODSP recipient obtained, or should have obtained, from other government benefit(s). For example, if an
- [New Case: Adjudicating Disability, ODSP, and CPP-D Prescribed Class](https://incomesecurity.org/odsp-adjudicating-disability-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 a limited or temporary capacity as her disability allowed). Unfortunately, if she tried to return to work, she may have
- [New Case: Procedural Fairness For ODSP Clients during Requests for Information](https://incomesecurity.org/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 caregivers was her “spouse” and asked her to provide extensive information about this caregiver. However, on the same date that
- [Presentation to the Minister of Finance in advance of the 2021 Ontario Budget](https://incomesecurity.org/presentation-to-the-minister-of-finance-in-advance-of-the-2021-ontario-budget/) - In a typical year, provincial budget season lasts from January to early Spring, and includes pre-budget and budget submission periods, meetings, and hearings. ISAC's Senior Policy Analyst Devorah Kobluk was invited to present to Minister of Finance, MPP Peter Bethlenfalvy on Friday, January 29, 2021, during a morning of budget-focused presentations. Below is the presentation
- [Ontario COVID-19 Child Benefit: Funding for Children, Youth and Students](https://incomesecurity.org/ontario-covid-19-child-benefit-funding-for-children-youth-and-students/) - Apply before May 17, 2021- Funding for Children, Youth and Students The Ontario government is providing financial support to families in Ontario with learners to help with additional costs during the COVID-19 pandemic, through a benefit called the Ontario COVID-19 Child Benefit. This funding is in addition to the Support for Learners Program that was
- [Virtual Press Conference: Income Security During COVID 19](https://incomesecurity.org/virtual-press-conference-income-security-during-covid-19/) - On April 8, 2020 Arash Ghiassi, lawyer at Income Security Advocacy Centre (ISAC), hosted a press conference on ISAC's open letter addressing income insecurity and assistance during the COVD-19 pandemic in Ontario. The letter demanded that social assistance rates be raised and that federal benefits be exempt from clawbacks from social assistance recipients. It has
- [Open Letter from 150 community organizations /  Lettre ouverte de 150 organismes communautaires](https://incomesecurity.org/open-letter-from-more-than-140-community-organizations-lettre-ouverte-de-plus-de-130-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 care providers, and other organizations. We call on you to ensure the most vulnerable members of our Province have meaningful
- [Virtual townhall on issues affecting people with disabilities during COVID-19](https://incomesecurity.org/virtual-townhall-on-issues-affecting-people-with-disabilities-during-covid-19/) - On April 7, 2020, Ontario Autism Coalition hosted a virtual town hall on COVID-19 hardships and its impact on the community of people with disabilities. Yola Grant, Executive Director of ISAC, presented on the federal and provincial governments income security programs that could assist during the pandemic. Yola also highlighted some deficiencies in the programs
- [2020 Fall Provincial Budget Consultation /  Présentation des consultations sur le budget de l’automne 2020](https://incomesecurity.org/2020-fall-provincial-budget-consultation-presentation-des-consultations-sur-le-budget-de-lautomne-2020/) - Please note that due to the COVID-19 pandemic, submissions to the Minister of Finance were delayed until the Fall 2020 Budget consultations. Our submission to the Ontario’s Standing Committee on Finance and Economic Affairs in January 2020. Read ISAC's Fall 2020 Budget Consultation Submission below: English / French
- [2021 Federal Pre-Budget Consultations Submission / Consultations prébudgétaires fédérales de 2021](https://incomesecurity.org/2021-federal-pre-budget-consultations-submission/) - ISAC made the following six recommendations for the Spring 2021 Federal budget: Legislate 7 employer-paid sick days under the Canada Labour Code Recommendation #1 – Legislate 7 days of paid sick leave under the Canada Labour Code. Legislate an additional 14 days of paid sick leave during declared pandemics. Reform Employment Insurance into a decent
- [2021 Ontario Budget: ISAC response and analysis / Budget de l’Ontario de 2021 : Réponse et analyse du CASR](https://incomesecurity.org/2021-ontario-budget-isac-response-and-analysis-budget-de-lontario-de-2021-reponse-et-analyse-du-casr/) - A French version below/ Une version française ci-dessous Budget fails to tackle inequities worsened by COVID-19 pandemic and leaves low-income Ontarians behind In February of 2021, ISAC prepared submissions as part of the 2021 Ontario Budget consultations. ISAC’s 2021 Provincial Budget Consultation submission made recommendations for investments under three priority areas: Justice for Workers, Income Security
- [2021 Federal Budget: ISAC response/analysis](https://incomesecurity.org/2021-federal-budget-isac-response-analysis/) - Version française à suivre bientôt Budget promises childcare, some income supports, but fails to focus on systemic poverty ISAC prepared a submission as part of the 2021 Federal Pre-Budget Consultations in February of 2021. We made several recommendations including the following: legislate 7 employer-paid sick days under the Canada Labour Code; reform Employment Insurance (EI);
- [Defer overpayment collection for social assistance recipients now!](https://incomesecurity.org/immediate-deferral-of-overpayment-collection-for-social-assistance-recipients-is-needed/) - ISAC calls for the government to defer all overpayment collection for social assistance recipients. Social assistance recipients are under unprecedented pressure because of the ongoing pandemic and emergency measures. They have plunged deeper into debt, increased costs due to the pandemic, difficulty accessing services due to lockdown measures and deteriorated in their physical and mental
- [Eligible seniors set to receive increases in Old Age Security and Guaranteed Income Supplement](https://incomesecurity.org/eligible-seniors-set-to-receive-increases-in-old-age-security-and-guaranteed-income-supplement/) - The federal government has announced increases to seniors' benefits in the coming weeks. • OAS eligible older seniors set to receive $500 one-time payment during the week of August 16, 2021 • OAS and GIS eligible seniors will see increase in benefits as they are indexed to inflation in July 2021. To find out if
- [Ontario’s strategies to end poverty will make life worse for low-income people post-pandemic | The Star](https://incomesecurity.org/ontarios-strategies-to-end-poverty-will-make-life-worse-for-low-income-people-post-pandemic-the-star/) - Low-income Ontarians entered the pandemic in distress and have disproportionately borne the brunt of the pandemic’s impacts. This would be the perfect time for Ontario to ensure a successful and complete recovery by making permanent changes to alleviate poverty. Instead, in the middle of the second wave, the province delivered two strategies that will fail
- [ISAC 2022 Federal Pre-Budget Submission / Présentation prébudgétaire 2022 de l’ISAC](https://incomesecurity.org/isac-2022-federal-pre-budget-submission-prebudgetaire-federale-isac-2022/) - ISAC made the following five recommendations for the 2022 Federal budget: Recommendation #1 – Legislate 7 employer-paid sick days under the Canada Labour Code and an additional 14 days of paid sick leave during declared pandemics. Recommendation #2 – Reform Employment Insurance into a fair and accessible program for all workers by: setting a cross-Canada
- [Trapped Behind the Welfare Wall on Disability Assistance: Podcast Episode](https://incomesecurity.org/trapped-behind-the-welfare-wall-on-disability-assistance-podcast-episode/) - Non-partisan, candid, and thought-provoking, the Daily Bread Food Bank's The 2030 Project tackles some of the biggest and most social pressing issues facing Canada today, from universal basic income, to digital access, disability rights, the future of work, and more. The 2030 Project is an educational tool as well as a call to action for how people can
- [ISAC to Standing Cttee on Finance: Support workers and low-income seniors, restore the GIS now / Restaurer le SRG maintenant](https://incomesecurity.org/isac-to-standing-cttee-on-finance-support-workers-and-low-income-seniors-restore-the-gis-now/) - On Thursday, December 9, 2021, ISAC's Senior Policy Analyst Devorah Kobluk appeared as a witness before the Standing Committee on Finance to speak to Bill C-2, An Act to provide further support in response to COVID-19. Major recommendations presented: Retroactively extend the Canada Recovery Benefit at its original $500 rate until the economy fully stabilizes
- [2021 Provincial Budget Consultation / Présentation des consultations sur le budget de 2021](https://incomesecurity.org/2021-provincial-budget-consultation-presentation-des-consultations-sur-le-budget-de-2021/) - ISAC has made a submission to the Minister of Finance. Informed by ongoing consultation with our community partners on issues relevant to our mandate, our submission includes recommendations on: Investing in Justice for Workers: • Recommendation #1 - Legislate paid sick leave: Legislate 10 Personal Emergency Leave days in the Employment Standards Act, 2000, including
- [ISAC's Clinic Trainings on CPP-D Benefits & Appeals a Success](https://incomesecurity.org/isacs-clinic-trainings-on-cpp-d-benefits-appeals-a-success/) - Throughout Autumn 2022, ISAC legal staff delivered several small group trainings on the basics of the Canada Pension Plan-Disability (CPP-D) benefit to more than 55 community legal clinic caseworkers working across Ontario. Our goal was to build clinic capacity and to learn from our sister clinics. The trainings were geared towards newer CPP-D caseworkers in
- [Ontario Budget 2023: Have your say!](https://incomesecurity.org/ontario-budget-2023-have-your-say/) - The Government of Ontario has opened up its pre-budget consultation period for submissions from members of the public. This is a great time to share your thoughts on what should be included and prioritized in the next provincial budget when it comes to improving income security for low-income Ontarians. The deadline to submit all comments
- [New temporary federal benefits for low income parents, renters, and on-reserve residents](https://incomesecurity.org/new-temporary-federal-benefits-for-low-income-parents-renters-and-on-reserve-residents/) - The federal government is offering three temporary benefits for families and people living on low incomes. Canada Dental Benefit (temporary, one-time benefit, two eligibility periods) The Canada Dental Benefit is intended to support families whose incomes are less than $90,000 a year access dental care for their children. Depending on income and a few other
- [Submission to HUMA Committee re: Bill C-22 (Canada Disability Benefit)](https://incomesecurity.org/submission-to-huma-committee-re-bill-c-22-canada-disability-benefit/) - Bill C-22, An Act to reduce poverty and to support the financial security of persons with disabilities by establishing the Canada disability benefit and making a consequential amendment to the Income Tax Act, is currently being studied in the House of Commons at the Standing Committee on Human Resources, Skills and Social Development and the
- [Important Changes at the Social Security Tribunal (SST)](https://incomesecurity.org/new-changes-at-the-social-security-tribunal-sst/) - Important changes to the laws governing the Social Security Tribunal (SST) have been made as of December 5, 2022. The SST deals with appeals and issues relating to the Canada Pension Plan (CPP), Canada Pension Plan Disability (CPP-D), Old Age Security (OAS), and other federal benefits. Changes include amendments to the SST’s governing legislation, the creation
- [Changes to benefits aimed at rising cost of living (CLEO re-post)](https://incomesecurity.org/recent-changes-to-benefits-minimum-wage-and-more-cleo-re-post/) - NOTE: The following information was compiled and posted by Community Legal Education Ontario (CLEO) on November 4, 2022, and is being re-posted with permission. Sign up for CLEO's mailing list here! Changes to benefits aimed at rising cost of living The provincial and federal governments recently made changes to some financial benefits and policies. These
- [2022 Economic Outlook and Fiscal Review Analysis](https://incomesecurity.org/2022-economic-outlook-and-fiscal-review-analysis/) - On November 14, 2022, the Minister of Finance, Peter Bethlenfalvy, presented the Economic Outlook and Fiscal Review. While the proposed changes for people who rely on the Ontario Disability Support Program (ODSP) and can work are positive, there is little for low-income workers, and nothing for people who rely on Ontario Works (OW). Low-income seniors
- [OW and ODSP Rates and the OCB as of September 2022](https://incomesecurity.org/ow-and-odsp-rates-and-the-ocb-as-of-september-2022/) - This marks the fourth year the provincial government did not make any increases to Ontario Works (OW) benefit rates. However, the Ontario Disability Support Program (ODSP) benefit rates have increased by 5%. Families with children will also see a slight change in their monthly Ontario Child Benefit (OCB) amounts due to a small increase linked
- [ISAC 2023 Federal Budget Submission](https://incomesecurity.org/isac-2023-federal-budget-submission/) - ISAC made the following five recommendations for the 2023 Federal budget: Recommendation 1 – Implement the 10 employer-paid sick days that were legislated in Bill C-3. Fix Bill C-3 by removing the accrual model and replacing it with full access to 10 paid sick days per year immediately upon starting new employment and at the
- [Press Release: ISAC Urges Provincial Government to Fund Increases to Social Assistance Rates and Invest in People Living on Low Incomes](https://incomesecurity.org/press-release-isac-urges-provincial-government-to-fund-increases-to-social-assistance-rates-and-invest-in-people-living-on-low-incomes/) - TORONTO, ON - Today the Ministry of Finance released its 2022 Ontario Economic Outlook and Fiscal Review. While the Economic Outlook included some announcements that will improve the lives of some people living on low incomes in Ontario, the provincial government has missed a crucial opportunity to re-invest surplus dollars into increased social assistance rates,
- [ISAC calls on government to use strong financial position to raise OW rates immediately](https://incomesecurity.org/isac-calls-on-government-to-use-strong-financial-position-to-raise-ow-rates-immediately/) - On October 27, 2022, the Financial Accountability Office (FAO) released its Economic and Budget Outlook, Fall 2022. It details the FAO’s projection of the Ontario government’s fiscal position, specifically that with unexpected and increased income, corporate and sales tax revenue, the Province has money to spare. With the near $800 million the Province saved from
- [Education Workers and the Fight for Decent Work ](https://incomesecurity.org/education-workers-and-the-fight-for-decent-work/) - 55,000 education workers in Ontario are in the midst of bargaining for better working conditions and wages. On Sunday, the government announced their intentions to legislate away these workers’ right to strike and unilaterally impose a collective agreement on them. This is being done despite planned mediation dates on November 1st, 2nd and 3rd.
- [In the Media: "Doug Ford’s math on social assistance doesn’t add up", Op-Ed, Toronto Star](https://incomesecurity.org/in-the-media-doug-fords-math-on-social-assistance-doesnt-add-up-op-ed-toronto-star/) - The ODSP Action Coalition and ISAC wrote an op-ed for the Toronto Star about the province's problematic social assistance math and urged the government to solve the real problem: legislated poverty for people on ODSP. Click here to read the article.
- [Bill C-22 regarding the Canada Disability Benefit passes second reading; moves to committee phase (Updated Oct 25, 2022)](https://incomesecurity.org/bill-c-22-regarding-the-canada-disability-benefit-passes-second-reading-and-moves-to-committee-phase/) - October 20: Earlier this week, Bill C-22, the federal bill regarding the Canada Disability Benefit, passed second reading in the House of Commons. It has now been referred for study to the Standing Committee on Human Resources, Skills and Social Development and the Status of Persons with Disabilities (HUMA). Committee hearings are coming up soon; to make
- [In the Media: "Ontario expands role of private firms in welfare jobs programs", Globe and Mail](https://incomesecurity.org/in-the-media-ontario-expands-role-of-private-firms-in-welfare-jobs-programs-globe-and-mail/) - ISAC’s Senior Policy Analyst Devorah Kobluk was interviewed for the Globe and Mail regarding changes to the province's delivery of employment services. Read the full article by clicking here. Note: article is behind a paywall.
- [ISAC 2021-2022 Annual Report](https://incomesecurity.org/isac-2021-2022-annual-report/) - ISAC released its 2021-2022 Annual Report today. The Annual Report includes 2021-2022 Impact Highlights and a review of our work over the last year, including law and policy reform and advocacy, systemic litigation, public interest interventions, and public legal education, community organizing, and outreach. To open the English PDF version of the report in your
- [Open Letter: Premier Ford, Double Social Assistance Rates Now!](https://incomesecurity.org/open-letter-premier-ford-double-social-assistance-rates-now/) - On Monday, July 25, ISAC and over 230 social service providers and community organizations called on Premier Ford to double social assistance rates ahead of the August 2022 Budget. Scroll down to read the full text of the letter and the list of endorsers, or view the letter here in English (PDF) et ici en
- [Let’s Not Go Backwards on Employment Insurance](https://incomesecurity.org/lets-not-go-backwards-on-employment-insurance/) - In response to the unprecedented crisis brought on by the pandemic, the federal government instituted a number of reforms to Canada’s Employment Insurance (EI) program in 2020. These reforms allowed greater access to EI, and increased the minimum benefit rate and length of the benefit. For workers, these were vital reforms that ensured greater access
- [Update on 5% benefit rate increase to the Ontario Disability Support Program (ODSP)](https://incomesecurity.org/update-on-5-benefit-rate-increase-to-the-ontario-disability-support-program-odsp/) - Effective today, ODSP benefit rates will increase by 5%. This 5% applies to both basic needs and shelter amounts, board and lodge rates, and sponsored immigrants. Services provided in long-term care homes will also be covered. The new basic needs amount for a singles is $706, up from $672. The new shelter amount for a
- [Become a member of ISAC! Applications open now](https://incomesecurity.org/become-a-member-of-isac-applications-open-now/) - ISAC’s primary goal is to advance the systemic interests and rights of low-income Ontarians around income security programs and low-wage precarious employment. To reach our goals, we engage in various strategies: litigation, law and policy reform, community development/organizing, and advocacy. We work very closely with many like-minded community groups and organizations, especially the network of
- [Government re-introduced Budget 2022 fails to implement calls to raise both OW and ODSP rates significantly](https://incomesecurity.org/government-re-introduced-budget-2022-fails-to-implement-calls-to-raise-both-ow-and-odsp-rates-significantly/) - ODSP rates increase On Tuesday, August, 9, 2022, and following the Speech from the Throne, the provincial government re-introduced the same pre-election Budget from April 28, 2022. It has a few additions. One is an increase of five per cent to Ontario Disability Support Program (ODSP) rates and to index these rates to inflation. This
- [In the Media: "Demand to increase disability support", AMI's Now with Dave Brown](https://incomesecurity.org/in-the-media-demand-to-increase-disability-support-amis-now-with-dave-brown/) - ISAC’s Senior Policy Analyst Devorah Kobluk was interviewed on NOW with Dave Brown, an Accessible Media Inc. (AMI) podcast, about the Ontario government's promise to increase ODSP rates by 5% and the Open Letter released by ISAC on July 25, 2022, which called for the government to double social assistance rates and which was signed
- [ISAC to Senate: Exclude pandemic benefits from the calculation of OAS and GIS](https://incomesecurity.org/isac-to-senate-exclude-pandemic-benefits-from-the-calculation-of-oas-and-gis/) - On Friday February 25, 2022, ISAC’s Senior Policy Analyst Devorah Kobluk appeared as a witness before the Senate Standing Committee on Social Affairs, Science and Technology to speak to Bill C-12, An Act to amend the Old Age Security Act (Guaranteed Income Supplement). On behalf of ISAC, Devorah urged the Committee to pass Bill C-12 without
- [From the archive: ODSP & OW rates sheets from 2015 to 2021](https://incomesecurity.org/from-the-archive-odsp-ow-rate-sheets-from-2015-to-2021/) - Every year in the fall, ISAC reviews the new provincial social assistance rates and releases an updated "OW & ODSP Rates and the Ontario Child Benefit" rates sheet. Though the look of the rates sheets may have changed over the years, unfortunately social assistance rates themselves have barely inched up or have stayed the same.
- [Disability Tax Credit eligibility has been expanded](https://incomesecurity.org/disability-tax-credit-eligibility-has-been-expanded/) - ISAC welcomes the Canada Disability Tax Credit (DTC) eligibility criteria expansion for mental functions and life-sustaining therapy. People living with mental disorders have long faced multiple barriers accessing the DTC. The DTC is a non-refundable tax credit that reduces the income tax payable of applicants who qualify. In order to qualify, an applicant must have
- [Extending the WIPB isn't working for workers: Ontarians need 10 permanent paid sick days](https://incomesecurity.org/extending-the-wipb-isnt-working-for-workers-ontarians-need-10-permanent-paid-sick-days/) - On July 21, the Ontario government announced the extension of the Worker Income Protection Benefit (WIPB) to March 31, 2023. This is the second such extension of the WIPB since it was brought in on April 29, 2021. The WIPB amended the Employment Standards Act (ESA) ​to require employers to provide employees with up to
- [In the Media: ‘I don’t know how long I can do this’: Disabled Ontarians still waiting on federal disability benefit, TVO ](https://incomesecurity.org/in-the-media-i-dont-know-how-long-i-can-do-this-disabled-ontarians-still-waiting-on-federal-disability-benefit-tvo/) - ISAC’s Senior Policy Analyst Devorah Kobluk was interviewed for a TVO.org article on the topic of the Canada Disability Benefit. Read the full story on TVO's website here: https://www.tvo.org/article/i-dont-know-how-long-i-can-do-this-disabled-ontarians-still-waiting-on-federal-disability-benefit
- [In the Media: "Private Companies In Line To Take Over Ontario Social Assistance 'Employment Services,' Memos Suggest", Press Progress](https://incomesecurity.org/in-the-media-private-companies-in-line-to-take-over-ontario-social-assistance-employment-services-memos-suggest-press-progress/) - ISAC's Senior Policy Analyst Devorah Kobluk was quoted in an article by Press Progress about changes to the employment services model which are part of the province's plan to modernize of social assistance. Read the full article at Press Progress' website here: https://pressprogress.ca/private-companies-in-line-to-take-over-ontario-social-assistance-employment-services-memos-suggest/
- [In the Media: "Low-income seniors complain of poor communication, hidden deadlines in GIS repayment rollout", The Hill Times](https://incomesecurity.org/in-the-media-low-income-seniors-complain-of-poor-communication-hidden-deadlines-in-gis-repayment-rollout-the-hill-times/) - ISAC's Senior Policy Analyst Devorah Kobluk was interviewed for an article in The Hill Times about pandemic benefits interactions with regular benefits, which resulted in a loss of GIS for thousands of seniors who then had to wait months before receiving repayments equaling the amount they did not receive. Read the full article at The
- [In the Media: "Budget 2022’s employment strategy for people with disabilities not a replacement for income support, warn advocates", The Hill Times](https://incomesecurity.org/in-the-media-budget-2022s-employment-strategy-for-people-with-disabilities-not-a-replacement-for-income-support-warn-advocates-the-hill-times/) - ISAC's Senior Policy Analyst Devorah Kobluk was interviewed for an article in The Hill Times about the Canada Disability Benefit and the federal budget. Read the full article at The Hill Times' website here: Budget 2022’s employment strategy for people with disabilities not a replacement for income support, warn advocates (Note: The article is behind
- [In the Media: "Centralize, digitize, privatize: unpacking Ontario’s welfare reforms", CCPA's Monitor Mag](https://incomesecurity.org/in-the-media-centralize-digitize-privatize-unpacking-ontarios-welfare-reforms/) - ISAC's Senior Policy Analyst Devorah Kobluk was interviewed for an article in The Monitor, the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives online magazine, on the topic of the modernization of social assistance. Read the full story on The Monitor's website here: https://monitormag.ca/articles/centralize-digitize-privatize-unpacking-ontarios-welfare-reforms
- [In the Media: "What should happen to minimum wage?", CBC's Ontario Today](https://incomesecurity.org/in-the-media-what-should-happen-to-minimum-wage-cbcs-ontario-today/) - ISAC's Workers' Rights Organizer Dave Bush was a guest on CBC's Ontario Today to discuss minimum wage in the context of the 2022 Provincial Election. You can listen to the segment by clicking here: https://www.cbc.ca/listen/live-radio/1-45/clip/15911390
- [In the Media: "Woman with disabilities nears medically assisted death after futile bid for affordable housing", CTV News](https://incomesecurity.org/in-the-media-woman-with-disabilities-nears-medically-assisted-death-after-futile-bid-for-affordable-housing/) - ISAC's Senior Policy Analyst Devorah Kobluk was interviewed for a CTV News story on the topic of medically assisted dying (MAiD). Read the full story on CTV News' website here: https://www.ctvnews.ca/health/woman-with-disabilities-nears-medically-assisted-death-after-futile-bid-for-affordable-housing-1.5882202
- [In the Media: "Tax break promise for low-income workers", CityNews](https://incomesecurity.org/in-the-media-tax-break-promise-for-low-income-workers-citynews/) - ISAC's Workers' Rights Organizer Dave Bush was interviewed on a CityNews segment about the LIFT tax credit in the 2022 Ontario budget as well as what is included and lacking for low wage workers and people receiving social assistance. Watch the full segment below. General Note: ISAC staff do not have control over comments shared
- [Provincial Election 2022: Tools You Can Use](https://incomesecurity.org/provincial-election-2022-tools-you-can-use/) - The 2022 Provincial Election was called on May 4, and Election Day is Thursday, June 2. We will update this post regularly with our materials, event recordings, links to the weekly round-ups, and more. Videos to watch: Prior to the election being called, ISAC hosted an Income Security Forum, which all four of the major
- [Statement on the results of the 2022 Provincial Election](https://incomesecurity.org/statement-on-the-results-of-the-2022-provincial-election/) - Premier Ford’s newly elected government faces an electorate that has overwhelmingly voted in favour of raising social assistance rates, raising the minimum wage, and improving life for workers. Ontarians have delivered a mandate to this government that says the 800,000+ people on social assistance deserve better. With their votes, Ontarians have said that after carrying
- [Provincial Election 2022 Round-up: May 30 – June 1, 2022](https://incomesecurity.org/provincial-election-2022-roundup-may-30-june-1-2022/) - Every week during the election, we’ll post select info and articles featuring our work and the work of our clinic colleagues and community allies to help inform you about the issues at stake in the 2022 Provincial Election. This is our final election round-up for the 2022 Provincial Election. Monday, May 30: Sunday May 29 marked
- [Provincial Election 2022 Round-up: May 9 - May 13, 2022](https://incomesecurity.org/provincial-election-2022-roundup-may-9-may-13-2022/) - Every week during the election, we'll post select info and articles featuring our work and the work of our clinic colleagues and community allies to help inform you about the issues at stake in the 2022 Provincial Election. Monday, May 9: Dave Bush, ISAC's Workers' Rights Organizer, joined host Amanda Pfeffer On CBC's Ontario Today
- [Provincial Election 2022 Round-up: May 16 - May 20, 2022](https://incomesecurity.org/provincial-election-2022-roundup-may-16-may-20/) - Every week during the election, we'll post select info and articles featuring our work and the work of our clinic colleagues and community allies to help inform you about the issues at stake in the 2022 Provincial Election. Monday, May 16: The second Ontario leaders debate took place on May 16. The debate was held
- [Provincial Election 2022 Round-up: May 23 – May 27, 2022](https://incomesecurity.org/provincial-election-2022-roundup-may-23-may-27/) - Every week during the election, we’ll post select info and articles featuring our work and the work of our clinic colleagues and community allies to help inform you about the issues at stake in the 2022 Provincial Election. Monday, May 23: Candidates continued to hit the campaign trail, despite two party leaders testing positive for COVID-19
- [The Political Hot Potato: Disability, Poverty, and Income Support](https://incomesecurity.org/the-political-hot-potato-disability-poverty-and-income-support/) - Guest post by Trevor Manson and Devorah Kobluk Broad popular support but no political movement Nearly nine-in-10 (89%) of Canadians are in favour of a Canadian Disability Benefit (CDB). An overwhelming majority also agree that the current supports and benefits available to people with disabilities are inadequate. Popular opinion is on side with the disability
- [Provincial Election 2022: Income Security Questionnaire – Answered!](https://incomesecurity.org/provincial-election-2022-income-security-questionnaire-answered/) - As part of ISAC's election advocacy, we sent all four major parties 10 questions on important issues that affect people living on low incomes in Ontario. As of May 27, 2022, three of the four parties responded. We created a document, posted below, where we included all responses in their entirety and exactly as received,
- [How to find your Ontario Member of Provincial Parliament (MPP)](https://incomesecurity.org/how-to-find-your-ontario-member-of-provincial-parliament-mpp/) - 1. If you know your MPP's name: Go to the Legislative Assembly website and look up your MPP’s name to find their contact information: https://www.ola.org/en/members/current/contact-information 2. If you know the name of the electoral district / riding you live in: Go to the Legislative Assembly website and look for the electoral district name to find
- [Reinvest the Savings: Statement on Provincial Government’s Underfunding of Social Assistance in 2021-22: Q3](https://incomesecurity.org/reinvest-the-savings-statement-on-provincial-governments-underfunding-of-social-assistance-in-2021-22-q3/) - ISAC calls on the government to raise social assistance rates and to maintain social assistance recipient’s access to health and other benefits for the duration of the pandemic. From April to December 2021, the government spent $5.5 billion less than forecast. Some of these savings funds should be reinvested in social assistance to help vulnerable
- [Recommendations on Reforming Canada’s Employment Insurance Program: Submissions to the Federal Government](https://incomesecurity.org/recommendations-on-reforming-canadas-employment-insurance-program-submissions-to-the-federal-government/) - – la version française suit dessous – This year the federal government launched consultations on reforming Canada’s Employment Insurance Program. It represents a once-in-a-generation opportunity to improve EI and address the EI program’s longstanding failures to support low-wage and precarious workers. Over the last two decades, unemployed workers have faced serious and increasing barriers to
- [Statement on Bill C-12 re: Excluding Pandemic Benefits from the Calculation of GIS](https://incomesecurity.org/statement-on-bill-c-12-re-excluding-pandemic-benefits-from-the-calculation-of-gis/) - UPDATE - March 4, 2022: Bill C-12 passed without amendment and received royal assent on March 3, 2022. This is an important victory for low-income seniors who have accessed temporary pandemic benefits and may need to continue to do so as the pandemic continues. February 8, 2022 Today Bill C-12, An Act to amend
- [GIS lump sum back-payments begin rolling out today!](https://incomesecurity.org/gis-lump-sum-back-payments-begin-rolling-out-today/) - Today marks the start of the broad roll-out of the GIS lump sum back-payment. Clients who: -lost who faced a reduction or loss of GIS or Allowance benefits from July 2021 onwards due to receiving CRB and CERB in 2020; and, -did not already receive their lump sum through the “early access” process done quickly
- [New! ISAC's Provincial Election 2022 Participation Guide Just Released! / Nouveau! Le guide de participation aux élections provinciales 2022 du CASR vient d’être publié!](https://incomesecurity.org/prov-election-2022-participation-guide/) - The Provincial Election is coming up on Thursday June 2, 2022! Time to get informed, get active, and get out and vote when the time comes. Our Provincial Election 2022 Participation Guide includes information on: What types of decisions the province is responsible for when it comes to income security issuesHow to voteHow to talk
- [Provincial Election Town Hall on Decent Work and Income Security - Tuesday, May 17, 3:00 p.m.](https://incomesecurity.org/provincial-election-town-hall-on-decent-work-and-income-security-tuesday-may-17-300-p-m/) - Kensington-Chinatown Local Immigration Partnership Network presents: Provincial Election Town Hall on Decent Work and Income Security Tuesday, May 17, 2022, 3:00 pm Featured Speakers: Deena Ladd, Workers Action Centre Sang-Hun Mun, Industrial Accident Victims Group of Ontario Devorah Kobluk, Income Security Advocacy Centre And all the Candidates in Spadina-Fort York running in the Provincial Election are invited
- [Provincial Budget 2022 Analysis / Budget de l’Ontario de 2022](https://incomesecurity.org/provincial-budget-2022-analysis-nothing-offered-for-people-on-social-assistance-little-for-workers/) - Please find ISAC’s 2022 Ontario Budget analysis below (French version to follow). The full budget can be found at: https://budget.ontario.ca/2022/pdf/2022-ontario-budget-en.pdf. NOTE: All numbers in brackets are page number references to the budget document. 2022 Ontario Budget: a de facto election platform that offers nothing for people on social assistance and little for workers This
- [ISAC celebrates 10th Anniversary](https://incomesecurity.org/isac-celebrates-10th-anniversary/) - For ISAC's 10th anniversary in November 2011, we created a series of documents that describe our major areas of work and major accomplishments in each year.
- [ISAC Annual Report / Rapport annuel 2017-2018](https://incomesecurity.org/isac-annual-report-rapport-annuel-2017-2018/) - - la version française suit dessous – The past year has seen many development in the income security and employment landscape, with many more to come in the near future. Check out our annual report to see the key milestones of our work in 2017-2018, including: The release of Income Security: A Roadmap for Change
- [ISAC Annual Report 2012-2013](https://incomesecurity.org/annual-report-2012-2013/) - Who is ISAC anyway? And what do we actually do? From the human rights challenge we fought on the Special Diet Allowance to our work on social assistance reform, and from representing migrant workers' in their fight for EI benefits to organizing with community legal clinics and people with disabilities across Ontario, our latest Annual
- [ISAC's Annual Report for 2013-2014](https://incomesecurity.org/sacs-annual-report-for-2013-2014/) - The past year has been particularly busy here at ISAC, as we’ve moved to expand our focus beyond social assistance. In each of our areas of work – litigation, policy advocacy, and community organizing – we’ve taken on both new challenges and old, working in partnership with other community legal clinics as well as advocacy
- [ISAC’s Annual Report 2015-2016 / Rapport annuel du CASR](https://incomesecurity.org/isacs-annual-report-2015-2016-rapport-annuel-du-casr/) - – la version française suit dessous – As we celebrate our 15th year, ISAC is looking back on our key achievements over the past year. This year’s annual report details our work this year on issues that include: Improvements to the ODSP medical review process The end of the dollar-for-dollar clawback of child support in
- [ISAC Annual Report / Rapport annuel 2016-2017](https://incomesecurity.org/isac-annual-report-rapport-annuel-2016-2017/) - - la version française suit dessous – The past year has been one of growth and expansion at ISAC, and of progress in a number of areas in our work. Check out our annual report for news about: Our expansion into employment law, which is increasing our ability to serve a segment of our community
- [ISAC Annual Report / Rapport annuel 2018-2019](https://incomesecurity.org/isac-annual-report-rapport-annuel-2018-2019/) - – la version française suit dessous – The past year has seen many development in the income security and employment landscape, with many more to come in the near future. 2018/2019 has been a year of tremendous legal success for ISAC’s test case work with ground breaking public interest and constitutional cases. ISAC’s casework is
- [ISAC Annual Report / Rapport annuel 2019-2020](https://incomesecurity.org/isac-annual-report-rapport-annuel-2019-2020/) - – la version française suit dessous – The past year has been a difficult one for ISAC and it certainly ended with a bang in the form of CoVid-19. This year’s Annual Report is testament to the fact that, despite budget cuts and pandemics, the ISAC staff, management and Board remain committed to pursuing access
- [ISAC Annual Report / Rapport annuel 2020-2021](https://incomesecurity.org/isac-annual-report-rapport-annuel-2020-2021/) - ISAC staff, management, and board members have been hard at work throughout this pandemic year, ensuring that despite the additional challenges brought on by the pandemic, access to justice is preserved and enhanced for people living on low incomes in Ontario. Download and read our 2020-2021 Annual Report to find out more about our litigation,
- [Urgent Call to Action: Bill C-585 threatens social assistance for refugee claimants](https://incomesecurity.org/urgent-call-to-action-bill-c-585-threatens-social-assistance-for-refugee-claimants-2/) - Bill C-585 is a federal Private Member’s Bill which has serious implications for the income security of refugee claimants and other people without permanent status in Canada. If passed, the Bill would allow provinces to restrict access to social assistance benefits for these groups by imposing minimum residency requirements for eligibility. The Bill does this
- [Bill C-585 Delayed But Not Yet Defeated](https://incomesecurity.org/bill-c585-delayed-but-not-yet-defeated/) - A federal Private Members Bill that will have serious implications for the income security of refugee claimants and others without permanent status in Canada has been delayed. Bill C585, introduced by backbench Conservative MP Corneliu Chisu in April, did not proceed to Second Reading in the House of Commons yesterday as scheduled. Mr. Chisu was
- [Update: Federal Government Moves Bill C-585 Into The Budget](https://incomesecurity.org/update-federal-government-moves-bill-c-585-into-the-budget/) - We’ve been working hard this fall with our partners to oppose federal legislation that would restrict access to social assistance benefits for refugee claimants and others without status in Canada by allowing the provinces to impose residency requirements on them. This move was contained in Bill C-585, a Private Members Bill that was introduced by
- [Supreme Court to decide on striking down the Mandatory Victim Surcharge: Watch the Hearing Live](https://incomesecurity.org/supreme-court-to-decide-on-striking-down-the-mandatory-victim-surcharge-watch-the-hearing-live/) - On April 17-18, the Supreme Court of Canada will hear four cases challenging the mandatory victim surcharge under the Charter. The cases will decide whether the mandatory victim surcharge violates the Charter rights of poor people who are convicted of crimes because it is “cruel and unusual” (s. 12 of the Charter) and/or violates the
- [ISAC's Forum on Income Security & The Election: Watch Here!](https://incomesecurity.org/isacs-forum-on-income-security-the-election-watch-here/) - On Friday, April 22, 2022, ISAC held an online forum on Income Security & the Provincial Election. Moderated by Laurie Monsebraaten, panelists Lisa Gretzky, Mitzie Hunter, and Abhijeet Manay answered questions about fighting poverty in Ontario, what they would do about the current plans for the modernization of social assistance, their party's priorities to support
- [Media & Policy News: 2 May 2012](https://incomesecurity.org/media-and-policy-news-2-may-2012-2/) - Victory! Hard work by Workers Action Centre pays off – Employment Standards funding not cut in the budget! Congrats WAC! Sid Ryan’s speech at the April 21 Day of Action Ontario Network of Injured Workers Groups on Elizabeth Witmer’s appointment as head of WSIB [...]
- [Media & Policy News: 30 April 2012](https://incomesecurity.org/media-and-policy-news-30-april-2012/) - Ontario Budget Hamilton activists tells the Premier what they think Spec editorial says Premier and Horwath did the right things Crunching the “tax the rich” numbers [...]
- [Media & Policy News: 25 April 2012](https://incomesecurity.org/media-and-policy-news-25-april-2012/) - More on the Ontario budget OCAP disrupt the budget speech yesterday I’m not THAT happy about it, honestly. Certainly not "cheering". Radwanski on potential costs of the tax hike [...]
- [Media & Policy News: 17 April 2012](https://incomesecurity.org/media-and-policy-news-17-april-2012/) - Ontario Budget 2012 Horwath and McGuinty agree on a budget plan Sheila Block at Wellesley reminds us: “While we acknowledge this progress, we must not lose sight of the overall impact of this budget. There will be a real, per capita decrease in program spending. Ontarians will lose services.” Martin Regg Cohn says it was McGuinty that put OW on the table [...]
- [Media & Policy News: 3 April 2012](https://incomesecurity.org/media-and-policy-news-3-april-2012/) - Ontario Budget 2012 Coalition of groups in Kitchener tell John Milloy the budget will be hardest on people who are poor Here's their press release Hamilton Roundtable responds to the budget [...]
- [Media & Policy News: 2 April 2012](https://incomesecurity.org/media-and-policy-news-2-april-2012/) - Ontario Budget 2012 Have your say on Budget 2012 - click here to take action Carol Goar column: Requiem for a Caring Province Freeze to social assistance rates and OW health benefit cuts will hurt people with HIV/AIDS [...]
- [Media & Policy News: 24 August 2012](https://incomesecurity.org/media-and-policy-news-24-august-2012/) - Cuts to the Community Start-up and Maintenance Benefit and the Home Repairs Benefit not sitting well with advocates in Guelph Why affordable housing is a human right Some of the legal issues involved in the provision of social housing [...]
- [Media & Policy News: 15 August 2012](https://incomesecurity.org/media-and-policy-news-15-august-2012/) - Open File covers the loss of the Community Start-up and Maintenance Benefit Here’s a great blog about the current welfare reforms in the UK, from someone on disability benefits there What it’s like to live on minimum wage in Toronto [...]
- [Media & Policy News: 13 August 2012](https://incomesecurity.org/media-and-policy-news-13-august-2012/) - Canadian Medical Association releases a report today on health and income - they say, "What is particularly worrisome for Canada's doctors is that in a nation as prosperous as Canada, the gap between the 'haves' and 'have nots' appears to be widening." Kenora to vote to shut City’s child care centre, as province should bear costs Also from Kenora, housing and homelessness funds are "a shell game" [...]
- [Media & Policy News: 7 August 2012](https://incomesecurity.org/media-and-policy-news-7-august-2012/) - Peterborough advocates urge keeping Community Start Up and other discretionary benefits after province cuts funding New program in Windsor helps people on OW open their own businesses Federal panel to review how to increase access to jobs for people with disabilities [...]
- [Media & Policy News: 26 July 2012](https://incomesecurity.org/media-and-policy-news-26-july-2012/) - Campaign 2000 calls on the premiers to strengthen poverty reduction and on the federal government to adopt its own strategy The $610 Diet Plan – from Raise the Rates BC Study says poor moms are often diagnosed with anxiety, but the problem is really poverty – solutions should be income supports and services, not psychiatry [...]
- [Media & Policy News: 25 July 2012](https://incomesecurity.org/media-and-policy-news-25-july-2012/) - Special Edition - Social Assistance Cuts In the News Around the province, cuts to social assistance are angering communities and elected councils, and getting local coverage The cuts include capping Discretionary Health Benefits and ending both the Community Start-up and Maintenance and Home Repairs benefits [...]
- [Media & Policy News: 17 July 2012](https://incomesecurity.org/media-and-policy-news-17-july-2012/) - Rob Rainer and Linda Silas, on the growing gap making Canadians sick Funding for Toronto’s priority neighbourhoods about to dry up Sir Michael Marmot tells Steve Paikin how economic and social inequality can affect people's health and life expectancy [...]
- [Media & Policy News: 16 July 2012](https://incomesecurity.org/media-and-policy-news-16-july-2012/) - Activists protest cut to Community Start-Up Benefit in K-W Cabinet Minister John Gerretsen takes Put Food in the Budget challenge – says “I don’t think that government as a whole, including my own, are necessarily doing enough” The Trillium Benefit comes online [...]
- [Media & Policy News: 3 July 2012](https://incomesecurity.org/media-and-policy-news-3-july-2012/) - Homelessness will increase from loss of Community Start-Up and Home Repairs benefits Province to discuss overhauling child care – but says nothing on affordability Is Canada moving to “right-to-work”? [...]
- [Media & Policy News: 18 June 2012](https://incomesecurity.org/media-and-policy-news-18-june-2012/) - If the feds cut refugee health care, what will happen to Alejandro? A summer election: Will we, or won’t we? Study finds “wealthy patients went to hospitals chiefly for surgery and outpatient procedures. Poor patients used them for basic medical care, mental health services, chronic care, emergencies and end-of-life care.” [...]
- [Media & Policy News: 14 June 2012](https://incomesecurity.org/media-and-policy-news-14-june-2012/) - Why hiring people with disabilities makes good business sense Vancouver Sun reports Harper may require First Nations youth to get job training before they qualify for welfare Ontario Human Rights Code amended to include gender identity and gender expression – rights of transgendered people affirmed and protected [...]
- [Media & Policy News: 8 June 2012](https://incomesecurity.org/media-and-policy-news-8-june-2012/) - The CCPA releases its great new video – “Taxes, the gift we give each other” Cuts to social assistance benefits will impact First Nations in Ontario Speak out against the cuts! [...]
- [Media & Policy News: 29 May 2012](https://incomesecurity.org/media-and-policy-news-29-may-2012/) - ities and counties figuring out how to deal with social assistance budget cuts ISAC’s latest analysis of the provincial budget explains these cuts and their implications Community Forum in Hamilton, June 7 [...]
- [Media & Policy News: 9 May 2012](https://incomesecurity.org/media-and-policy-news-9-may-2012/) - Mother's Day Wish: Ontario Campaign 2000, Family Service Toronto and ISAC invite mothers across the province struggling on low incomes to send in a Mother’s Day wish – something the provincial government could do that would make your life and the lives of your children better Freedom 90 campaign demands urgent action by the Government of Ontario to end poverty and make food banks and emergency meal programs unnecessary It’s Hunger Awareness Week – see what the OAFB is doing [...]
- [Media & Policy News: 12 October 2012](https://incomesecurity.org/media-and-policy-news-12-oct-2012/) - Carol Goar on the importance of Community Start-Up and efforts to save it NOW article says to watch for sleight-of-hand (Ed: see quote from yours truly) Sault Ste. Marie’s mayor says the pain of the cuts will dwarf any savings [...]
- [Media & Policy News: 5 October 2012](https://incomesecurity.org/media-and-policy-news-5-oct-2012/) - How to mark October 17: International Day for the Eradication of Poverty Community Start-Up Cuts Across the Province Peterborough Poverty Reduction Network releases plan showing how city could cover CSUMB / HRB and Discretionary Benefits cuts for the foreseeable future Cheri diNovo, the NDP poverty critic, asks question in the Legislature [...]
- [Media & Policy News: 28 September 2012](https://incomesecurity.org/media-and-policy-news-28-sept-2012/) - A great article outlining the impacts and implications of the CSUMB cuts in Niagara Region Excellent editorial on CSUMB in Niagara This Week A play-by-play of Hamilton’s council meeting to discuss CSUMB cuts [...]
- [Media & Policy News: 26 September 2012](https://incomesecurity.org/media-and-policy-news-26-sept-2012/) - ISAC and ACTO want you to Take a Call-in Coffee Break Friday Sept 28 to save the CSUMB Losing Community Start Up will mean more homeless Torontonians District of Nipissing will lose $700,000 when CSUMB is cut [...]
- [Media & Policy News: 6 September 2012](https://incomesecurity.org/media-and-policy-news-6-sept-2012/) - Top Story: Community Start-Up and Maintenance Benefit Cut Loss of CSUMB a “horror show” The cuts will mean people will die on the streets, activists say Kingston Council struggles with the news of the cut [...]
- [Media & Policy News: 4 September 2012](https://incomesecurity.org/media-and-policy-news-4-sept-2012/) - Ken Georgetti of the CLC on the union advantage CUPE’s Labour Day message The OFL’s Sid Ryan on depressed wages [...]
- [Media & Policy News: 31 August 2012](https://incomesecurity.org/media-and-policy-news-31-august-2012/) - More on Inequality in Ontario - "Falling Behind" Star editorial Sid Ryan on Global TV about the “Falling Behind” report on inequality in Ontario – and what government should do about it Worsening inequality can be seen on the streets of Hamilton [...]
- [Media & Policy News: 29 August 2012](https://incomesecurity.org/media-and-policy-news-29-august-2012/) - Ontario leads on inequality and poverty, says new report by Ontario Common Front Here’s the press release Here’s the report [...]
- [Media & Policy News: 27 August 2012](https://incomesecurity.org/media-and-policy-news-27-august-2012/) - More on Cuts to Community Start Up and other OW / ODSP Benefits At the AMO annual meeting last week, Andrea Horwath called it “backdoor cuts” that municipalities will have to bear Cuts could mean more homeless in Kenora And more, on the homelessness funds shell game, from Kenora [...]
- [Update: Community Start-Up and Maintenance Benefit](https://incomesecurity.org/update-csumb/) - On December 27, 2012, the provincial government announced $42 million in one-time funding for local housing and homelessness initiatives. The announcement says that the money “will assist eligible municipalities as they develop and implement their Community Homelessness Prevention Initiative (CHPI) plans. Funds will be allocated to meet the needs of the most vulnerable Ontarians - including social assistance recipients - to ensure their stability through this period of transition as plans are developed.” The funds will be provided to municipalities for the period January 1, 2013 through March 31, 2014. What does this announcement mean?
- [Media & Policy News: 30 January 2013](https://incomesecurity.org/media-and-policy-news-30-january-2013/) - Kathleen Wynne says social assistance reform will be a priority for her government Similar story in the Sun Star Editorial calls for three quick reforms to social assistance [...]
- [Media & Policy News: 28 January 2013](https://incomesecurity.org/media-and-policy-news-28-jan-2013/) - In her first press conference after being elected Liberal Party leader, Kathleen Wynne said social assistance reform will be among her top priorities as Premier “We have a social assistance system in this province that penalizes people, that does not support people getting into jobs and keeping them there, so I'm going to be looking for ways to do that because ultimately, it's in the best interests of the economy." Here’s some coverage [...]
- [Media & Policy News: 25 January 2013](https://incomesecurity.org/media-policy-news-25-jan-2013/) - The Canada Revenue Agency is no longer mailing personalized tax packages, and the simplified form has been discontinued Anti-poverty rally at Liberal leadership convention tomorrow More on PC’s “Welfare to Work” white paper [...]
- [Media & Policy News: 22 January 2013](https://incomesecurity.org/media-and-policy-news-22-jan-2013/) - Toronto Star endorses Sandra Pupatello for Liberal leader Sandra Pupatello vows to transform social assistance Kathleen Wynne wants to be the “social justice Premier” [...]
- [Media & Policy News: 21 January 2013](https://incomesecurity.org/media-and-policy-news-21-jan-2013/) - Star editorial: Hudak’s position on welfare “reflects a profound ignorance about the depth of poverty in this rich province” More thoughts on the PC’s white paper ISAC and ACTO have prepared an update on CSUMB, along with a one-stop info centre and impact tracking tool [...]
- [Media & Policy News: 18 January 2013](https://incomesecurity.org/media-and-policy-news-18-january-2013/) - Hudak releases PC’s white paper on social assistance Star picks up on proposed benefit reductions Globe focuses on proposed downloading [...]
- [Media & Policy News: 3 January 2013](https://incomesecurity.org/media-and-policy-news-for-3-january-2013/) - On December 27, the Ontario government announced a last-minute, $42 million fund to "ease the transition" to consolidated housing and homelessness funding CBC coverage Note that ISAC will be circulating information about the impact of the transition fund in the coming days [...]
- [Media & Policy News: 14 December 2012](https://incomesecurity.org/media-and-policy-news-14-december-2012/) - Ontario Communities Uniting event in Hamilton today I’m there speaking and participating in the discussions and mobilization. If you're not attending, you can see the livestream here And if you haven’t already, send an email to protest the decision here [...]
- [Media & Policy News: 11 December 2012](https://incomesecurity.org/latest-media-and-policy-news-11-dec-2012/) - It’s not a frill: The province’s sickening decision on CSUMB 12 cities coming together in Hamilton on CSUMB this Friday (I'll be there. Will you?) Social services groups appeal to Waterloo regional council to save the CSUMB [...]
- [Media & Policy News: 10 December 2012](https://incomesecurity.org/media-and-policy-news-10-dec-2012/) - As before, please use this link to send an email to the ministers protesting the elimination of this critical benefit - and circulate it among your colleagues and friends Northumberland County searching for solutions to CSUMB elimination and other funding cuts Niagara Region raising taxes by 1.97%, in part to deal with loss of CSUMB [...]
- [Media & Policy News: 4 December 2012](https://incomesecurity.org/media-and-policy-news-4-dec-2012/) - The 25 in 5 Network's fourth anniversary progress report on poverty reduction says - poverty reduction is possible – child poverty declined between 2008 and 2010 - but government austerity is threatening to put the brakes on progress - good policy, political leadership, and immediate action are required - all Ontario’s political leaders should say what they’ll do to meet the 25in5 target and get the next five-year strategy underway [...]
- [Media & Policy News: 22 November 2012](https://incomesecurity.org/media-and-policy-news-22-nov-2012/) - Here’s the link to last night’s The Agenda with Frances Lankin and Munir Sheikh 5 Reasons reform must remain a political priority – from Pedro Barata at United Way Toronto Op-Ed in the Spec: An improved social-assistance model must include health and well-being [...]
- [Media & Policy News: 21 November 2012](https://incomesecurity.org/media-and-policy-news-21-nov-2012/) - Sandra Pupatello says she’ll review social assistance cuts, but comes out swinging against “welfare cheats” MCSS Minister John Milloy backs Pupatello for the leadership Gerrard Kennedy has entered the race [...]
- [Media & Policy News: 29 October 2012](https://incomesecurity.org/media-and-policy-news-29-oct-2012/) - A new FAQ has been posted on the Ministry’s website – important stuff on how government intends to respond The Commissioners do an op-ed in the Ottawa Citizen The Record’s D’Amato says it’s time for the Liberals to make it right [...]
- [Media & Policy News: 25 October 2012](https://incomesecurity.org/media-and-policy-news-25-oct-2012/) - The Commission for the Review of Social Assistance released its final report and recommendations yesterday, October 24 Statement from Minister Milloy Media Coverage [...]
- [Media & Policy News: 22 October 2012](https://incomesecurity.org/media-and-policy-news-22-oct-2012/) - Star editorial today – Oct 19 – says cutting CSUMB for the poorest in Ontario sends a miserable message An update from me (to people in the legal clinic system) on how various municipalities are responding to the cuts The cut leaves a $21 million hole in the City of Toronto’s budget – St. Stephens’ event, the OCAP rally, and more – Oct 18 [...]
- [Media & Policy News: 24 April 2013](https://incomesecurity.org/media-and-policy-news-24-april-2013/) - Top Stories Low-income moms are looking for a Mother’s Day gift in the upcoming budget, says YWCA-Toronto Sheila Block of Wellesley discusses a recent Finance Minister speech, and gives a prescription for a better budget Yesterday’s link didn’t work – so here’s the story about social assistance reform and the Special Diet Allowance again [...]
- [Media & Policy News: 23 April 2013](https://incomesecurity.org/media-and-policy-news-23-april-2013/) - Top Stories The Ontario budget is coming May 2, and the deficit is $5 billion less than projected People with health conditions fear losing the Special Diet Allowance The budget should boost the Ontario Child Benefit to promised levels this year [...]
- [Media & Policy News: 28 February 2013](https://incomesecurity.org/media-and-policy-news-28-feb-2013/) - Ontario Campaign 2000 releases report card on Ontario’s progress on child poverty and the results aren’t good Response from the NDP's Cheri DiNovo A new McMaster University / United Way of Toronto study on precarious employment in the GTA and Hamilton gets great coverage
- [Media & Policy News: 12 February 2013](https://incomesecurity.org/media-and-policy-news-12-february-2013/) - “The Premier’s Office: The New Team” Press Release On Ted McMeekin, the new Minister of Community and Social Services Wynne calls for a “fair society”
- [Media & Policy News: 4 February 2013](https://incomesecurity.org/media-and-policy-news-4-feb-2013/) - Keeping more earnings would help mom on OW; Wynne's social justice commitment must ensure poverty reduction trumps deficit reduction Wynne says she won’t be like McGuinty; names social programs as priorities The UK’s employability test for people with disabilities: Not a good model for Ontario
- [Media & Policy News: 22 May 2013](https://incomesecurity.org/media-and-policy-news-22-may-2013/) - Top Stories Andrea Horwath announced yesterday that the NDP will support the Ontario budget Here’s the release from the NDP Here’s Wynne responding to Horwath’s announcement [...]
- [Media & Policy News: 24 May 2013](https://incomesecurity.org/media-and-policy-news-24-may-2013/) - Top Stories “My name is Chonie Anger, I’m 13 years old and I have lived in poverty basically my whole life” One-third of Canadian households is living paycheque to paycheque [...]
- [Media & Policy News: 27 May 2013](https://incomesecurity.org/media-and-policy-news-27-may-2013/) - Top Stories Toronto Star editorial: Ontario needs an increase in the minimum wage Provincial and federal lawyers are in court today to stifle a challenge that says the governments are violating the Charter by failing to implement policies that would reduce and eventually eliminate homelessness and substandard housing The Canadian Medical Association is on a cross-country tour to prescribe income to treat the health effects of high poverty rates [...]
- [Media & Policy News: 28 May 2013](https://incomesecurity.org/media-and-policy-news-28-may-2013/) - Ontario People for Education’s Mind the Gap report shows inequities in education and calls for policies that give true equal access Letter to the Windsor Star says Premier Wynne must do more to feed the poor Province announces new microloan fund and office to help social enterprises [...]
- [Media & Policy News: 31 May 2013](https://incomesecurity.org/media-and-policy-news-31-may-2013/) - Top Stories Quebec cuts benefits to try to move people receiving social assistance into jobs MCSS Minister McMeekin says he will not move to resolve problems arising from the cap on discretionary benefits for people on social assistance We’re all paying for changes to retirement security – with poverty [...]
- [Media & Policy News: 7 June 2013](https://incomesecurity.org/media-and-policy-news-7-june-2013/) - Top Stories Pressure is on the province to extend rent controls to cover all tenants The Ontario NDP has introduced a Private Members’ Bill to do so The provincial government missed its own deadline to appoint an independent review of the Disabilities Act – op-ed author says it’s a bad signal for ensuring accessibility for people with disabilities [...]
- [Media & Policy News: 17 June 2013](https://incomesecurity.org/media-and-policy-news-17-june-2013/) - Top Stories New research shows tying social assistance income eligibility to a requirement to find a job increases the risk of death Canada’s new Jobs Grant program called “deeply flawed” by new Mowat / Caledon joint report Op-Ed by legal clinic students calls for a better Employment Insurance system [...]
- [Media & Policy News: 19 June 2013](https://incomesecurity.org/media-and-policy-news-19-june-2013/) - Top Stories: A Plethora of Reports Report from ONPHA / CHF-Canada, Ontario region shows Ontario has a serious affordable housing shortage Report from Canadian Alliance to End Homelessness shows homelessness costs Canada $7 billion and affects 200,000 people each year Report from Canadian Human Rights Commission says Aboriginal Peoples continue to experience conditions of persistent disadvantage [...]
- [Media & Policy News: 28 June 2013](https://incomesecurity.org/media-and-policy-news-28-june-2013/) - Here are a few stories from the last week or so - note that ISAC's Media and Policy News will be on hiatus for the next two weeks. Top Stories The number of PEI residents disqualified from EI has risen 18% The richest get richer, by $250 million each day [...]
- [Media & Policy News: 9 May 2013](https://incomesecurity.org/media-and-policy-news-9-may-2013/) - Ontario Budget 2013: Coverage “Far reaching and fundamental” “Heading in the right direction” “The right direction, but more work to do” [...]
- [Media & Policy News: 23 July 2013](https://incomesecurity.org/media-and-policy-news-23-july-2013/) - Top Story Ontario appoints new Minimum Wage Advisory Panel Coverage and Critique Adam Vasey, of Pathway to Potential in Windsor, appointed as a member of the panel [...]
- [Media & Policy News: 19 August 2013](https://incomesecurity.org/media-and-policy-news-19-august-2013/) - Top Stories Poverty reduction consultations started August 6 in Windsor Coverage of London’s poverty reduction consultation, held last Friday Having the adult conversations about the $12 to $14 billion lost in tax cuts in Ontario – and what that money could do [...]
- [Media & Policy News: 6 September 2013](https://incomesecurity.org/media-and-policy-news-6-sept-2013/) - Top Stories Changes to OW and ODSP are rolling out this month – and some are a surprise New research demonstrates what people on social assistance have been saying for years – living in poverty drains your mental energy and your ability to do much more than just survive Minister McMeekin is committed to reform [...]
- [Media & Policy News: 12 September 2013](https://incomesecurity.org/media-and-policy-news-12-sept-2013/) - Top Stories Good social policy can make a big difference More information on household income A snapshot of Canadians [...]
- [Media & Policy News: 19 September 2013](https://incomesecurity.org/media-and-policy-news-19-sept-2013/) - Top Stories Armine Yalnizyan: Five years of economic recovery have been far from equal Chatham-Kent board of health says province must maintain its commitment to poverty reduction as a public health measure Lots of media coverage for Sept 14 Day of Action to increase the minimum wage to $14 / hour – this Workers Action Centre email has news & links [...]
- [Media & Policy News: 6 November 2013](https://incomesecurity.org/media-and-policy-news-6-nov-2013/) - Top Stories Toronto Star editorial – Ontario cannot forget the poor and hungry as the Minister of Finance releases his fall economic statement More evidence of the need for public investment in low income adult dental programs The Ontario Medical Review highlights poverty as a medical problem – and what health care practitioners can do about it [...]
- [Media & Policy News: 11 November 2013](https://incomesecurity.org/media-and-policy-news-11-nov-2013/) - Top Stories Remember veterans - but support them too Ontario government’s fall economic statement Meanwhile, cuts to CSUMB and child care mean funding cuts in Nipissing [...]
- [Media & Policy News: 18 November 2013](https://incomesecurity.org/media-and-policy-news-18-nov-2013/) - Top Stories Niagara Region gets creative to spend housing and homelessness money (CHPI) Cornwall’s homelessness prevention funding (CHPI) isn’t enough, since eligibility criteria are too strict Ontario contemplating closing tax loopholes to raise revenue [...]
- [Media & Policy News: 2 December 2013](https://incomesecurity.org/media-and-policy-news-2-dec-2013/) - Top Stories Fallout from the elimination of CSUMB 27 community organizations have sent a letter urging government to make $42 million in “transitional funding” for housing and homelessness supports permanent Many have posted the information on their own websites [...]
- [Media & Policy News: 4 December 2013](https://incomesecurity.org/media-and-policy-news-4-dec-2013/) - Top Stories Today marks the 5th anniversary of Ontario's first five-year Poverty Reduction Strategy. The 25in5 Network for Poverty Reduction says poverty reduction is key to a prosperous economy; bold action needed in the next strategy Anglican Dioceses share five steps to action on poverty reduction Community Development Halton calls for strong action [...]
- [Media & Policy News: 9 December 2013](https://incomesecurity.org/media-and-policy-news-9-dec-2013/) - Upcoming Webinars Register now – and forward to others who may have an interest Dec 10: ARCH Disability Law Clinic hosting a webinar on legal services for people with disabilities Dec 11: Webinar: Advocating for Refugee and Other Precarious Status Clients on Social Assistance Matters Top Stories Inequality is the defining issue of our time [...]
- [Media & Policy News: 11 December 2013](https://incomesecurity.org/media-and-policy-news-11-dec-2013/) - Top Stories Housing Minister Linda Jeffrey says the government has “no interest” in providing more funding for local homelessness and other social services programs, while local councils like Hamilton “limp along” Dec 10 was International Human Rights Day: Why 2013 was a bummer year for housing rights Ontario fills the federal health care gap for refugees [...]
- [Media & Policy News: 13 December 2013](https://incomesecurity.org/media-and-policy-news-13-dec-2013/) - Top Stories Citizens for Public Justice says the federal Finance Committee income inequality report doesn’t go nearly far enough After the National Council of Welfare was cut by the feds in 2012, and after a crowdfunding campaign to keep the work alive, Caledon Institute releases “Welfare in Canada 2012” Campaign 2000’s Laurel Rothman on how poverty is killing us: “despite decades of economic growth, benefits have not ‘trickled down’” [...]
- [Media & Policy News: 6 January 2014](https://incomesecurity.org/media-and-policy-news-january-6-2014/) - Top Stories CCPA report: Canada’s top CEOs earn 171 times the average industrial wage Government statement on annual Poverty Reduction Strategy report December 16 To eliminate poverty in Canada, we need a dedicated plan [...]
- [Media & Policy News: 8 January 2014](https://incomesecurity.org/media-and-policy-news-jan-8-2014/) - Top Stories Why free money might be the right response to poverty Economists agree: Raising the minimum wage reduces poverty Online assistance - higher costs, botched systems and infuriating technical problems fall hardest on the poor, the jobless and the neediest [...]
- [Media & Policy News: 14 January 2014](https://incomesecurity.org/media-and-policy-news-14-jan-2014/) - Top Stories Wellesley’s Sheila Block: “Governments are like a bulk buying club for things that we need that are complex, expensive, and have benefits that we can all enjoy” Health 101: Poverty is the most important determinant The Atlantic: It’s expensive to be poor [...]
- [Media & Policy News: 17 January 2014](https://incomesecurity.org/media-and-policy-news-17-jan-2014/) - Top Stories Petition to stop a $4.3 million cut to Toronto’s Housing Stabilization Fund Cohn on electoral predictions in the Thornhill and Niagara byelections Tories are leading in both ridings [...]
- [Media & Policy News: 21 January 2014](https://incomesecurity.org/media-and-policy-news-21-jan-2014/) - Top Story Oxfam released a report yesterday in advance of the World Economic Forum in Davos starting tomorrow. The report is important not only because it reveals that 85 people hold half the world’s wealth – which is garnering the most media attention – but also because it makes the connection between growing inequality and growing social instability, the subverting of democracy, financial deregulation, tax avoidance and evasion, and cuts to public services. The report calls for those countries gathered at the WEF to pledge to: [...]
- [Media & Policy News: 24 January 2014](https://incomesecurity.org/media-and-policy-news-24-jan-2014/) - Top Stories The province’s CSUMB elimination means cut to Toronto’s homelessness budget 7000 Ontarians join other Canadians fearing evictions as feds end co-op housing subsidy Sue Ann Levy finds no room in Toronto shelters on a cold January night [...]
- [Media & Policy News: 27 January 2014](https://incomesecurity.org/media-and-policy-news-27-jan-2014/) - Top Stories Provincial advisory panel to release report on minimum wage today – reported to recommend annual inflationary increases “These are people who are working like crazy to support their families, full time, and they just cannot get by" Dr. Gary Bloch in today’s Globe: “I know why the minimum wage needs to rise” [...]
- [Media & Policy News: 31 January 2014](https://incomesecurity.org/media-and-policy-news-31-jan-2014/) - Top Stories 1) The minimum wage in Ontario. There’s far too much coverage to list it all here, but here are a few highlights 2) Income Splitting: Who Benefits? 3) It’s Corporate Tax Freedom Day! [...]
- [Media & Policy News: 4 February 2014](https://incomesecurity.org/media-and-policy-news-4-feb-2014/) - Top Stories Hennessy’s Index – Income Splitting: Perks for the Rich Income splitting: A gift for the affluent Canadian Taxpayers Federation wants $13 billion cut in this year’s Ontario budget [...]
- [Media & Policy News: 7 February 2014](https://incomesecurity.org/media-and-policy-news-7-feb-2014/) - Top Stories The CCPA’s 2014 Alternative Federal Budget – “Striking a Better Balance” New study shows Canadians think inequality is increasing and that it’s a problem The Broadbent Institute has launched a campaign against income splitting [...]
- [Media & Policy News: 10 February 2014](https://incomesecurity.org/media-and-policy-news-10-feb-2014/) - Top Stories Does a minimum wage increase hurt workers? The problem is only the smallness of their spoons Premier Wynne to go “on trial” over social assistance rates Moving into election, Manitoba’s NDP agrees to hike welfare shelter rates to 75% of the median market rate [...]
- [Media & Policy News: 21 February 2014](https://incomesecurity.org/media-and-policy-news-21-feb-2014/) - Top Stories New report shows Canadians believe political parties’ focus on winning elections is coming at the expense of hearing their views CBC Hamilton 5-part Report: Kids, Poverty and Mental Health Put Food in the Budget finds Premier Wynne “guilty” on social justice [...]
- [Media & Policy News: 28 February 2014](https://incomesecurity.org/media-and-policy-news-28-feb-2014/) - Top Stories New IMF study shows taxing the rich is good for the economy The top 15 Canadian companies that pay the least tax (as % of income) Report shows Canadians with disabilities face "staggering barriers to success" Ontario NDP releases its position on minimum wage (and small business tax cuts) [...]
- [Media & Policy News: 7 March 2014](https://incomesecurity.org/media-and-policy-news-7-mar-2014/) - Top Stories Hennessy’s Index for March – Tax Cuts 101 Tax splitting, sure. But what will expanding Tax Free Savings Accounts cost? In 2013, the combined net work of the richest 100 Canadians increased by 15% [...]
- [Media & Policy News: 14 March 2014](https://incomesecurity.org/media-and-policy-news-14-mar-2014/) - Top Stories CCPA Ontario report released today says Ontario’s job market undergoing a “seismic shift” Dennis Raphael asks why Canadians aren’t being told the truth about disease Toby Sanger says, “It’s the distribution of capital, stupid” [...]
- [Media & Policy News: 21 March 2014](https://incomesecurity.org/media-and-policy-news-21-march-2014/) - Top Stories Douglas, Galabuzi and Go: Ontario must bring back mandatory employment equity to even the playing field for all Ontario plans to increase taxes on upper income earners Yalnizyan: Flaherty’s legacy? “Ideological, reckless, and just plain lucky” [...]
- [Media & Policy News: 28 March 2014](https://incomesecurity.org/media-and-policy-news-28-march-2014/) - Top Stories CCPA Ontario report shows impact of recession and post-recession fallout on women Newfoundland and Labrador’s 2015 budget Community Benefit Agreements: A new tool to reduce poverty and inequality [...]
- [Media & Policy News: 1 May 2014](https://incomesecurity.org/media-and-policy-news-1-may-2014/) - It's Budget Day What the CCPA Ontario is watching for Hamilton Roundtable’s proposals for Budget 2014 ISAC's pre-budget submission [...]
- [Media & Policy News: 30 May 2014](https://incomesecurity.org/media-and-policy-news-30-may-2014/) - Special Section: Ontario Election 2014 Poverty is missing in the provincial election campaign Greg DeGroot-Maggetti says the campaign cannot overlook poverty reduction ISAC’s Ontario Election 2014 materials – Election Kit, Candidate Questions, etc [...]
- [Media & Policy News: 20 June 2014](https://incomesecurity.org/media-and-policy-news-20-june-2014/) - Top Stories “It’s nuts” that social assistance programs across Canada don’t provide enough for healthy food Thousands denied federal disability benefits waiting more than a year for new federal tribunal appeal hearings Changes to temporary foreign worker program announced today [...]
- [Media & Policy News: 30 June 2014](https://incomesecurity.org/media-policy-news-30-june-2014/) - Top Stories International Monetary Fund report issues stark warning to corporate and individual tax cheats Here’s the IMF press release and link to the report Great piece on why people who are poor can’t just “get a job” [...]
- [Media & Policy News: 31 July 2014](https://incomesecurity.org/media-policy-news-31-july-2014/) - Top Stories Sign on to push for a renewed federal role in housing provision and affordable housing for all Podcast: Trish Hennessy and Adam Vasey on the intersection of minimum wage and living wage John Stapleton recognizes today’s 50th anniversary of the Constitutional amendment that brought in the Canada Pension Plan [...]
- [Media & Policy News: 8 July 2014](https://incomesecurity.org/media-and-policy-news-8-july-2014/) - Top Stories Former WSIB chair says Ontario’s workers’ compensation system is under attack from within A letter to the editor outlines more problems in the WSIB system Ontario’s housing crisis is also a health crisis [...]
- [Media & Policy News: 16 July 2014](https://incomesecurity.org/media-policy-news-16-july-2014/) - Top Stories Poverty is “a structural issue, which requires substantive government involvement, resources, vision and leadership.” Star editorial: Wynne’s pledge to tackle poverty needs fleshing out Generating additional revenue and big movement on poverty reduction might be possible: [...]
- [Media & Policy News: 25 July 2014](https://incomesecurity.org/media-and-policy-news-25-july-2014/) - Top Stories Health Providers Against Poverty issue open letter on necessary action for the next Poverty Reduction Strategy First Nation issues eviction notice to City of Vancouver after City tries to evict people who are homeless Inclusive zoning: Vancouver’s done it, can Toronto be next? [...]
- [Media & Policy News: 8 September 2014](https://incomesecurity.org/media-policy-news-8-september-2014/) - Top Story: Ontario's Second Poverty Reduction Strategy Government releases its Poverty Reduction Strategy: “Realizing Our Potential” ISAC: The test of the strategy will be how it deals with social assistance poverty [...]
- [Media & Policy News: 29 September 2014](https://incomesecurity.org/media-and-policy-news-29-sept-2014/) - Top Stories Daily Bread’s “Who’s Hungry” report shows the percentage of people with disabilities using food banks in the GTA has doubled since 2005 ISAC op-ed in the Star: The new Social Security Tribunal demonstrates Ottawa’s unjust approach to disability insurance [...]
- [Media & Policy News: 31 October 2014](https://incomesecurity.org/media-policy-news-31-october-2014/) - Harper government buries Private Members Bill C-585 in omnibus Budget bill Budget bill's cuts to refugee assistance tops NDP list of complaints Refugee advocates blast proposed changes to welfare in budget bill [...]
- [Media & Policy News: 21 November 2014](https://incomesecurity.org/media-and-policy-news-21-november-2014/) - Advocates take on federal government over Bill C-43 In a whirlwind week of organizing, ISAC and our partners pushed back on Bill C-43 C-43 is the omnibus bill that contains two sections that would allow the provinces to restrict access to social assistance benefits for refugee claimants and others without status in Canada: Last week, we appeared with Canadian Council for Refugees at the Senate Standing Committee on Social Affairs during their pre-hearings on Bill C-43 [...]
- [Media & Policy News: 4 December 2014](https://incomesecurity.org/media-and-policy-news-4-december-2014/) - Star editorial: Province must correct computer and administrative errors for welfare recipients: 2014 Hunger Report shows food bank use is soaring across Ontario – I’m quoted on the inadequacy of social assistance benefits On provisions in Bill C-43 that would allow provinces to restrict refugee claimant access to social assistance [...]
- [Media & Policy Updates: 16 December 2014](https://incomesecurity.org/media-and-policy-updates-16-december-2014/) - Liberals backtrack on plan that would have disentitled low income kids from dental care Brantford Mayor calls new social assistance computer system “an act of staggering incompetence” OECD report says trickle-down economics doesn’t work; shows how inequality holds back economic growth [...]
- [Media & Policy News: 19 December 2014](https://incomesecurity.org/media-policy-news-19-december-2014/) - OPSEU is taking the province to court over the new social assistance computer system Hamilton Council says the plug should be pulled on the new computer system until a fix is found Northumberland County says they’ve had problems but are working hard to cope [...]
- [Media & Policy News: 27 February 2015](https://incomesecurity.org/media-policy-news-27-february-2015/) - BC ends clawback of child support payments from welfare and disability benefits Rabble.ca series: Poor people can’t cook, and other myths Wellesley study shows one-third of workers in Ontario lack extended health benefits – low-income workers and women most affected [...]
- [Media & Policy News: 13 March 2015](https://incomesecurity.org/media-policy-news-13-march-2015/) - It’s nearly tax time – an important time to let people with low incomes know how they can benefit from filing their taxes. Use and/or pass along this calculator about tax-delivered credits and benefits BC makes big social assistance policy change for single parents: eligibility continues with 12 months free tuition and childcare while training for a “high demand” job, extended medical for first year of work, and increased earned income exemption A call to halt the forced mass exodus of Canada’s migrant farm workers on April 1 [...]
- [Media & Policy News: 20 March 2015](https://incomesecurity.org/media-policy-news-20-march-2015/) - Sign on to send a message that Ontario can do better on Poverty Reduction CCPA releases the 2015 Alternative Federal Budget Feds end contract and take away jobs from people with developmental disabilities on ODSP [...]
- [Media & Policy News: 27 March 2015](https://incomesecurity.org/media-policy-news-27-march-2015/) - Use this online tool to send a letter asking government to Save the ODSP Work-Related Benefit Government announces creation of Ontario Energy Support Program Ottawa set to enforce four year limit on temporary foreign workers [...]
- [Media & Policy News: 2 April 2015](https://incomesecurity.org/media-policy-news-2-april-2015/) - Elimination of the ODSP Work-Related Benefit “undercuts some of Ontario’s most determined and resourceful citizens” Ontario releases report on first year of second Poverty Reduction Strategy, as mandated by law Op-Ed: People with disabilities deserve to be paid a legal wage [...]
- [Media & Policy News: 10 April 2015](https://incomesecurity.org/media-policy-news-10-april-2015/) - Op-Ed: Provincial and federal budgets must invest in people, not drive them deeper into poverty ODSP medical reviews could overwhelm legal clinics already reeling under disability appeals Province announces launch of $50 million Local Poverty Reduction Fund [...]
- [Media & Policy News: 17 April 2015](https://incomesecurity.org/media-policy-news-17-april-2015/) - Chatham-Kent Director of Employment and Social Services says low paying jobs make it hard to get off OW Op-Ed: In the lead up to the federal election, we have to talk about poverty and health Star editorial: Feds should not double the TFSA [...]
- [Media & Policy News: 27 April 2015](https://incomesecurity.org/media-policy-news-27-april-2015/) - Star editorial: Only modest help for the poor in Ontario’s budget ISAC analysis: Not much assistance for social assistance in Budget 2015 Campaign 2000: Budget lacks the investments required to reduce child and family poverty in Ontario [...]
- [Media & Policy News: 1 May 2015](https://incomesecurity.org/media-policy-news-1-may-2015/) - For May Day: New CCPA study shows union membership is a ticket to middle-class stability Couple on OW or ODSP can’t afford rent in Hamilton – or virtually anywhere else Op-Ed: People with disabilities are being deceived by ODSP [...]
- [Media & Policy News: 8 May 2015](https://incomesecurity.org/media-policy-news-8-may-2015/) - Government “truly sorry” for bungled rollout of social assistance computer system Enforcement blitz finds 83% of workplaces are contravening the Employment Standards Act Ontario’s affordable housing wait list hits all-time high [...]
- [Media & Policy News: 15 May 2015](https://incomesecurity.org/media-policy-news-15-may-2015/) - Ontario employers benefit by keeping people on for years as “temporary” workers San Francisco becomes the first city to legislate predictable schedules for employees Provincial efforts to boost low wages of home care workers, as promised, stymied by complex rules [...]
- [Media & Policy News: 22 May 2015](https://incomesecurity.org/media-policy-news-22-may-2015/) - Government rethinking poor ODSP medical review process after legal clinics and health care advocates raise alarm OECD report finds record levels of inequality between rich and poor in most advanced economies Ontario’s poor employment standards laws give advantage to employers [...]
- [Media & Policy News: 29 May 2015](https://incomesecurity.org/media-policy-news-29-may-2015/) - Star editorial: The province must do more to protect those in precarious work Meanwhile, federal Finance Minister Joe Oliver told the G7 that relaxing labour laws would spur economic growth Hamilton social services manager says problems with OW/ODSP SAMS system will last until March [...]
- [Media & Policy News: 5 June 2015](https://incomesecurity.org/media-policy-news-5-june-2015/) - AFN chief Perry Bellegarde says reconciliation means closing the poverty gap and acknowledging cultural genocide Op-Ed: Government should put ODSP medical reviews on hold until promised new process is created Ontario community legal clinics expanding access to justice efforts for vulnerable workers [...]
- [Media & Policy News: 12 June 2015](https://incomesecurity.org/media-policy-news-12-june-2015/) - Significant expansion of Legal Aid services means more access to justice for low income Ontarians Fiorito: Ontario Works? I’m not so sure Globe editorial: Medicare should cover prescription drugs [...]
- [Media & Policy News: 19 June 2015](https://incomesecurity.org/media-policy-news-19-june-2015/) - IMF paper says trickle down economics doesn’t work; bolster those with low incomes to spur growth CCPA Ontario report shows low-wage jobs in Ontario grew more than three times as fast as overall jobs since 1997 CAMH President urges Minister Jaczek to keep the ODSP Work Related Benefit [...]
- [Media & Policy News: 6 July 2015](https://incomesecurity.org/media-policy-news-6-july-2015/) - "Contrary to the government's messaging, all the evidence indicates that the increase of the TFSA contribution limit to $10,000 will benefit only a very small proportion of Canadians," Canadian seniors are going bankrupt in soaring numbers Ontario government contracts with same temp companies it cites for Employment Standards violations [...]
- [Media & Policy News: 10 July 2015](https://incomesecurity.org/media-policy-news-10-july-2015/) - Provincial labour laws allow migrant workers to be treated like slaves Those same labour laws allow workers’ wages to be stolen, seemingly without penalty Little progress made on fixing Ontario’s SAMS social assistance computer system problems [...]
- [Media & Policy News: 17 July 2015](https://incomesecurity.org/media-policy-news-17-july-2015/) - 91 percent of Canadians support a national pharmacare program Ontario court dismisses class action lawsuit against WSIB for “pre-existing condition” decision-making Poverty in the North, especially on social assistance, the subject of Food in the Budget research trip [...]
- [Media & Policy News: 24 July 2015](https://incomesecurity.org/media-policy-news-24-july-2015/) - Campaign 2000 calls for putting the spotlight on child poverty during the federal election campaign UCCB increase and retroactive lump sum payment arrived July 20 Put Food in the Budget investigates social assistance poverty in Whitefish River, Manitoulin Island [...]
- [Media & Policy News: 31 July 2015](https://incomesecurity.org/media-policy-news-31-july-2015/) - Globe Editorial: Fix Canada’s broken Employment Insurance system Star Editorial: Ontario must do more to collect unpaid wages Ontario’s community legal clinics given $3.9 million, some for giving more help to vulnerable workers [...]
- [Media & Policy News: 14 August 2015](https://incomesecurity.org/media-policy-news-14-august-2015/) - Why aren’t the federal political party leaders talking about poverty in this election campaign? Study finds food insecurity takes a heavy financial toll on Ontario’s health care system Vancouver Sun Op-Ed: Tackling housing affordability now means we won’t have to pay for it later [...]
- [Media & Policy News: 28 August 2015](https://incomesecurity.org/media-policy-news-28-august-2015/) - Nunavut considering ending the clawback of the National Child Benefit Supplement from social assistance benefits Who actually are the “middle class” that politicians are always talking about? New poll finds Canadians are worried about economic recession and their own financial security [...]
- [Media & Policy News: 4 September 2015](https://incomesecurity.org/media-policy-news-4-september-2015/) - National Vote to End Poverty campaign launched September 1 Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives releases four-part platform to end inequality in Canada On the one-year anniversary of Ontario’s second Poverty Reduction Strategy, CCPA-Ontario looks at Ontario’s commitment, current Ontario poverty numbers, and the need for a strong federal partner [...]
- [Media & Policy News: 11 September 2015](https://incomesecurity.org/media-policy-news-11-september-2015/) - Ontario government defers decision that would have eliminated the ODSP Work-Related Benefit Ontario being taken to court over child support clawbacks in OW and ODSP Ottawa activists protest for higher ODSP shelter rates [...]
- [Media & Policy News: 18 September 2015](https://incomesecurity.org/media-policy-news-18-september-2015/) - Star editorial: Stop clawing back child support payments from social assistance recipients Consultations on revamping Ontario’s labour laws end: Workers speak out With news that the federal budget is now balanced, some responses [...]
- [Media & Policy News: 25 Sepember 2015](https://incomesecurity.org/media-policy-news-25-september-2015/) - Major growth in food bank use in Toronto suburbs reveals a geographical shift in poverty; suburban services are not keeping up; and note that fully 65% of food bank users have social assistance as their primary source of income London Public Health calls for an increase to social assistance rates due to rising cost of food Ottawa ACORN calls for end to clawback of child support from social assistance benefits [...]
- [Media & Policy News: 2 October 2015](https://incomesecurity.org/media-policy-news-2-october-2015/) - A real nation would not let this happen to Aboriginal people: Report shows the minimum wage is rising in Ontario but workers are still suffering: Story and video: Big city mayors put pressure on for a solution to Canada’s affordable housing crisis [...]
- [Media & Policy News: 16 October 2015](https://incomesecurity.org/media-policy-news-16-october-2015/) - Are you registered to vote? Use this online tool to be sure: Election 2015: ISAC’s list of key issues and where the parties stand: Campaign 2000 report: Mapping Child Poverty: A Reality in Every Federal Riding [...]
- [Media & Policy News: 30 October 2015](https://incomesecurity.org/media-policy-news-30-october-2015/) - Sheila Block blog: What Ontario should expect from the new federal government Caledon: Ottawa must get serious about poverty reduction Roy Romanow Op-Ed: The time has come for universal pharmacare [...]
- [Media & Policy News: 6 November 2015](https://incomesecurity.org/media-policy-news-6-november-2015-2/) - Budget increases to OW and ODSP rates come into effect Increases won’t be enough to lift Oxford residents out of poverty ISAC’s new rate sheet BC Welfare Food Challenge runs November 3 to November 9 [...]
- [Media & Policy News: 1 December 2015](https://incomesecurity.org/media-policy-news-1-december-2015/) - ISAC has a new website! Visit us at www.incomesecurity.org! 5 lessons we can learn from seven years of poverty reduction in Ontario – anniversary this week Cole: Queen’s Park is failing hungry Ontarians [...]
- [Media & Policy News: 4 December 2015](https://incomesecurity.org/media-policy-news-4-december-2015/) - 2016 is coming: Make reconciliation with Indigenous peoples your new year’s resolution Ontario Association of Food Banks’ Hunger Report Editorial: Quebec’s punitive welfare changes are worrying [...]
- [Media & Policy News: 11 December 2015](https://incomesecurity.org/media-policy-news-11-december-2015/) - New York City’s welfare chief defends high welfare rolls “because we care about people” There’s a food security crisis in Canada and it’s worse than you think Charity is essential when there’s no justice, but there’s no justice when people have to rely on charity [...]
- [Media & Policy News: 18 December 2015](https://incomesecurity.org/media-policy-news-18-december-2015/) - This will be the last Media & Policy News until the new year! Happy Holidays everyone! And ISAC is moving today! Check back later today for a copy of Campaign 2000's letter, to which ISAC is a proud signatory Sally Ann clients in say thanks for the Christmas Turkey, but much more is needed to end poverty [...]
- [Media & Policy News: 11 January 2016](https://incomesecurity.org/media-policy-news-11-january-2016/) - Canada is Back? Not until taxation is truly fair Cole: Clawing child support back from social assistance is a disgrace Ending the child support clawback one part of lifting parents out of poverty How non-Indigenous allies can help make the Truth and Reconciliation Commission recommendations a reality
- [Media & Policy News: 15 January 2016](https://incomesecurity.org/media-policy-news-15-january-2016/) - Advocacy groups seeking clarity on federal government’s “social infrastructure” pledge Will 2016 be the year the world tumbles back into economic crisis Joe Gunn: Five qualities a federal anti-poverty plan must include
- [Media & Policy News: 22 January 2016](https://incomesecurity.org/media-policy-news-22-january-2016/) - Oxfam: Wealth of richest 1% now equal to other 99%, and 62 people’s wealth now equal to the poorest half of humanity Spec Editorial: 2016 is the perfect time to fix social assistance Labour Ministry inspection finds 78% of Ontario employers violating the Employment Standards Act [...]
- [Media & Policy News: 29 January 2016](https://incomesecurity.org/media-policy-news-29-january-2016/) - Injured workers being systematically disentitled from WSIB; labour asks Ombudsman to investigate Proposed Quebec legislation is “a direct attack against human rights” of people receiving social assistance Human Rights Commission rules Ottawa discriminates against First Nations kids on reserve New report from Ontario Human Rights Commission strongly links mental health disabilities and poverty [...]
- [Media & Policy News: 5 February 2016](https://incomesecurity.org/media-policy-news-5-february-2016/) - MCSS making big changes to the ODSP medical review process Federal Minister eyeing guaranteed minimum income to tackle poverty Ontario budget touted for March 3 or March 10 [...]
- [Media & Policy News: 10 February 2016](https://incomesecurity.org/media-policy-news-10-february-2016/) - Art Eggleton on three ways to end poverty in Canada – education, basic income, and tax reform Is Quebec’s promised basic income a Trojan horse for neoliberalism? Most Syrian refugees coming to Canada will live below the poverty line Sherad Kerur: Refugees’ needs expose Canada’s housing crisis [...]
- [Media & Policy News: 24 February 2016](https://incomesecurity.org/media-policy-news-24-february-2016/) - Ontario simplifies medical reviews for people on ODSP News from the UN Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights in Geneva Child and family homelessness a hidden but growing crisis in Canada that requires comprehensive action, says new report Ontario Budget Preview: What to expect in Thursday’s provincial budget [...]
- [Media & Policy News: 26 February 2016](https://incomesecurity.org/media-policy-news-26-february-2016/) - Special Edition: Ontario Budget 2016 Government’s news release: Ontario’s investments creating jobs for today and tomorrow ISAC Analysis: Bold steps on social assistance reform, but incomes still grossly inadequate Star coverage: Ontario to end clawback of child support for parents on welfare [...]
- [Media & Policy News: 4 March 2016](https://incomesecurity.org/media-policy-news-4-march-2016/) - How low-income people suffer without dental care More from Geneva Disability advocates protest BC’s bus pass clawback [...]
- [Media & Policy News: 11 March 2016](https://incomesecurity.org/media-policy-news-11-march-2016/) - IWD: What 20 years of the gender wage gap looks like in Canada UN tells Canada to clean up its record on economic, social and cultural inequality UN report raises concern over Canada’s persistent housing crisis [...]
- [Media & Policy News: 18 March 2016](https://incomesecurity.org/media-policy-news-18-march-2016/) - Delay, denial and debt mark WSIB struggle for man who lost his memory in a workplace accident: New Long-Term Affordable Housing Strategy a “transformation” of Ontario’s housing and homelessness system Trudeau says Tuesday’s federal budget will return OAS eligibility to 65 and make investments in “unsexy” infrastructure projects [...]
- [Media & Policy News: 24 March 2016](https://incomesecurity.org/media-policy-news-24-march-2016/) - Federal Budget 2016: Growing the Middle Class ISAC commentary and analysis: The 2016 Federal Budget and Income Security Desperate parents were praying for federal action amid daycare anarchy [...]
- [Media & Policy News: 1 April 2016](https://incomesecurity.org/media-policy-news-1-april-2016/) - Pikangikum house fire direct result of chronic poverty Just paint over it: Kashechewan’s endless battle with mould More on the federal budget [...]
- [Media & Policy News: 8 April 2016](https://incomesecurity.org/media-policy-news-8-april-2016/) - Nunavut stops clawing back the National Child Benefit Supplement from social assistance payments New Canada Child Benefit must be indexed to inflation now, not by 2020 Duclos says new Canada Child Benefit is a form of basic income guarantee, open to do more – but provinces would have to take the lead Two Innu First Nations to deliver income assistance program to their members in Labrador [...]
- [Media & Policy News: 15 April 2016](https://incomesecurity.org/media-policy-news-15-april-2016/) - April 15: List of huge number of $15 and Fairness actions across Ontario today Canada Child Benefit must not be clawed back from social assistance - my Letter to the Editor with Campaign 2000 It’s time for evidence-based social assistance reform in Ontario [...]
- [Media & Policy News: 22 April 2016](https://incomesecurity.org/media-policy-news-22-april-2016/) - Health Quality Ontario report links income inequality to inequities in health risks, care, and outcomes Federal government moves to introduce new Canada Child Benefit Problems with Disability Tax Credit yet to be fixed; Delay hurting people with disabilities [...]
- [Media & Policy News: 29 April 2016](https://incomesecurity.org/media-policy-news-29-april-2016/) - Report: Widespread workplace abuse persists for restaurant workers of Chinese descent Ontario workers killed and injured on the job commemorated on National Day of Mourning Ontario’s basic income program poses threat to existing social programs [...]
- [Media & Policy News: 6 May 2016](https://incomesecurity.org/media-policy-news-6-may-2016/) - May Day Op-Ed: Ontario’s labour laws are failing vulnerable workers New data shows Canada is a class-divided nation Manitoba Liberals call on federal government to ensure all children – even those without a social insurance number – get access to the new Canada Child Benefit [...]
- [Media & Policy News: 13 May 2016](https://incomesecurity.org/media-policy-news-13-may-2016/) - Ontario’s soaring poverty gap is starkest for single adults as welfare rates stagnate People on social assistance are actually worse in worse shape now than under Harris Successful strike by Tibetan food terminal workers sets a precedent and highlights precarious work Stats Can survey of job vacancies shows virtually all in-demand jobs in Canada are low-paid positions [...]
- [Media & Policy News: 20 May 2016](https://incomesecurity.org/media-policy-news-20-may-2016/) - CCPA study on Indigenous child poverty finds 60% of First Nations children on reserves live in poverty; Indigenous children twice as likely to live in poverty as non-aboriginal children Migrant worker program “worse than slavery” as injured workers sent home without treatment Ontario Association of Food Banks: What happens when the safety net fails? [...]
- [Media & Policy News: 27 May 2016](https://incomesecurity.org/media-policy-news-27-may-2016/) - Record 171,360 Ontario households on 2015 affordable housing waitlist; four-year average wait Study: Increase housing affordability – by raising social assistance rates and reducing housing costs – and the need for emergency shelter space will fall Broadbent Blog: Indigenous children and racial discrimination as fiscal policy CRA is denying the Disability Tax Credit to eligible Canadians with disabilities [...]
- [Media & Policy News: 3 June 2016](https://incomesecurity.org/media-policy-news-3-june-2016/) - IMF study says austerity policies do more harm than good Who’s earning minimum wage? Ontarians! ACORN Canada urges federal government to follow US lead on tackling payday lending [...]
- [Media & Policy News: 10 June 2016](https://incomesecurity.org/media-policy-news-10-june-2016/) - Canadians getting priced out of fresh fruit and vegetables WSIB critics say spending cuts are devastating injured workers Angus Reid poll: Canadians believe there are two sets of rules, one for the rich and one for everyone else [...]
- [Media & Policy News: 8 July 2016](https://incomesecurity.org/media-policy-news-8-july-2016/) - What will and won’t be delivered, including benefit cheques and other payments, if Canada Post locks out CUPW workers Fewer workers getting help from the WSIB for serious injuries Debilitating illness leaves Toronto man struggling to get by on ODSP [...]
- [Media & Policy News: 15 July 2016](https://incomesecurity.org/media-policy-news-15-july-2016/) - Canada Child Benefit will fight poverty – as long as provinces co-operate WSIB stands by its use of “paper doctors” after calls for ombudsman probe First Nations leaders leery of announcement on child welfare Incomes of Canadian seniors and singles stagnant in 2014 [...]
- [Media & Policy News: 22 July 2016](https://incomesecurity.org/media-policy-news-22-july-2016/) - Injured workers are routinely cut off WSIB benefits by improper rulings Canada Child Benefit cheques hit mailboxes and bank accounts this week Three positive steps toward ending poverty in Canada – CCB, GIS top-up and ACB Meanwhile, child care is becoming a privilege only upper-income Canadians can afford [...]
- [Media & Policy News: 29 July 2016](https://incomesecurity.org/media-policy-news-29-july-2016/) - Workplace violations widespread in Ontario, says Changing Workplaces Review interim report Editorial: Province should protect workers from being fired without cause Editorial: Migrant workers deserve better Pensioner in Bancroft left in the dark after Hydro pulls the plug [...]
- [Media & Policy News: 5 August 2016](https://incomesecurity.org/media-policy-news-5-august-2016/) - Rural Ontario in crisis due to high hydro rates Ontario wage-theft victims lost $28 million to poor enforcement Advocates say “hands off our assets” and raise allowable employment earnings in OW and ODSP Letter to the editor: It’s clear that injured workers are being treated unfairly by the WSIB [...]
- [Media & Policy News: 12 August 2016](https://incomesecurity.org/media-policy-news-12-august-2016/) - Heat wave baking people with low incomes in Niagara Climate change prompts Hamilton to modify its heat bylaw for apartments Sweltering Toronto tenants still wait for maximum heat law Poverty has a drastic impact on health, especially in rural Ontario [...]
- [Media & Policy News: 19 August 2016](https://incomesecurity.org/media-policy-news-19-august-2016/) - Broadbent Blog: On reconciliation, the government can and must do more Flexible, versatile workers will be key for future job types: World Economic Forum Report Climate change and health: Extreme heat is a silent killer Video: ODSP recipient in London can’t afford to pay his hydro bill [...]
- [Media & Policy News: 26 August 2016](https://incomesecurity.org/media-policy-news-26-august-2016/) - CUPW gives 72-hour strike notice to Canada Post Province must fund child care to tackle gender wage gap, says report Let us keep more money, Ottawa disability advocates tell province [...]
- [Media & Policy News: 9 September 2016](https://incomesecurity.org/media-policy-news-9-september-2016/) - Nearly half of Canadians spend all or more of their take-home pay Premier Wynne prorogues legislature; new session to start Monday with Throne Speech Poverty reduction advocate pleads to the Premier for Bill 185 [...]
- [Media & Policy News: 16 September 2016](https://incomesecurity.org/media-policy-news-16-september-2016/) - Policy Options: Ontario social assistance doesn’t meet basic human needs It’s time to Fix the Gap Ontario Throne Speech – government announcement [...]
- [Media & Policy News: 4 October 2016](https://incomesecurity.org/media-policy-news-tuesday-4-october-2016/) - Radio: What the 1.5% increase for ODSP rates actually means Joe Fiorito’s last column, as he hangs up his hat after 17 years Daily Bread’s annual Toronto hunger report highlights growing need among older adults [...]
- [Media & Policy News: 7 October 2016](https://incomesecurity.org/media-policy-news-7-october-2016/) - Thousands rally at Queen’s Park for workers’ rights and $15 minimum wage Social assistance rates in Ontario are up. Here’s what it actually means Hennessy and Himelfarb: Basic Income is coming to Ontario: Now what? [...]
- [Media & Policy News: 14 October 2016](https://incomesecurity.org/media-policy-news-14-october-2016/) - Report finds significant gaps in Ontario health care, depending on income Social assistance cuts making it harder to regain custody Toronto fund to prevent homelessness stacked against kids and disabled, advocates say [...]
- [Media & Policy News: 21 October 2016](https://incomesecurity.org/media-policy-news-21-october-2016/) - October 17 was International Day for the Eradication of Poverty Austerity policies are counterproductive in tough economic times: Regina Anti-Poverty Ministry NWT government takes full benefit of Canada Child Benefit from social assistance families [...]
- [Media & Policy News: 28 October 2016](https://incomesecurity.org/media-policy-news-28-october-2016/) - Finance Minister Morneau says young Canadians should get used to precarious employment Hugh Segal’s basic income report expected next week, likely to target middle-aged women, disabled adults for most help WSIB’s devastating compensation policy all about the board’s bottom line, lawyers charge [...]
- [Media & Policy News: 4 November 2016](https://incomesecurity.org/media-policy-news-4-november-2016/) - Injured worker “broken down” by 10-year battle with WSIB Canada chided for treatment of black people by UN group Star editorial: Morneau is half right – but the feds and provinces can curb precarious labour itself Ontario needs a new common-sense approach to social assistance Ontario government consulting on basic income pilot project [...]
- [Media & Policy News: 18 November 2016](https://incomesecurity.org/media-policy-news-18-november-2016/) - Today in Toronto: National Housing Day of Action Food bank use on the rise in Canada, with drastic surges in Nova Scotia, territories Ombudsman asked to probe WSIB treatment of those with mental health disabilities [...]
- [Media & Policy News: 16 December 2016](https://incomesecurity.org/media-policy-news-16-december-2016/) - CCPA Ontario: The year as we saw it: 10 charts that defined Ontario in 2016 Anti-poverty groups call on Liberals to make immediate changes to Canada Child Benefit Average Canadian family to spend $420 more on food in 2017: Report Cost of poverty in Toronto pegged at $5.5 billion a year [...]
- [Media & Policy News: 6 January 2017](https://incomesecurity.org/media-policy-news-6-january-2017/) - Happy New Year! CCPA report: Canada’s CEOs earn in half a day what the average worker makes all year Column: Ontario should have a guaranteed income for those with disabilities Muskoka commissioner says simplifying social assistance with basic income could reduce social inclusion and community engagement United Way of Bruce Grey head has “incredible concerns” about cap-and-trade impacts on low income people, including those on OW and ODSP [...]
- [Media & Policy News: 13 January 2017](https://incomesecurity.org/media-policy-news-13-january-2017/) - Doctors frustrated workers’ compensation boards seem to ignore medical opinions, report says Tax loopholes that bankroll CEO salaries with taxpayer’s money should be closed Federal government ponders creating new housing benefit for low-income renters [...]
- [Media & Policy News: 20 January 2017](https://incomesecurity.org/media-policy-news-20-january-2017/) - New book aims to teach children about painful history of residential schools Two Canadian billionaires are as rich as nearly 1/3 of Canada: Oxfam Federal Disability Tax Credit not extended to those with mental illness [...]
- [Media & Policy News: 6 February 2017](https://incomesecurity.org/media-policy-news-6-february-2017/) - Greater enforcement of hate speech laws needed in Canada Asian job seekers face disadvantage even when they have higher degrees, study finds Report: Exclusions from minimum employment standards cost workers millions in lost wages [...]
- [Media & Policy News: 10 February 2017](https://incomesecurity.org/media-policy-news-10-february-2017/) - Ontario utilities continue to threaten disconnection during winter New benefits called “game changers” for ending child poverty Ottawa should suspend refugee pact with US, Harvard report says [...]
- [Media & Policy News: 14 February 2017](https://incomesecurity.org/media-policy-news-14-february-2017/) - Ontario is proving that taxing the one per cent works Critics tired of foot dragging on WSIB discrimination against injured workers making mental stress claims Ontario Liberals eyeing hydro rate cut in the range of 8 percent – including changes to global adjustment and using tax base to cover low-income electricity subsidies [...]
- [Media & Policy News: 24 February 2017](https://incomesecurity.org/media-policy-news-24-february-2017/) - Wages are falling in Canada’s low-end jobs Prescription from ER doctor: Expand public dental programs OCBCC: Three ideas to build a better future for child care in Ontario Ontario legislature resumes with a focus on Hydro [...]
- [Media & Policy News: 3 March 2017](https://incomesecurity.org/media-policy-news-3-march-2017/) - No Fixed Address: Rental market for Torontonians on disability “absolutely horrible” Hydro rates to drop 17%, but Ontarians will pay for it later Vulnerable Ontarians to see significant reductions in their electricity bills Big changes considered for Ontario workplaces Filing taxes brings major benefits to people on low incomes [...]
- [Media & Policy News: 10 March 2017](https://incomesecurity.org/media-policy-news-10-march-2017/) - International Women's Day - March 8 - StatsCan on gender pay gap: Women earn 87 cents to men’s dollar Ontario Works and ODSP aren’t enough to live on, Toronto residents say No firm estimates on costs to raise a family proving a problem for government: Report Alternative Federal Budget 2017: High Stakes, Clear Choices [...]
- [Media & Policy News: 17 March 2017](https://incomesecurity.org/media-policy-news-17-march-2017/) - Ontario housing minister vows to boost rent control after CBC Toronto tenancy series NDP proposes bill to expand rent controls to all buildings PEI’s social assistance rates are well below the cost of healthy food Food insecurity: Community gardens, subsidized housing not answers – what matters is income Ontario Labour Minister speaks to business group, places hopes on Changing Workplaces Review [...]
- [The 2017 Federal Budget and Income Security](https://incomesecurity.org/the-2017-federal-budget-and-income-security/) - The federal Budget announced on March 22 does very little to address the poverty and income inequality that Canadians are experiencing right now. The Budget did announce important investments over time in key areas like housing and childcare as well as modest changes to Employment Insurance and federal labour law. There are also targeted investments
- [Media & Policy News: 24 March 2017](https://incomesecurity.org/media-policy-news-24-march-2017/) - Federal Budget 2017: Building a Strong Middle Class The budget that could have been Saskatchewan redesigning welfare programs to get “able-bodied” people off the dole Housing groups want BC to double welfare cheques [...]
- [Media & Policy News: 30 March 2017](https://incomesecurity.org/media-policy-news-30-march-2017/) - You shouldn’t have to do your taxes to get benefits Brantford City Council votes to van use of temp agencies to hire City workers Bankruptcy study points to worsening income inequality in Ontario
- [Media & Policy News: 7 April 2017](https://incomesecurity.org/media-policy-news-7-april-2017/) - Ontario ends onerous reviews for disabled people on welfare Advocate says Ontario’s social assistance programs need to do more Toronto's 'gig economy' fueled by young workers starved for choice Business group discovers being good is good for business [...]
- [Media & Policy News: 21 April 2017](https://incomesecurity.org/media-policy-news-21-april-2017/) - Housing Basic Income Social Assistance [...]
- [Media & Policy News: 27 April 2017](https://incomesecurity.org/media-policy-news-27-april-2017/) - Budget Basic Income Housing and Homelessness [...]
- [Media & Policy News: 5 May 2017](https://incomesecurity.org/media-policy-news-5-may-2017/) - On International Workers Day, migrant workers are still precarious and unsupported Federal Liberals suspend tax audits of political charities Case for Canada’s infrastructure bank not compelling, researchers warn [...]
- [Media & Policy News: 16 June 2017](https://incomesecurity.org/media-policy-news-friday-16-june-2017/) - More Canadians seeking CPP disability benefits have denials overturned on appeal Average hourly wages in Canada have barely budgeted in 40 years Canadians owe $1.67 for every $1 of household disposable income, StatsCan says [...]
- [Media & Policy News: 23 June 2017](https://incomesecurity.org/media-policy-news-23-june-2017/) - Safe Streets Act to be challenged in court The CRA is keeping tax cheat data secret, breaking minister’s commitment Meat prices set to rise by up to 9% this year even as other groceries take less of a bite [...]
- [Media & Policy News: 30 June 2017](https://incomesecurity.org/media-policy-news-30-june-2017/) - Star editorial: Wynne government should dump cruel panhandling ban Reducing Canada’s workplace gender gap would add $150 billion to GDP Calgary outpaces Toronto and Vancouver as Canada’s least-affordable city for low-income residents
- [Media & Policy News: 7 July 2017](https://incomesecurity.org/media-policy-news-7-july-2017/) - It’s time to tear down the “welfare wall” for persons with disabilities Freeing our people: Updates from the long road to deinstitutionalization Sudbury to review discretionary benefits for OW and ODSP recipients Lawsuit takes on WSIB for rejecting “chronic mental stress” claims [...]
- [Media & Policy News: 14 July 2017](https://incomesecurity.org/7242/) - Seven months in a shelter, still searching for a home Sudbury agrees to maintain funding to help those on social assistance Sears managers to earn thousands in bonuses while laid-off workers get no severance Workers' Action Centre: Let's defend and strengthen Bill 148 - Submission deadline July 21 [...]
- [Media & Policy News: 19 July 2017](https://incomesecurity.org/media-policy-news-19-july-2017/) - Federal Ombudsman investigating if women and kids living in shelters are getting CCB and WITB Finance Minister Morneau proposes tax changes to close loopholes for wealthy Renovation of Ontario housing co-ops put on hold due to federal government demands [...]
- [Media & Policy News: 18 August 2017](https://incomesecurity.org/media-policy-news-18-august-2017/) - Ed. note: Apologies – IT problems prevented getting this out earlier. More catch up to come next week. Top Stories Pain and suffering compensation exemption levels raised for Ontario Works and ODSP recipients: http://windsorstar.com/news/local-news/exemption-levels-raised-for-ontario-works Government release: Ontario helping social assistance recipients get ahead: https://news.ontario.ca/mcss/en/2017/08/ontario-helping-social-assistance-recipients-get-ahead.html Province hiring hydro welfare team in North Bay: http://www.thesudburystar.com/2017/07/29/province-hiring-hydro-welfare-team-in-north-bay How
- [Media & Policy News: 25 August 2017](https://incomesecurity.org/media-policy-news-25-august-2017/) - The truth about food insecurity is that it’s not about food Many Indigenous families not applying for Canada Child Benefit CPP changes will disqualify 243,000 from Guaranteed Income Supplement: Report [...]
- [Media & Policy News: 8 September 2017](https://incomesecurity.org/media-policy-news-8-september-2017/) - Michelle Kungl’s incredible journey, and her most daunting barrier yet – social assistance in Ontario Ontario relaxes rules for ODSP, Ontario Works Lawsuit against Manitoba aims to give child support payments back to children on social assistance [...]
- [Media & Policy News: 15 September 2017](https://incomesecurity.org/media-policy-news-15-september-2017/) - Canadian incomes jump, Ontario residents hit by manufacturing downturn: Statistics Canada Undercover in Temp Nation Ontario's minimum wage hike could cost 50,000 jobs: provincial watchdog [...]
- [Media & Policy News: 25 September 2017](https://incomesecurity.org/media-policy-news-25-september-2017/) - Ontario legal clinics launch challenges over ODSP Board and Lodge benefit rate Should I report family social assistance fraud? Ethically Speaking Groups allege problems and potential legal implications with EI appeals process Advocates say BC disability exemption a move forward [...]
- [Media & Policy News: 29 September 2017](https://incomesecurity.org/media-policy-news-29-september-2017/) - Stats on homelessness in Timmins, Cochrane, Hearst and Moosonee shared at summit: Low social assistance shelter rates a fundamental problem Ontario is complicit in precarious employment Province tries to allay business fears over minimum wage hike 87% of small business families see no benefit to income sprinkling [...]
- [Media & Policy News: 1 December 2017](https://incomesecurity.org/media-policy-news-1-december-2017/) - Income Security Reform: A Roadmap for Change Proposed welfare reform plan includes 22% boost to payments: On welfare reform, Ontario urged to “just do it” [...]
- [Media & Policy News: 8 December 2017](https://incomesecurity.org/media-policy-news-8-december-2017/) - December 6 Health and Dental National Housing Strategy [...]
- [Media & Policy News: 15 December 2017](https://incomesecurity.org/media-policy-news-15-december-2017/) - Being on social assistance draws more spite than race, colour, gender… but not more than being Muslim: survey ISAC and Steering Committee on Social Assistance feedback submission on "Income Security: A Roadmap for Change" The CRA “picks on people who can’t defend themselves,” says single mother battling agency [...]
- [Media & Policy News: 12 January 2018](https://incomesecurity.org/media-policy-news-12-january-2018/) - Minimum Wage and Workers’ Rights Income Security: A Roadmap for Change Ontario Pre-Budget 2018 [...]
- [Media & Policy News: 19 January 2018](https://incomesecurity.org/media-policy-news-19-january-2018/) - Income Security Reform – Sign the Petition: Make Ontario a world leader in social assistance and income security Affordable Housing – Sign the petition: Tell the Ontario government to make planning regulations that will create affordable housing Ontario’s affordable housing plan “achieves the exact opposite,” say City of Toronto councillors: [...]
- [Media & Policy News: 26 January 2018](https://incomesecurity.org/media-policy-news-26-january-2018/) - Prescription for a healthier population: Spend more on social services Province planning complete overhaul of income security Tim Hortons protests sweep the nation after minimum-wage hike [...]
- [Media & Policy News: 2 February 2018](https://incomesecurity.org/media-policy-news-2-february-2018/) - Poverty not a good reason to take Indigenous kids from parents: Bennett Temp agency proposal at WSIB leaves workers vulnerable, legal clinics say Inflation’s return could shock a generation that’s never seen it [...]
- [Media & Policy News: 12 February 2018](https://incomesecurity.org/media-policy-news-12-february-2018/) - Not enough given to those in need in Ontario I’ve been homeless 3 times. The problem isn’t drugs or mental illness – it’s poverty Toronto’s homeless memorial honours in death those who struggled in life Why is there so much poverty in a rich country like Canada? [...]
- [Media & Policy News: 11 May 2018](https://incomesecurity.org/media-policy-news-11-may-2018/) - Ontario Election 2018: The writ’s dropped! Election 101: Here’s what you need to know Ontario must ensure public supports and services for everyone [...]
- [Media & Policy News: 18 May 2018](https://incomesecurity.org/media-policy-news-18-may-2018/) - Ontario Election 2018 – Week Two NDP overtakes Liberals as the “anti-Ford” party, according to Ipsos poll Ford faces tough questions as NDP asks for probe into ex-PC candidate's alleged role in data breach [...]
- [Media & Policy News: 25 May 2018](https://incomesecurity.org/media-policy-news-25-may-2018/) - Ontario election campaign brings focus on nearly 2 million people living in poverty Vote in the Ontario election as if you were poor: Reasonable Doubt May 25: NDP now in majority government territory, new poll suggests [...]
- [Media & Policy News: 1 June 2018](https://incomesecurity.org/media-policy-news-1-june-2018/) - ISAC: Ontario’s political parties on income security & social assistance reform: Comparison chart Colour of Poverty – Colour of Change: Racial Justice Report Card shows where political parties stand on racial equity and racial justice Health Providers Against Poverty: Analysis of party platforms for reducing social and health inequities [...]
- [Media & Policy News: 6 June 2018](https://incomesecurity.org/media-policy-news-6-june-2018/) - Election Day is Tomorrow! Don't forget to vote: Here's how! TVO: How to vote when you’re homeless Op-Ed: Income security reform at stake with Thursday’s election [...]
- [Media & Policy News: 15 June 2018](https://incomesecurity.org/media-policy-news-15-june-2018/) - The Next Four Years: An Ontario election post-mortem Ontario election results 2018: Poll-by-poll riding vote map Ontario Premier-designate Doug Ford takes office June 29 [...]
- [Media & Policy News: 22 June 2018](https://incomesecurity.org/media-policy-news-22-june-2018/) - One in two Indigenous children in danger of going to school hungry Child poverty linked to discrimination and systemic inequality, Campaign 2000 study suggests Here's the report: "Riding by Riding Analysis Shows Child Poverty in Canada Knows No Boundaries" [...]
- [Media & Policy News: 29 June 2018](https://incomesecurity.org/media-policy-news-29-june-2018/) - “Doug Ford and Cabinet to be Sworn-in as Ontario's First Ever Government for the People” Doug Ford will move “quite rapidly” once he’s officially Ontario’s premier, expert says Ontario government hiring freeze ices plan to strengthen workplace inspections [...]
- [Media & Policy News: 6 July 2018](https://incomesecurity.org/media-policy-news-6-july-2018/) - Ford to recall Ontario legislature on July 11 – Throne Speech July 12, session starts July 16 Five Tory MPPs interested in becoming speaker of the House Provincial funds for social housing repairs now in grave doubt, Tory concedes [...]
- [Min. Qualtrough: Restore the GIS for low-income seniors now! / Rétablir le Supplément de revenu garanti (SRG) pour les aînés à faible revenu!](https://incomesecurity.org/min-qualtrough-restore-the-gis-for-low-income-seniors-now-retablir-le-supplement-de-revenu-garanti-srg-pour-les-aines-a-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 low-income working seniors experiencing a reduction or complete loss of their GIS benefit. Specifically, we are calling on Minister Qualtrough
- [Ontario's 2021 Economic Outlook and Fiscal Review: Inadequate for Low-Income Ontarians](https://incomesecurity.org/ontarios-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 programs or policies which would improve income security for low-income Ontarians. The government claims that it is “saying yes” to
- [OW and ODSP Rates and the OCB Fall 2021 / Les taux d’OT, du POSPH et de la POE l’ automne 2021](https://incomesecurity.org/ow-and-odsp-rates-and-the-ocb-fall-2021-les-taux-dot-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 increased slightly with inflation. The increase to OCB came into effect in July 2021. As in past years, we have
- [Federal Election 2021: Tools You Can Use](https://incomesecurity.org/federal-election-2021-tools-you-can-use/) - Election day is September 20, and the official election campaign started August 15. An election period is a time to have your voice heard. Ask your local candidates about what they will do for low-income Ontarians. Talk to members of the general public about poverty-related issues that are important to you. We have prepared some
- [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)](https://incomesecurity.org/accessing-income-support-in-the-wake-of-covid-19-updated-march-26/) - 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 updated information. - La version française de ce document est disponible en téléchargement ici - Introduction COVID-19 is a
- [OW and ODSP Rates and the OCB Fall 2020 / Les taux d’OT, du POSPH et de la POE l' automne 2020](https://incomesecurity.org/ow-and-odsp-rates-and-the-ocb-fall-2020-les-taux-dot-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 increased slightly with inflation. The increase to OCB came into effect in July 2020. As in past years, we have
- [OW and ODSP Rates and the OCB 2018 / Les taux d’OT, du POSPH et de la POE 2018](https://incomesecurity.org/ow-and-odsp-rates-and-the-ocb-2018-les-taux-dot-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 a rates sheet to let people on social assistance, and people who work with them, know what these increases mean.
- [Open Letter addressing protections for injured workers during COVID-19](https://incomesecurity.org/open-letter-addressing-protections-for-injured-workers-during-covid-19/) - On June 3, 2020, ISAC sent a letter to Minister Monte McNaughton, who is Minister of Labour, Training and Skills Development. The letter expresses concerns about the inadequate level of protections for injured workers during the COVID-19 pandemic and the negative impacts this will have on the health of people in Ontario. To view this
- [Media Toolkit – Contact Your Local Media](https://incomesecurity.org/media-toolkit-contact-your-local-media/) - The media in your community is an important way to get the message out. Local newspapers and radio stations are read and listened to by many people in your community. The stories they cover – and the way those stories are told – not only help to raise public awareness about issues, but can also
- [Facilitator's Guide for a Workshop on the Social Assistance Review](https://incomesecurity.org/facilitators-guide/) - Interested in organizing in your community around Ontario's Social Assistance Review this summer? Not sure where to begin or want some support? You're not alone! That's why the ODSP Action Coalition, with support from the Income Security Advocacy Centre (ISAC) and the Schizophrenia Society of Ontario, have developed a Facilitator's Guide for a workshop on the Social Assistance Review.
- [Important Milestone for Social Assistance Announced](https://incomesecurity.org/important-milestone-for-social-assistance-announced/) - The Ontario government’s announcements today on the social assistance review and special diet allowance program are both welcome steps forward on the road to improved income security for Ontarians. “This is the bold and broad review that we’ve been looking for, led by two credible commissioners who we have confidence will lead an independent and thoughtful review process,” says Mary Marrone, Director of Advocacy and Legal Services for the Income Security Advocacy Centre.
- [Have your say on Ontario’s Poverty Reduction Strategy / donnez votre avis sur la Stratégie ontarienne de réduction de la pauvreté](https://incomesecurity.org/have-your-say-on-ontarios-poverty-reduction-strategy-donnez-votre-avis-sur-la-strategie-ontarienne-de-reduction-de-la-pauvrete/) - ** 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 to our mandate, we make the following recommendations: Connecting people to good jobs: Recommendation #1: Ensure sufficient funding, inter-ministerial collaboration
- [Fact Sheet: Social Assistance Update](https://incomesecurity.org/social-assistance-update/) - It has been almost a year since the Ontario government announced a number of proposed changes to our social assistance programs on Nov. 22, 2018. Many of these changes have been cancelled or postponed as a result of community resistance. This fact sheet explains where we are today. Proposed changes that have been cancelled The
- [Benefit for Children To Be Cut from OW/ODSP](https://incomesecurity.org/benefit-for-children-to-be-cut-from-ow-odsp/) - We have recently learned that the Ontario government plans on eliminating a benefit that allows some parents on Ontario Works and the Ontario Disability Program to feed and clothe their children. The Transition Child Benefit provides up to $230 per child per month to parents on OW or ODSP who are not eligible for the
- [Take Action! Community Legal Clinic Services Under Threat](https://incomesecurity.org/take-action-community-legal-clinic-services-under-threat/) - The provincial government’s recent budget made cuts to a number of public programs and services, which will hurt low-income people in Ontario. This includes cuts to social assistance, public health, library services, prescription coverage for children and youth, public education, and many others. It also includes a massive 30% cut to legal aid funding. And
- [Changes Ontario is Proposing to OW and ODSP](https://incomesecurity.org/changes-ontario-is-proposing-to-ow-and-odsp/) - Note: This information may now be out of date, as some of the announced changes have since been canceled. For an update, see this fact sheet. On November 22, 2018, Minister Lisa MacLeod announced a number of proposed changes to the Ontario Works (OW) and Ontario Disability Support Program (ODSP) system. We have prepared several
- [Ontario 2019 Pre-Budget Consultations: Have your say!](https://incomesecurity.org/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 conducting hearings across the province and accepting written submissions until 5:00pm on January 29. The Minister of Finance is hosting
- [Open Letter to Minister MacLeod: Five Principles for the 100-day Review](https://incomesecurity.org/open-letter-to-minister-macleod-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 missed signing this letter and want to take action, please send an email to Minister MacLeod voicing your support for
- [Our Response to “A Roadmap for Change”](https://incomesecurity.org/our-response-to-a-roadmap-for-change/) - The new report called “Income Security: A Roadmap for Change” was released in November, as we have mentioned in previous emails. The provincial government is looking for feedback on the Roadmap report by January 5, 2018. ISAC and the legal clinic system’s Steering Committee on Social Assistance have written a joint submission to the Minister
- [DEADLINE EXTENDED: Employment Insurance Appeals Process Under Review](https://incomesecurity.org/deadline-extended-employment-insurance-appeals-process-under-review/) - The deadline to give your feedback on improving the appeal process has been extended to August 8! The federal government has hired a company called KPMG to review the way that the appeals process works around Employment Insurance (EI) decisions. If you have gone through your own appeal, or represented other people going through the
- [Increase won to ODSP / OW medical travel mileage rate](https://incomesecurity.org/increase-won-to-odsp-ow-medical-travel-mileage-rate/) - Self-employment business travel rate also going up this month Major progress has been made on improving supports for people on social assistance to get to medical treatment. The Ministry of Community and Social Services has just announced an increase in the medical travel mileage rate to pay for the costs people on social assistance have
- [Full Child Support Exemption for Parents on OW and ODSP Coming This Month / Exemption complète des pensions alimentaires pour enfants dès ce mois-ci](https://incomesecurity.org/full-child-support-exemption-for-parents-on-ow-and-odsp-coming-this-month-exemption-complete-des-pensions-alimentaires-pour-enfants-des-ce-mois-ci/) - – la version française suit dessous – Starting later this month, parents on Ontario Works and the Ontario Disability Support Program will be able to keep the full amount of any child support payments they may receive. The provincial government announced the full exemption of child support in June 2016. The exemption means that child
- [2017 Pre-budget Submission: $1 billion for OW & ODSP / 1 milliard de dollars pour OT & le POSPH](https://incomesecurity.org/1-billion-for-ow-odsp-isacs-2017-pre-budget-submission-1-milliard-de-dollars-pour-ot-le-posph-soumission-prebudgetaire-2017-du-casr/) - – la version française suit dessous – ISAC recently spoke to the Ontario Legislature’s Standing Committee on Finance and Economic Affairs, to support the call from the Interfaith Social Assistance Reform Coalition (ISARC) to invest $1 billion in social assistance in the 2017-18 provincial budget. $1 billion won’t resolve the poverty of people on social
- [OW and ODSP Rates and the OCB – 2016](https://incomesecurity.org/ow-and-odsp-rates-and-the-ocb-2016/) - The provincial government increased Ontario Works (OW) and Ontario Disability Support Program (ODSP) rates in the 2016 Ontario Budget. As in past years, we’ve created a rates sheet to give people an idea of what these increases really mean. Our new rates sheet shows the new Basic Needs and Shelter rates, as well as the
- [Cap-and-Trade: Protecting low-income communities](https://incomesecurity.org/cap-and-trade-protecting-low-income-communities/) - The provincial government’s Climate Change Action Plan and new cap-and-trade program aim to reduce greenhouses gases, address the impacts of climate change, and move Ontario to a lower-carbon economy. But it could also have unwanted impacts on low-income households and communities. While strong action from government on climate change is critically important, low-income Ontarians could
- [No Child Should Live in Poverty / Aucun enfant ne devrait vivre dans la pauvreté](https://incomesecurity.org/no-child-should-live-in-poverty-aucun-enfant-ne-devrait-vivre-dans-la-pauvrete/) - New report calls for end to discrimination in the Canada Child Benefit – la version française suit dessous – As kids across Canada go back to school this month, a new report details how some low-income families are excluded from a government program that would help them afford school supplies, as well as rent and
- [Government consultant’s report confirms Employment Insurance appeals process is broken](https://incomesecurity.org/government-consultants-report-confirms-employment-insurance-appeals-process-is-broken/) - In the spring of 2017, the federal government acted on complaints from across the country by hiring a consultant to carry out a review of the Employment Insurance appeals process. That consultant’s report has now been made public. The report makes important findings about problems with the appeal process and recommendations for change. There are
- [A Roadmap for Change: Tools You Can Use to Have Your Voice Heard](https://incomesecurity.org/a-roadmap-for-change-tools-you-can-use-to-have-your-voice-heard/) - – la version française suit dessous – A new report called “Income Security: A Roadmap for Change” was released on November 2, 2017. The Roadmap was written by three working groups that were asked by the Minister of Community and Social Services in 2016 to give advice to the government on how to reform Ontario’s
- [OW and ODSP Rates and the OCB 2017](https://incomesecurity.org/ow-and-odsp-rates-and-the-ocb-2017/) - – la version française suit dessous – Ontario Works (OW) and Ontario Disability Support Program (ODSP) rates are being increased later this month, as announced in the 2017 Ontario Budget. As in past years, we have created a rates sheet to let people on social assistance, and people who work with them, know what these
- [Employment Insurance Appeals Process Under Review](https://incomesecurity.org/employment-insurance-appeals-process-under-review/) - Have your say before the July 21 deadline! The federal government has hired a company called KPMG to review the way that the appeals process works around Employment Insurance (EI) decisions. If you have gone through your own appeal, or represented other people going through the process, you likely have some good ideas for what
- [Cuts Hurt Kids! Alert](https://incomesecurity.org/cuts-hurt-kids-alert/) - Starting in 2008, the Back-to-school and Winter Clothing allowances provided through OW and ODSP will no longer be paid out in lump sum payments, as the provincial government starts to move benefits for children out of social assistance and into the monthly Ontario Child Benefit program. Families on OW and ODSP are expected to save
- [No Merger of OW and ODSP](https://incomesecurity.org/no-merger-of-ow-and-odsp/) - Important Commitment on Social Assistance Reform Announced Today There was important news today about the future of social assistance reform in Ontario. Ted McMeekin, the Minister of Community and Social Services, said today that OW and ODSP will not be merged into one program. You might remember that the Commission for the Review of Social Assistance
- [The Options Paper: What Does It Say and What Does It Mean? (webinar and backgrounders)](https://incomesecurity.org/options-paper-webinar/) - In this webinar, Jennefer Laidley of the Income Security Advocacy Centre presents information that will help groups and individuals understand and respond to the Commission's Options Paper. The webinar explains where the review process is now and what some of the problems with the paper are, gives a brief overview of the current political and economic context, dissects the paper to construct a picture of what is actually being proposed, and goes through some of the implications.
- [“Tell Your Story”: The Online Stories of OW and ODSP Recipients](https://incomesecurity.org/tell-your-story-the-online-stories-of-ow-and-odsp-recipients/) - These are powerful stories, interwoven with themes of fear and desperation, of shame and frustration, of dignity and resilience. The stories raise the need for more appropriate education and training, for more sensible treatment of income, and for rules that are easy to understand and designed to encourage people rather than break their spirits. They highlight the punitive nature of the current social assistance system, and the need to break down the systemic barriers that keep people trapped in poverty.
- [Ontario’s Political Parties on Income Security & Social Assistance Reform](https://incomesecurity.org/ontarios-political-parties-on-income-security-social-assistance-reform/) - – la version française suit dessous – The outcome of the June 7 provincial election will be very important for low-income people in Ontario. We sent four political parties in Ontario – the Liberals, NDP, Progressive Conservatives, and Greens –questions on where they stand on five important issues: What they would do to improve OW and ODSP
- [Have your say on Ontario’s 2020 Budget / donnez votre avis sur le budget de l’Ontario 2020](https://incomesecurity.org/have-your-say-on-ontarios-2020-budget-donnez-votre-avis-sur-le-budget-de-lontario-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 consultation with our community partners on issues relevant to our mandate, we make the following recommendations for the 2020 budget:
- [What Changing the ODSP Definition of Disability Would Mean / Que signifierait changer la définition d’invalidité du POSPH?](https://incomesecurity.org/changing-the-odsp-definition-of-disability/) - On November 22, 2018, the Minister of Children, Community and Social Services announced proposed changes to the social assistance system in Ontario. One change would make the ODSP definition of disability more like definitions used in federal government benefit programs. This proposed change would result in many low-income people with disabilities in Ontario who would
- [Many questions, few answers, and great risk for people with disabilities](https://incomesecurity.org/many-questions-few-answers-and-great-risk-for-people-with-disabilities/) - Minister Lisa MacLeod’s announcement today about a new direction for social assistance in Ontario shows promising directions for Ontario Works, but leaves many unanswered questions and creates serious risks for people with disabilities. There is also no mention of addressing the most critical problem, which is improving the inadequate benefit rates for people on OW
- [100 Days: Take Action Before November 8!](https://incomesecurity.org/100-days-take-action-before-november-8/) - The new Ontario government recently announced that they will reveal a new direction for social assistance, based in part on “compassion for people in need,” after a 100-day review. Take action now to help ensure their November 8 announcement moves Ontario’s social assistance programs - Ontario Works (OW) and the Ontario Disability Support Program (ODSP)
- [Important Changes Coming to OW and ODSP / Changements importants aux programmes d’OT et du POSPH](https://incomesecurity.org/important-changes-coming-to-ow-and-odsp-changements-importants-aux-programmes-dot-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: http://incomesecurity.org/policy-advocacy/ontarios-cuts-to-social-assistance-will-hurt-the-most-vulnerable/ http://incomesecurity.org/public-education/ontarios-social-assistance-system-100-days-to-fix-it-or-to-break-it/ ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ – la version française suit dessous – A number of changes to Ontario Works and ODSP rules have recently been made or are
- [Challenging discriminatory legislation: Watch the Supreme Court hearing live](https://incomesecurity.org/challenging-discriminatory-legislation-watch-the-supreme-court-hearing-live/) - Where can you go when government benefit programs discriminate against you? The Supreme Court of Canada will be hearing an important case about that issue on November 28, 2017. The Government of Canada is responsible for a number of very important programs and social benefits that people rely on in order to get by, including
- [Over 30 Organizations from Across Canada call for a Fair EI Appeal Process](https://incomesecurity.org/over-30-organizations-from-across-canada-call-for-a-fair-ei-appeal-process/) - In the spring of 2017, the federal government hired a company called KPMG to review the way that the appeals process works around Employment Insurance (EI) decisions. KPMG reported last week to the Minister of Families, Children and Social Development on its findings and recommendations, but the report is not yet public. Over 30 organizations
- [Changing Workplaces Review - ISAC submission on Personal Emergency Leave](https://incomesecurity.org/changing-workplaces-review-isac-submission-on-personal-emergency-leave/) - The Ontario government is reviewing the Employment Standards Act and the Labour Relations Act for the first time in decades. The two Special Advisors leading the Changing Workplaces Review issued an Interim Report on July 27, 2016. The Interim Report outlines a number of different options for changes that the government could make to these
- [Budget 2013: Changes to Social Assistance to Proceed](https://incomesecurity.org/budget-2013-changes-to-social-assistance-to-proceed/) - Positive changes to social assistance are slated to go ahead, following this morning’s announcement by opposition NDP Leader Andrea Horwath that her party will provide the support required in the Legislature for the 2013 provincial budget to pass. The provincial budget put forward a number of proposals that, taken together, signal an important direction for social assistance
- [Special Diet Announcement Increases Insecurity for People on Social Assistance](https://incomesecurity.org/special-diet-announcement-increases-insecurity-for-people-on-social-assistance/) - 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 no hard evidence to justify replacing the entire program,” said Mary Marrone, Director of Advocacy and Legal Services at the
- [New data shows Ontario to deny basic needs to approximately 32,000 children](https://incomesecurity.org/new-data-shows-ontario-to-deny-basic-needs-to-approximately-32000-children/) - The Ontario government has introduced a law that will cancel the Transition Child Benefit on November 1, 2019. With Ontario’s changes, families living in poverty who are ineligible for child tax benefits will experience a significant loss of up to $230 per month per child. A typical two-parent households with two children, for example, will
- [Public Forum: Access to Justice for All!](https://incomesecurity.org/public-forum-access-to-justice-for-all/) - If you are in Toronto, please join us for a public forum on funding cuts to legal aid and community legal clinics! When: Thursday, May 16, 7:00 pm Where: Metro Hall, 55 John Street, Room 309 RSVP via Eventbrite by clicking here or via Facebook by clicking here. Community legal clinics are facing 15% funding
- [OW & ODSP: What is a “Health Spending Account”? / OT & POSPH : Qu'est-ce qu'un « compte gestion-santé »?](https://incomesecurity.org/ow-odsp-what-is-a-health-spending-account-ot-posph-quest-ce-quun-compte-gestion-sante/) - What a “Health Spending Account” might mean to people on OW & ODSP On November 22, the Minister of Children, Community and Social Services announced a number of proposed changes to the social assistance system in Ontario. Among these proposed changes is the creation of something called a Health Spending Account. While there are currently
- [Working while on OW: What Minister MacLeod's changes to income exemptions would mean](https://incomesecurity.org/working-while-on-ow-what-minister-macleods-changes-to-income-deductions-would-mean/) - On November 22, Minister Lisa MacLeod announced a number of changes to Ontario’s social assistance programs. One of these is a change to the way that earned income will be deducted from the benefits of people on Ontario Works (OW). Our analysis shows that: The proposed changes will improve the incomes of people on OW
- [Helping people with mental health disabilities access ODSP: An expert report on the complexity of mental health treatment in Ontario](https://incomesecurity.org/helping-people-with-mental-health-disabilities-access-odsp-an-expert-report-on-the-complexity-of-mental-health-treatment-in-ontario/) - – la version française suit dessous – People with mental health disabilities face particular barriers in accessing Ontario Disability Support Program (ODSP) benefits. A new report by a group of medical experts from University of Toronto’s Collaborative Mental Health Care Working Group will help applicants establish their eligibility for ODSP benefits. To qualify as a
- [Future of OW/ODSP Changes Uncertain: Take Action!](https://incomesecurity.org/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 are already in place. Since then, over 7,100 of you have downloaded this information, showing us that these changes are
- [Protect the Privacy of Individuals at Administrative Tribunals: Court Case April 4-6](https://incomesecurity.org/protect-the-privacy-of-individuals-at-administrative-tribunals-court-case-april-4-6/) - An important case concerning the privacy of individuals who seek to enforce their rights at administrative tribunals will be heard this week. This case could directly affect the privacy of individuals at the Human Rights Tribunal, the Criminal Injuries Compensation Board, and the Landlord and Tenant Board, among other administrative tribunals. It could also set
- [Ontario Budget 2018: ISAC Analysis and Budget Details](https://incomesecurity.org/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 start to move the system away from the punitive, intrusive system that currently exists and toward the supportive approach that
- [Government should be held accountable for discrimination: Court case Feb 28](https://incomesecurity.org/government-should-be-held-accountable-for-discrimination-court-case-feb-28/) - In a landmark case at the Human Rights Tribunal, Sheryl Abbey was successful in proving that the Ontario Disability Support Program (ODSP) discriminated against her. But the Tribunal refused to award her compensation for the injury that she experienced as a result. She has asked the Divisional Court to review that decision. A coalition made
- [Arts Grants now exempt in ODSP and OW](https://incomesecurity.org/arts-grants-now-exempt-in-odsp-and-ow/) - – la version française suit dessous – On December 13, 2017, the Ministry of Community and Social Services (MCSS) announced that, effective that day, arts grants are exempt as income and assets in both ODSP and OW. This is a huge step forward for artists in Ontario who get income support from these programs and receive arts
- [Ontario Budget 2018: Take Action on Income Security / Passons à l’action pour la sécurité du revenu](https://incomesecurity.org/ontario-budget-2018-take-action-on-income-security-passons-a-laction-pour-la-securite-du-revenu/) - – la version française suit dessous – It’s pre-Budget time in Ontario. As we noted recently, now’s the time to tell the Government and the Opposition parties that they must take bold steps on income security in Ontario. These steps must include major investments in transforming social assistance, starting with raising the rates, and employment standards enforcement.
- [Ontario Budget 2018: Time to Push for Roadmap and More](https://incomesecurity.org/ontario-budget-2018-time-to-push-for-roadmap-and-more/) - The deadline to provide feedback to the Ministry of Community and Social Services on the Roadmap for Change report passed on January 5. But that’s not the end of the opportunity to have your say. It’s pre-Budget time, and the Government and Opposition parties are looking for input from the public on what the priorities
- [WEBINAR: A Roadmap for Change: What it says, why it matters, and what you can do](https://incomesecurity.org/webinar-a-roadmap-for-change-what-it-says-why-it-matters-and-what-you-can-do/) - An important new report called “Income Security: A Roadmap for Change” provides community members, advocates, and decision-makers an important opportunity to push for major new investments and transformation in Ontario’s income security system, including social assistance. ISAC and Your Legal Rights hosted a webinar on the Roadmap on Friday, December 8. This webinar introduces people
- [Report Released: A Roadmap for Change](https://incomesecurity.org/report-released-a-roadmap-for-change/) - A new report called “Income Security: A Roadmap for Change” has just been released by the provincial government. The Roadmap was written by three groups that were appointed by the Minister of Community and Social Services (MCSS) in 2016 to give advice to the government on how to reform Ontario’s income security system. ISAC’s Director
- [Positive Changes to OW and ODSP / Changements positifs apportés à OT et au POSPH](https://incomesecurity.org/positive-changes-to-ow-and-odsp-changements-positifs-apportes-a-ot-et-au-posph/) - - la version française suit dessous - The provincial government has announced a number of small but positive changes to Ontario Works and the Ontario Disability Program. We have created a document that explains these changes and how they will affect people on OW and ODSP. Download the document or . The changes include: Significant
- [ODSP and Indigenous Persons / Le POSPH et les personnes autochtones](https://incomesecurity.org/odsp-and-indigenous-persons-le-posph-et-les-personnes-autochtones/) - – la version française suit dessous – Improving Access to ODSP for Indigenous Persons with Disabilities: A new resource to support ODSP applications and appeals The United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples recognizes that Indigenous peoples have inherent rights that must be respected. As the original nations on these lands, the UN
- [Legal Services for Refugee Claimants: Take Action Now](https://incomesecurity.org/legal-services-for-refugee-claimants-take-action-now/) - As the world witnesses one of the largest mass migrations due to violence, war and famine, Canada’s refugee system is experiencing a major surge. Refugee claimants need access to legal services to help them navigate Canada’s complex system. Claimants’ rights to a fair decision-making process must be protected, especially since the stakes – including potential
- [Canada's Poverty Reduction Strategy: ISAC's Submission and Have Your Say](https://incomesecurity.org/canadas-poverty-reduction-strategy-isacs-submission-and-have-your-say/) - ISAC recently made a submission to the federal government's consultations on the creation of a national Poverty Reduction Strategy. While Canada is a wealthy country, nearly 5 million of us continue to live in poverty. The federal government has a critically important role to play in reducing and eliminating poverty and income inequality nationally. Our
- [Come to the public hearing - Send a letter - Fight for $15 and Fairness](https://incomesecurity.org/come-to-the-public-hearing-send-a-letter-fight-for-15-and-fairness/) - NOTE: All links are now working. Sorry for any confusion. Our allies at the Fight for $15 and Fairness campaign are calling for support at hearings in Toronto TODAY, July 21, on Bill 148. And please take five minutes to send a quick letter to the Standing Committee that's holding the hearings BY 5pm TODAY,
- [Ontario Budget 2017: ISAC response and analysis](https://incomesecurity.org/ontario-budget-2017-isac-response-and-analysis/) - More than 930,000 Ontarians continue to wait for incomes that give health and dignity: Other announcements bring much-needed change Ontario’s 2017 Budget does very little to address the deep poverty experienced by people relying on support from Ontario Works (OW) and the Ontario Disability Support Program (ODSP), particularly those without other sources of income. The
- [Ontario’s Basic Income Pilot Project: What will it mean for people on social assistance?](https://incomesecurity.org/ontarios-basic-income-pilot-project-what-will-it-mean-for-people-on-social-assistance/) - – la version française suit dessous – Earlier this week, the Ontario government announced its Basic Income Pilot Project. The government has not yet provided all the details about how the pilot project will work, but we are working to get more information and will share it when we can. In the meantime, we have
- [Wage Theft? Time to Fight Back!](https://incomesecurity.org/wage-theft-time-to-fight-back/) - Workers owed money from Able Translations Ltd. are fighting to get their pay. We need your help to reach out to other interpreters and translators that may be owed money from Able Translations. Able Translations has refused to pay hundreds of workers who provide interpretation and translation services for Able’s clients. Some of these interpreters
- [Basic Income Pilot: ISAC submission to government's consultations](https://incomesecurity.org/basic-income-pilot-isac-submission-to-governments-consultations/) - ISAC has made a submission to the provincial government's consultations on its Basic Income pilot project. The consultations ended on January 31. Our submission makes a number of recommendations, including: The goal of the pilot project, and any basic income program that comes out of it, should be to reduce and eliminate poverty The provincial
- [2017 Pre-Budget Submission – Investments Needed in Employment Standards Enforcement / Il faut investir dans l’application des normes d’emploi](https://incomesecurity.org/2017-pre-budget-submission-investments-needed-in-employment-standards-enforcement-il-faut-investir-dans-lapplication-des-normes-demploi/) - – la version française suit dessous – ISAC has completed a second submission to Ontario’s 2017-18 Budget public consultation process. Our first submission focused on investments that are required in social assistance. This submission makes recommendations on investments that the province should be making to protect and enforce the rights of all workers in Ontario.
- [Basic Income Pilot Consultations – Key Issues for People on OW and ODSP](https://incomesecurity.org/basic-income-pilot-consultations-key-issues-for-people-on-ow-and-odsp/) - Are you planning on attending a consultation on the government’s Basic Income Pilot Project? Do you plan to respond to their survey or send in your thoughts by email? ISAC and the ODSP Action Coalition have created a list of key issues that you can use to help respond to the questions being asked. This
- [Changing Workplaces Review – ISAC submission](https://incomesecurity.org/changing-workplaces-review-isac-submission/) - The Employment Standards Act and the Labour Relations Act are currently being reviewed in Ontario. The two Special Advisors leading this review issued an Interim Report on July 27, 2016. The Interim Report includes a number of different options for changes government could make to these two important pieces of legislation, which set out the
- [Basic Income: The Devil's in the Details](https://incomesecurity.org/basic-income-the-devils-in-the-details/) - Proponents from all points on the ideological spectrum posit a basic income as the answer to many different problems, whether in income security benefit programs or the labour market. Virtually everyone, however, sees basic income as a replacement for “welfare” programs and an answer to the problems they create. For those of us who want
- [Staff Lawyer Job Opportunity - Avocat ou avocate salarié(e) offre d’emploi](https://incomesecurity.org/staff-lawyer-job-opportunity-avocat-ou-avocate-salariee-offre-demploi/) - ISAC is hiring a staff lawyer for a permanent full-time position The primary role of the staff lawyer is to undertake strategic litigation aimed at expanding the legal rights, remedies and benefits available to low income people relying on income security programs. The clinic has recently expanded our mandate to provide systemic litigation services in
- [Bold steps on social assistance reform in Ontario Budget 2016, but incomes still grossly inadequate](https://incomesecurity.org/bold-steps-on-social-assistance-reform-in-ontario-budget-2016-but-incomes-still-grossly-inadequate/) - Ontario’s 2016 Budget makes some significant commitments to social assistance reform as well as changes in other areas that will impact low-income Ontarians, including those on Ontario Works (OW) and the Ontario Disability Support Program (ODSP). But below-poverty incomes for people on social assistance continue to leave them in dire circumstances, particularly as food costs
- [Canada's Record on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights: ISAC Submission to UN Committee](https://incomesecurity.org/canadas-record-on-economic-social-and-cultural-rights-isac-submission-to-un-committee/) - ISAC has made a submission to the United Nations Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights on Canada’s implementation of its obligations under the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights. The Committee is meeting in Geneva starting February 24 to review Canada’s record. The last review was in 2006. The International Covenant on
- [Ontario Budget 2016: ISAC Submission to Pre-budget Consultations](https://incomesecurity.org/ontario-budget-2016-isac-submission-to-pre-budget-consultations/) - Ontario is wrapping up its pre-budget consultations this week. ISAC has made a submission to both the Minister of Finance and the Ontario Legislature's Standing Committee on Finance and Economic Affairs. Our submission includes recommendations on: Making social assistance incomes adequate, especially given rising food costs and other costs of living, and paying for identification
- [ODSP: Human Rights Challenge to Group Homes Exclusion from Special Diet Allowance](https://incomesecurity.org/odsp-group-homes-and-the-special-diet-allowance/) - The Special Diet Allowance is available to Ontario Works and ODSP recipients who have medical conditions which require a therapeutic diet. Qualifying medical conditions are listed on a Schedule in the ODSP Regulations, with corresponding monthly amounts. The Allowance is meant to cover additional dietary costs that result from a person’s disability and in this
- [ODSP Work-Related Benefit is Still Available](https://incomesecurity.org/odsp-work-related-benefit-is-still-available/) - As we reported last month, the government recently announced that it had reconsidered its plans to eliminate the $100 ODSP Work-Related Benefit, and six other employment benefits in OW and ODSP, and replace them with one new benefit in each program. We’ve created a basic fact sheet that explains this change in plan. The fact
- [OW and ODSP Rates and the OCB - 2015](https://incomesecurity.org/ow-and-odsp-rates-and-the-ocb-2015/) - The 2015 Ontario Budget included an increase in Ontario Works (OW) and Ontario Disability Support Program (ODSP) rates. Our new rates sheet shows the current and new Basic Needs and Maximum Shelter amounts for different families. It also shows the Ontario Child Benefit (OCB) amounts, because the OCB is an important part of the total
- [Making Work Work for All: Changing Workplaces Submission](https://incomesecurity.org/making-work-work-for-all-2/) - ISAC has made a submission to the province's "Changing Workplaces Review", which is considering making changes to the Labour Relations Act and the Employment Standards Act. Our submission highlights the connections between social policy and employment law, and the necessity for strong labour market policy and enforcement that can provide a route out of poverty,
- [ODSP Work-Related Benefit to Continue](https://incomesecurity.org/odsp-work-related-benefit-to-continue/) - Low-income people with disabilities across the province have won a big victory in a campaign to ensure that people on ODSP who work don’t lose an important source of monthly income. The Ministry of Community and Social Services has announced a hold on plans to change OW and ODSP employment benefits. This means the $100
- [Submission to Ontario's Long-Term Affordable Housing Strategy Update](https://incomesecurity.org/submission-to-ontarios-long-term-affordable-housing-strategy-update/) - The Ontario government is winding down consultations on the update of its Long-Term Affordable Housing Strategy. The province's first five-year Strategy comes to an end in 2015 and will be updated later this year. ISAC has made a submission that addresses aspects of the income side of the housing affordability equation. While building and maintaining
- [Change Coming to ODSP Medical Reviews](https://incomesecurity.org/change-coming-to-odsp-medical-reviews/) - Government announces rethink of flawed process In a welcome change of direction, the government has just announced that they are rethinking the way that ODSP medical reviews are done. In an article in the Toronto Star from Sunday, May 17, a spokesperson for the Minister of Community and Social Services said that they “want to
- [Save the Work-Related Benefit!](https://incomesecurity.org/save-the-work-related-benefit/) - ODSP Action Coalition Extends Spring Campaign Starting in October 2015, people on ODSP will lose the Work-Related Benefit. The Work-Related Benefit provides $100 per month to each person in an ODSP family who has earnings from a job, a training program, or self-employment. It was put in place in 2006 to provide an incentive for
- [Budget 2015: Not Much Assistance for Social Assistance](https://incomesecurity.org/budget-2015-not-much-assistance-for-social-assistance/) - Ontario’s 2015 Budget provides very little assistance to people relying on the low incomes provided by the province’s two social assistance programs, Ontario Works (OW) and the Ontario Disability Support Program (ODSP). “For most people on social assistance, benefits will continue to be eroded by a rate increase that is below the rate of inflation,”
- [ODSP Medical Reviews - What to do if you get a review letter](https://incomesecurity.org/odsp-medical-reviews-what-to-do-if-you-get-a-review-letter/) - If you get benefits from the Ontario Disability Support Program (ODSP), you may get a letter that your disability status is being reviewed. We have updated our to provide more information about what you should do if you get a medical review letter. A medical review is when ODSP reviews the status of your medical
- [Ontario Budget 2015: Pre-Budget Consultations](https://incomesecurity.org/ontario-budget-2015-pre-budget-consultations/) - Ontario’s 2015 pre-budget consultations are about to start. ISAC will appear before the Ontario Legislature's Standing Committee on Finance and Economic Affairs on January 30th to present recommendations for Ontario's 2015 budget. In addition to presenting our recommendations, we have prepared a written submission for the Committee.
- [OW and ODSP Overpayments Can Be Waived](https://incomesecurity.org/surdivall-overpayments-can-be-waived/) - Court decision confirms collection of overpayments can be waived Version française plus bas. A recent court decision means that people receiving OW or ODSP can ask to have collection of part or all of their overpayments waived, in situations where collecting would be unfair or would cause financial hardship. Our fact sheet on overpayment collection
- [ODSP Employment Benefits Changing in 2015](https://incomesecurity.org/odsp-employment-benefits/) - Information on changes coming in 2015 Right now, people on the Ontario Disability Support Program (ODSP) who are preparing to work or who are working have access to three employment benefits. Starting in April 2015, these three benefits will be replaced by one new benefit, called the “Employment-Related Benefit”. This change was announced in the
- [ODSP Medical Reviews - More Reviews Coming In 2015](https://incomesecurity.org/odsp-medical-reviews-more-reviews-coming-in-2015/) - Increase in reviews coming in 2015 If you get benefits from the Ontario Disability Support Program (ODSP), you may get a notice that your disability status is being reviewed. These “medical reviews” have always been part of the ODSP system. This is because ODSP is a program that provides support to people with disabilities even
- [Poverty, Human Rights, and the Role of Physicians](https://incomesecurity.org/poverty-human-rights-and-the-role-of-physicians/) - The College of Physicians and Surgeons recently asked for feedback on its "Physicians and the Ontario Human Rights Code Policy". You can see the call for feedback and the current policy at the College's website here: http://policyconsult.cpso.on.ca/?page_id=3403. The deadline for feedback was August 5. ISAC responded with a submission, which draws the links between poverty
- [Social Assistance Rate changes with OCB 2014](https://incomesecurity.org/social-assistance-rate-changes-with-ocb-2014/) - OW & ODSP Rates and the Ontario Child Benefit We have prepared a new rates sheet that shows changes in OW and ODSP rates and the Ontario Child Benefit. The new rates will be in effect between July / August 2014 and Sept / Oct 2014. Starting this month, the maximum Ontario Child Benefit will
- [Ontario Election 2014: Where do the parties stand?](https://incomesecurity.org/ontario-election-2014-where-do-the-parties-stand-2/) - We sent three separate questionnaires to four parties - the Greens, the Liberals, the NDP, and the Progressive Conservatives. The questions are about issues related to Ontario Works (OW), the Ontario Disability Support Program (ODSP), and various income security programs and policies - poverty reduction, extended medical benefits, WSIB and EI. We've compiled their responses
- [Federal OAS changes will leave some immigrant seniors in poverty](https://incomesecurity.org/immigrant-seniors-and-federal-oas-changes/) - Immigrant seniors to be denied equal access Right now, the House of Commons and a committee of the Senate are reviewing a federal government Bill that will deprive elderly immigrants of equal access to benefits that are intended to ensure that seniors in Canada don’t have to live in poverty. Bill C-31 will change the Old Age
- [Ontario Election 2014](https://incomesecurity.org/ontario-election-2014/) - Election Day in Ontario is June 12. Issues that affect low-income Ontarians are important to talk about during provincial election campaigns. That's because provincial government action can go a long way toward making life better for everyone in Ontario. We have developed materials to help people in Ontario raise issues during the election campaign that
- [Mixed Results for Social Assistance in Budget 2014](https://incomesecurity.org/mixed-results-for-social-assistance-in-budget-2014/) - TORONTO (1 May 2014) - Ontario’s 2014 Budget takes important steps to reduce poverty in Ontario through investments in income benefits, housing and homelessness supports, and expanded health benefits for low-income children. However, the Budget provides mixed results for Ontarians relying on the province’s two social assistance programs. The 2014 Budget contains a 4.8% increase for
- [Ontario Budget 2014: Pre-Budget Consultations](https://incomesecurity.org/ontario-budget-2014-pre-budget-consultations/) - Only three weeks into the new year and already one round of provincial pre-budget consultations is complete.ISAC presented recommendations for Ontario’s 2014 Budget to the Legislature’s Standing Committee on Finance and Economic Affairs on January 16. Our recommendations focused on: continuing to make positive reforms to social assistance; investing in positive reforms as a down-payment on Ontario’s
- [Migrant Workers Win EI Case](https://incomesecurity.org/migrant-workers-win-ei-case/) - On November 19, 2013, the Federal Court of Appeal ordered the Office of the Umpire to re-hear each of 102 cases wherein migrant workers were denied Employment Insurance parental benefits.The applications had been denied on the grounds that they had applied “too late” and the denials had been upheld by the Umpire. But there is no
- [Community Start-Up: Help make $42 million permanent in CHPI!](https://incomesecurity.org/community-start-up-and-chpi-make-42-million-permanent-call/) - Communities across Ontario need more funds for housing and homelessness supports Right now, local and regional municipalities across Ontario are planning their budgets for 2014. One of the issues they’re debating is how to respond to the need of low-income Ontarians in their communities to secure or retain housing. Beginning in January 2013, the Community Start-Up
- [Submission on the Minimum Wage](https://incomesecurity.org/submission-on-the-minimum-wage/) - Advisory Panel to report to government in December The Ontario government appointed a Minimum Wage Advisory Panel in June 2013 to give advice on how to set the minimum wage. Although ISAC mainly works on social assistance issues, the minimum wage is an important part of ensuring income security for Ontarians and their families. So
- [Submission on Poverty Reduction](https://incomesecurity.org/submission-on-poverty-reduction/) - ISAC has made a written submission on Ontario's next poverty reduction strategy, which is expected to be made public later this year or early next. We focused on issues of income security and social assistance reform, the need for government to take an equity approach to reducing poverty, and the importance of moving away from
- [Migrant Agricultural Workers challenge unjust denial of Employment Insurance benefits](https://incomesecurity.org/migrant-agricultural-workers-challenge-unjust-denial-of-employment-insurance-benefits/) - On October 16, the Income Security Advocacy Centre (ISAC) and Niagara North Community Legal Assistance will go before the Federal Court of Appeal to argue that 102 seasonal agricultural workers were wrongly denied EI parental benefits. These workers are an essential part of the Canadian labour force. They plant and harvest the food that Canadians need. Many have been
- [Make Your Voice Heard on Poverty Reduction](https://incomesecurity.org/make-your-voice-hear-on-poverty-reduction/) - The provincial government started consultations on a new Poverty Reduction Strategy for Ontario in August, and a series of consultation meetings across the province will soon be wrapping up. Now’s the time to make your voice heard on what the province can do to reduce and eliminate poverty in Ontario. The first five-year Poverty Reduction
- [Toolkit and Key Messages on Poverty Reduction](https://incomesecurity.org/toolkit-and-key-messages-on-poverty-reduction/) - Community consultations have been taking place across Ontario on the provincial government's next five-year Poverty Reduction Strategy. ISAC has prepared a Toolkit for Community Legal Clinics to use to prepare for and participate in - or host - a community consultation. You can download the toolkit below. English: Français: As well, here are links to
- [Budget Changes to Social Assistance Began September 1](https://incomesecurity.org/budget-changes-to-social-assistance-began-september-1/) - La version française suit. The 2013 Ontario budget included a number of changes to social assistance, most of which kicked in as of September 1, 2013. ISAC has prepared several fact sheets on these changes to provide information to people receiving support from Ontario Works (OW) and the Ontario Disability Support Program (ODSP) and the
- [What Was the Social Assistance Review?](https://incomesecurity.org/what-was-the-social-assistance-review/) - The Social Assistance Review was a process of policy change that is still playing out and has roots going back to 2007. In 2007, advocates succeeded in convincing the Ontario government to commit to creating a Poverty Reduction Strategy. In December 2008, the government introduced Ontario's first-ever Poverty Reduction Strategy, called "Breaking the Cycle". All
- [Budget 2013 Analysis](https://incomesecurity.org/budget-2013-analysis/) - Moving Forward on Positive Social Assistance Reform Budget 2013 has begun to make positive changes to a social assistance system that has continued to impoverish and cause hardship for low-income Ontarians. The majority of these changes apply to the Ontario Works (OW) program. After the Commission’s social assistance review report, starting the process of reform
- [The Special Diet Allowance: A Lifeline, not a Loophole](https://incomesecurity.org/the-special-diet-allowance-a-lifeline-not-a-loophole/) - We’ve recently been hearing a number of misleading claims about the administration of the Special Diet Allowance program – such as the notion that doctors “just fill out the forms for people because benefit rates are so low” or that the program is “a controversial loophole that supplemented payments on the strength of a doctor’s
- [UPDATE: Additions to the Special Diet Allowance](https://incomesecurity.org/update-additions-to-the-special-diet-allowance/) - Are you on OW or ODSP? Do you have: Hepatitis C; Prader Willi Syndrome; Unintended Weight Loss due to renal failure? You may now be eligible for the Special Diet Allowance. Changes have recently been made to the program as a result of the legal work that ISAC has been doing at the Human Rights
- [Community Start-Up and Maintenance Benefit - Information Repository](https://incomesecurity.org/csumb-info-repository/) - This page provides links to a number of documents and pieces of information about CSUMB, the transfer of partial CSUMB funding to municipalities, the creation of local housing and homelessness plans, and the struggle to reinstate this benefit within social assistance.
- [Webinar: The Commission's Report and Future Direction for Social Assistance Reform](https://incomesecurity.org/webinar-the-commissions-report-and-future-direction-for-social-assistance-reform/) - Brighter Prospects, the final report of the Commission for the Review of Social Assistance in Ontario, was issued October 24, 2012. In this webinar, Jennefer Laidley of the Income Security Advocacy Centre (ISAC) provides an understanding of the content of the report and recommendations; an analysis of the impact of the recommendations; the policy and political context surrounding the report; and, thoughts on opportunities for action over the short, medium, and longer term.
- [The Real Cost of Cutting the Community Start-Up and Maintenance Benefit](https://incomesecurity.org/the-real-cost-of-cutting-the-community-start-up-and-maintenance-benefit/) - The provincial government's decision to eliminate the Community Start-Up and Maintenance Benefit (CSUMB) will have negative impacts - not only on housing, but also on people's health. The Wellesley Institute and ISAC - along with ACTO, the AOHC, Street Health, and the Peterborough County-City Health Unit - have partnered to produce a new report, “The Real Cost of Cutting the Community Start-Up and Maintenance Benefit: A Health Equity Impact Assessment.” The report calls on the provincial government to halt the planned elimination of CSUMB and reinstate the $67 million in funding.
- [ISAC responds to the final report of the Social Assistance Review](https://incomesecurity.org/isac-responds-to-the-final-report-of-the-social-assistance-review/) - TORONTO (Oct 24, 2012) – The Income Security Advocacy Centre (ISAC) is urging the provincial government to respond to the report of the Commission for the Review of Social Assistance in Ontario by immediately engaging with people on social assistance. “It is time to move social assistance away from punishment and surveillance and toward dignity and support,” said Mary Marrone,
- [New Social Assistance Rates - Nov / Dec 2012](https://incomesecurity.org/new-social-assistance-rates-nov-dec-2012/) - As has been the case every year for the last three years, the provincial government is applying a 1% increase to social assistance rates starting in November / December 2012. And, as we do every year, we have created a rates sheet that provides information on the actual amounts of the former and new rates
- [Take a ‘Call-in Coffee Break’ to save the CSUMB](https://incomesecurity.org/take-a-call-in-coffee-break-to-save-the-csumb-2/) - On Friday, Sept. 28th take 5 minutes to tell your MPP to reverse the cuts to housing benefits for people on OW and ODSP! Every month, thousands of people in Ontario need the Community Start-up and Maintenance Benefit (CSUMB) and the Home Repairs Benefit (HRB) to stay housed or establish a new home. These benefits work
- [Ontario Budget 2012](https://incomesecurity.org/ontario-budget-2012-2/) - 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 largest amount since the current government was elected in 2003. The Budget process was different than usual this year, because
- [Budget 2012 Analysis Update](https://incomesecurity.org/budget-analysis-update/) - 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 Program (ODSP). We have done more research and analysis into both the Budget announcements and their impact. In addition, the
- [Pre-Diabetes and the Special Diet Allowance](https://incomesecurity.org/pre-diabetes-and-special-diet-allowance/) - Are you on OW or ODSP? Do you have “pre-diabetes”? You may now be eligible for the Special Diet Allowance. ** La version francaise suit ci-dessous After losing a case at the Human Rights Tribunal in February 2010, the provincial government changed the rules for the Special Diet Allowance (SDA). In April 2011, they changed
- [ODSP Action Coalition - MPP Lobby Kit](https://incomesecurity.org/odsp-action-coalition-mpp-lobby-kit/) - The ODSP Action Coalition has created a lobby kit for advocates to use in meetings with their MPPs on the Social Assistance Review. The Coalition is a provincial group advocating for people with disabilities on ODSP and considers the Social Assistance Review the most important opportunity in decades to improve ODSP so that people with disabilities can live with dignity. Unfortunately, the Coalition is increasingly worried that any restructuring that comes out of the review will be more about reducing the costs of ODSP than improving the lives of people with disabilities.
- [ISAC Response to the Commission’s Second Discussion Paper](https://incomesecurity.org/isac-response-to-second-discussion-paper/) - To create a response that addresses the issues that affect groups that deal with the most disadvantage in our economy and in society, we’ve been working with partners in the community legal clinic system and community partners with concerns around the impact of social assistance on people with disabilities, women, members of racialized communities, and newcomers. We are still hosting meetings with our community partners, but have reached the point at which we can share draft elements of our submission to the Commission.
- [The Social Assistance Review: It Doesn't End with Drummond](https://incomesecurity.org/it-doesnt-end-with-drummond/) - Abandoning the Social Assistance Review process due solely to Drummond’s recommendations would be deeply counterproductive. Now is the time for people on social assistance, their advocates and allies to fight even harder for the kind of system that can and must be built in Ontario. But it’s going to take efforts in two distinct areas to get the job done.
- [Webinar Series: Preparing for the Options Paper (with toolkit)](https://incomesecurity.org/webinars-preparing-for-the-options-paper/) - In this webinar series, Jennefer Laidley and Dana Milne of the Income Security Advocacy Centre (ISAC) present information on 3 different options expected in the Commission's Options Paper and offer a variety of tools to help groups across Ontario organize consultations in their communities and make submissions.
- [Child Support Payments to Parents of Adults on ODSP](https://incomesecurity.org/child-support-payments-to-parents-of-adults-on-odsp/) - This information is about situations where a person with a disability has a parent who is getting child support payments from the other parent. The person with a disability is an adult – that is, they are over the age of 18. In these instances, we call this person an “adult child”. For many years,
- [Tax Credit Payments and Refunds](https://incomesecurity.org/tax-credit-payments-and-refunds/) - The way that some tax credits are being paid to low income people in Ontario is changing. ISAC has prepared two information bulletins related to these changes that we hope will be helpful to you. . It says: how payments for three tax credits have been changing since 2009 how these payments are changing again
- [Racialized Communities Consultations Report](https://incomesecurity.org/racialized-communities-consultations-report/) - Colour of Poverty/Colour of Change (COP-COC) is a province wide campaign made up of individuals and organizations working to build community-based capacity to address the growing racialization of poverty and the resulting increased levels of social exclusion and marginalization of racialized communities – both First Peoples and peoples of colour – in Ontario. COP-COC sees
- [Including the Voices of People on OW and ODSP](https://incomesecurity.org/including-the-voices-of-people-on-ow-and-odsp/) - The Income Security Advocacy Centre (ISAC), the ODSP Action Coalition and the Schizophrenia Society of Ontario created a Workshop Facilitator’s Guide for advocates to use to hold discussions with people on social assistance. A number of groups across Ontario used the Guide to conduct workshops in their community, and wrote submissions to the Commission based
- [Submission to the Commission for the Review of Social Assistance in Ontario](https://incomesecurity.org/submission-to-the-commission-for-the-review-of-social-assistance-in-ontario/) - This submission examines why the current Ontario Works (OW) program cannot reach objectives consistent with poverty reduction under its current policy framework. It will also look at the Ontario Disability Support Program (ODSP). While ODSP shares many of the same problems as OW with respect to financial eligibility, unlike OW it has promising legislative objectives that have been given effect in judicial decisions at the highest level. While these objectives have not been fully realized, the program nonetheless has some important features that should not be discarded but instead built upon.
- [An Activation Agenda for People with Disabilities on ODSP](https://incomesecurity.org/an-activation-agenda-for-people-with-disabilities-on-odsp/) - We determined that it would be helpful to outline the Coalition’s ideas for ODSP reform within a framework that we call an “Activation Agenda”. This model of employment-related supports is made up of four key elements that we believe are the foundation for an Ontario Disability Support Program that would actually meet the objectives it was set out to achieve.
- [Analysis of Commission's First Discussion Paper](https://incomesecurity.org/analysis-of-commission-discussion-paper/) - The Income Security Advocacy Centre (ISAC) has prepared this document to highlight some of the key issues in the Commission’s Discussion Paper, summarize what the Discussion Paper says, identify some of the opportunities it presents, and signal some of the risks. We hope that this document will be of use to people who are making a submission to the Commission or who are responding to the questions that the Commission asks in its Workbook.
- [Responding to the Review of Social Assistance](https://incomesecurity.org/responding-to-the-review-of-social-assistance/) - ISAC, together with many community and social policy partners, have been calling for an overhaul of social assistance since the government announced its commitment to developing a poverty reduction strategy. We did this because Ontario Works (OW), as a “work first” program, is not meeting its stated objectives: it has failed as a program to provide income supports effectively, and it has failed as a program to promote labour market attachment. Ontario Works in particular undermines the values and policy framework of Ontario’s Poverty Reduction Act, and Poverty Reduction Strategy. While the Ontario Disability Support Program (ODSP) certainly needs improvement, it is OW that needs transformation.
- [Key Messages from the ‘Bringing in Women’s Voices’ Project](https://incomesecurity.org/key-messages-from-the-bringing-in-womens-voices-project/) - The ‘Bringing in Women’s Voices’ project, initiated by Ontario Campaign 2000 and the Income Security Advocacy Centre (ISAC) has the goal of ensuring that the voices of low-income women (especially lone mothers) are heard in the public discussion of economic security issues that affect their daily lives, including the Social Assistance Review.
- [Principles Behind Poverty Reduction](https://incomesecurity.org/poverty-reduction-principles/) - This document lists some of the major principles and commitments that have been articulated by government in the Poverty Reduction Strategy, the Poverty Reduction Act, and the Terms of Reference for the Commission for the Review of Social Assistance in Ontario.
- [Reports and Resources for the Social Assistance Review](https://incomesecurity.org/resources-for-the-social-assistance-review/) - In preparation for and throughout the term of the Social Assistance Review, we wanted to share a number of important reports and studies produced by others. We were hoping that these materials would be helpful for people who were thinking about what the problems are in Ontario's social assistance and income security systems, and what
- [Dignity, Adequacy, Inclusion: Rethinking the Ontario Disability Support Program](https://incomesecurity.org/dignity-adequacy-inclusion-rethinking-the-ontario-disability-support-program/) - If we were redesigning an income support program for persons with disabilities we would start from these principles: - Persons with disabilities have the right to be treated with dignity; - Income support levels should adequately support the needs of people with disabilities; - The capacities of persons with disabilities to participate and contribute to economic and civic life should be recognized and nurtured; and, - Provincial income support programs should be aligned with other programs and policies of government (provincial and federal), to the greatest extent possible and without disadvantaging the people they are intended to serve.
- [Income Delivery Architecture: Where Does Your Cheque Come From?](https://incomesecurity.org/income-delivery-architecture-where-does-your-cheque-come-from/) - Several proposals have been made in the last few years about how to change the way income supports are delivered to people in Ontario. Why are people proposing a different "delivery architecture"? What problems would a different system help to resolve? What are some of the options for different kinds of systems? What do they look like, and how would they work?
- [Ontario Continues to Trap Social Assistance Recipients in Poverty](https://incomesecurity.org/ontario-continues-to-trap-social-assistance-recipients-in-poverty/) - 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 increases in energy and transportation costs, the budget’s 1% increase to OW and ODSP rates is more than disappointing and
- [Changes to the Special Diet Allowance: What You Should Know](https://incomesecurity.org/changes-to-the-special-diet-allowance-what-you-should-know/) - On November 30, 2010, the Ontario government announced they decided to keep the Special Diet Allowance program instead of cancelling it. But, they said, they were going to make some changes to the program. If you are currently getting the Special Diet Allowance and are confused about the changes and the new application process, we
- [The Social Assistance Review: History and Context](https://incomesecurity.org/the-social-assistance-review-history-and-context/) - The Social Assistance Review now underway is part of Ontario’s strategy to reduce poverty. That’s why social assistance programs should have Poverty Reduction as their goal. Government has taken four very important steps that acknowledge that poverty is not inevitable and that government can and should create policy to reduce poverty. 1) They committed to a Poverty Reduction
- [Ending Poverty in Ontario: Building Capacity and Organizing for Change](https://incomesecurity.org/ending-poverty-in-ontario-building-capacity-and-organizing-for-change/) - Ending Poverty Project (2008-2010) The Ending Poverty Project was initiated by ISAC and Ontario Campaign 2000 to work with low-income people in 10 communities to share ideas for what's needed to end poverty in Ontario and to build broad public support for tackling poverty both locally and across the province. The two-year project, which began in January 2008,
- [From ‘Social Assistance Review’ to ‘Income Security Review’: Why it Matters for Low-Income Ontarians](https://incomesecurity.org/from-social-assistance-review/) - The Social Assistance Review Advisory Council issued a report on June 14, 2010. In this report, the Council calls on the provincial government to conduct an Ontario Income Security Review. The Council’s report is important, because it gives the government a roadmap for how to review social assistance and other income security programs in Ontario. But it’s also important because it expands the focus of the discussion.
- [Recommendations for an Ontario Income Security Review](https://incomesecurity.org/recommendations-income-security-review/) - REPORT OF THE ONTARIO SOCIAL ASSISTANCE REVIEW ADVISORY COUNCIL May 2010 There is deep and continuing dissatisfaction with the existing approach to social assistance from all quarters: community groups, business, labour, policy makers, the people who run the system and those who receive its benefits. Ontario’s core social assistance programs – Ontario Works and the Ontario Disability Support Program - together with the other programs that make up Ontario’s income security system, continue to fall short in providing an economic safety net for individuals and families as well as promoting opportunity to ensure everyone can contribute to the long-term prosperity of the province.
- [Short-Term OW and ODSP Rule Changes: 2010](https://incomesecurity.org/short-term-ow-and-odsp-rule-changes-2010/) - The Social Assistance Review Advisory Council (SARAC) has issued a report to the Minister of Community and Social Services about changes to Ontario Works (OW) and Ontario Disability Support Program (ODSP) rules that could make life better for people relying on social assistance in Ontario. ISAC's Director of Advocacy and Legal Services, Mary Marrone, is
- [Ending Poverty in Ontario: Community Project Profiles](https://incomesecurity.org/ending-poverty-in-ontario-community-project-profiles/) - Windsor Our partner, Legal Assistance of Windsor, decided to focus the project initially in two low-income neighbourhoods. Following our workshop in June 2008, they continued meeting with social housing residents in the two neighbourhoods and identified key issues that interested residents: inadequate housing and knowing your legal rights. Legal Assistance of Windsor linked the work
- [FACT SHEET: ODSP Adjudication of Addictions](https://incomesecurity.org/fact-sheet-odsp-adjudication-of-addictions/) - People with addictions to drugs and / or alcohol may now be eligible for benefits from the Ontario Disability Support Program. Background: Until now, people who have disabling conditions caused only by drug and / or alcohol addictions have not been eligible for ODSP benefits. People with addictions have only been eligible if they have
- [Bill 152 - The Poverty Reduction Act](https://incomesecurity.org/bill-152-the-poverty-reduction-act/) - On May 6, 2009, all parties in the Ontario Legislature voted unanimously to approve an amended Bill 152: The Poverty Reduction Act, 2009. The Bill was originally introduced by government on February 25, 2009. Two dozen community activists recommended improvements to the legislation over two days of hearings in April. ISAC staff presented a .
- [Rethinking the role of Social Assistance within a Poverty Reduction Strategy](https://incomesecurity.org/rethinking-the-role-of-social-assistance-within-a-poverty-reduction-strategy/) - It’s time for a paradigm shift in how we think about social assistance, its objectives and its role. Social assistance programs must incorporate an explicit objective to move people out of poverty, by offering meaningful support opportunities for those who can work and ensuring that those who cannot are able to live with dignity.
- [Ontario Election 2007](https://incomesecurity.org/ontario-election-2007/) - ISAC used the Ontario election in 2007 to push all of the parties to make concrete commitments to reduce poverty across the province. We created a list of "key demands" and put together a kit called "Getting Poverty On the Agenda" for people across the province to use during the election. You can see both
- [Matthews Review of OW and ODSP](https://incomesecurity.org/matthews-review-of-ow-and-odsp/) - In December 2004, Deb Matthews, the Parliamentary Assistant to the Minister of Community and Social Services, released her long-awaited report on social assistance with several recommendations for improving the system in ways that actually work for low-income people. Read the . . Read ISAC's Read ISAC's detailed response to the Matthews' Report:
- [Review of Social Union Framework Agreement](https://incomesecurity.org/review-of-social-union-framework-agreement/) - In February 1999, the Prime Minister of Canada and provincial/territorial Premiers (excluding the Premier of Quebec) signed on to the Social Union Framework Agreement, an agreement intended to guide intergovernmental cooperation on social policy in Canada. In late 2002, the Federal/ Provincial/ Territorial Council on Social Policy Renewal is now in the process of conducting
- [OW and ODSP Rates and the OCB March 2020 / Les taux d’OT, du POSPH et de la POE Mars 2020](https://incomesecurity.org/ow-and-odsp-rates-and-the-ocb-march-2020-les-taux-dot-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 increased slightly with inflation. The increase to OCB came into effect in July 2019. As in past years, we have
- [Employment Services Transformation / Transformation des services d’emploi](https://incomesecurity.org/employment-services-transformation-what-the-coming-changes-mean-for-ontarios-social-assistance-recipients/) - ** Français ci-dessous ** What the coming changes mean for Ontario’s social assistance recipients The Ontario government is changing how employment services are provided in the province. The most concerning aspect of the proposed changes is that organizations providing these services will be paid according to how many social assistance recipients they connect to jobs. These changes
- [ISAC Joins Press Conference Calling on Ontario to Respect the Rights of People with Disabilities](https://incomesecurity.org/isac-joins-press-conference-calling-on-ontario-to-respect-the-rights-of-people-with-disabilities/) - On December 10, International Human Rights Day, ISAC participated in a press conference hosted by Defend Disability at Queen’s Park, urging the Province to protect the right of people with disabilities to an adequate standard of living. Defend Disability, a coalition of people with lived experience of disability, legal clinics, health care providers, experts and
- [ISAC Press Release: Response to the Auditor General’s Report on ODSP](https://incomesecurity.org/isac-press-release-response-to-the-auditor-generals-report-on-odsp/) - Income Security Advocacy Centre (ISAC) cautions against relying on the Auditor General’s fundamentally flawed report on ODSP The report misunderstands the purpose of ODSP and relies on erroneous assumptions The Ontario Disability Support Program (ODSP) provides monthly income supports and health benefits to low-income persons with disabilities who have no other means to pay for
- [ODSP expenditures have increased because the program is better meeting the needs of Ontarians with disabilities: ISAC responds to the Auditor General’s Report](https://incomesecurity.org/odsp-expenditures-have-increased-because-the-program-is-better-meeting-the-needs-of-ontarians-with-disabilities-isac-responds-to-the-auditor-generals-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 who have no other means to pay for their basic necessities such as food and shelter. The focus of the
- [ISAC Welcomes Decision to Reverse Cut to TCB / Se réjouit de la décision d’annuler la suppression de la Prestation transitoire pour enfants](https://incomesecurity.org/isac-welcomes-provinces-decision-to-reverse-cut-to-transition-child-benefit/) - ** Français ci-dessous ** The Income Security Advocacy Centre (ISAC) welcomes the provincial government’s decision to reverse the cancellation of the Transition Child Benefit, a program that helps feed and clothe 32,000 Ontario children every month. The Transition Child Benefit (TCB) provides up to $230 per child to social assistance recipients who do not receive federal or
- [Changes coming to Employment Insurance Appeal Process](https://incomesecurity.org/changes-coming-to-employment-insurance-appeal-process/) - The Government of Canada has announced that it is making changes to the way that workers appeal Employment Insurance (EI) decisions. Starting in April 2021, workers will appeal to a new Employment Insurance Boards of Appeal that includes decision-makers that reflect the interests of workers. The announcement is a victory for the workers and advocates
- [Income Security Advocacy Centre (ISAC) budget cut by 25%: Provincial government’s cut to legal aid will hurt the most vulnerable](https://incomesecurity.org/income-security-advocacy-centre-isac-budget-cut-by-25-provincial-governments-cut-to-legal-aid-will-hurt-the-most-vulnerable/) - ISAC was advised this morning that our budget will be cut by 25% over the next two years. We have been directed to de-prioritize law reform and community development work. This cut is a direct attack on low-income people in this province, including the social assistance recipients and low-income workers that ISAC serves. The cuts
- [New law allows migrant workers facing abuse to change jobs](https://incomesecurity.org/new-law-allows-migrant-workers-facing-abuse-to-change-jobs/) - On June 4, 2019, migrant workers in Canada working for an abusive employer finally got a process for changing jobs – a right that other workers can take for granted. In order to work in Canada, non-permanent residents or citizens must have a work permit. Most migrant workers are issued what are called “closed” work
- [Defend Disability!](https://incomesecurity.org/defend-disability/) - In November of last year, Minister MacLeod announced her intention to change the definition of disability that her ministry uses to determine if a low-income person is eligible for ODSP benefits. This is just one of a number of other changes that were announced at that time. Minister MacLeod’s proposal would make the definition more
- [May 1: No Worker Left Behind! / Travailleuses et travailleurs uni.e.s!](https://incomesecurity.org/may-1-no-worker-left-behind-travailleuses-et-travailleurs-uni-e-s/) - Tomorrow is International Workers Day - here’s an important call to action from our partners at the Migrant Rights Network. * Go to a May 1st action near you, take a picture of yourself with this placard and share on social media using the hashtag: #UniteAgainstRacism. * If you can’t go to an action, post a photo any way and
- [Ontario Budget 2019 Announces $1 Billion in OW and ODSP Cuts](https://incomesecurity.org/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 Support Program (ODSP) system. While the Budget is short on details about changes to social assistance, it confirms many of
- [Bill 66 is a step backwards for Ontario’s workers](https://incomesecurity.org/bill-66-is-a-step-backwards-for-ontarios-workers/) - On April 2nd, 2019 the Ontario government passed Bill 66, the Restoring Ontario’s Competitiveness Act. This Bill is a sweeping piece of legislation that will negatively impact on environmental, consumer, labour and public service regulations for Ontarians. For workers the proposed changes to the Employment Standards Act, 2000 (“ESA”) and the Labour Relations Act, 1995
- [File Your Taxes: New federal tax credit this year](https://incomesecurity.org/file-your-taxes-new-federal-tax-credit-this-year/) - It’s almost tax time again! For low-income Ontarians, filing your income tax return is important as you may be able to benefit from tax credits that will either increase your income or reduce the amount of taxes you have to pay. Even if you don’t owe any money, you can get refundable credits that will
- [MARCH 21: #UNITEAGAINSTRACISM | CROSS-CANADA DAY OF ACTION / Journée d’Action Transcanadienne: Unissons-Nous Contre Le Racisme!](https://incomesecurity.org/march-21-uniteagainstracism-cross-canada-day-of-action-journee-daction-transcanadienne-unissons-nous-contre-le-racisme/) - Here's an important call to action from our partners at the Migrant Rights Network. Migrants and refugees are being forced out from their homes in unprecedented numbers globally. Here in Canada, anti-immigrant protests and racially motivated attacks are on the rise. Meanwhile, right wing politicians who use anti-immigrant and racist rhetoric are getting rewarded with
- [Human Rights Tribunal ruling on insurance companies and CPP-D: Reilly v. Ford](https://incomesecurity.org/human-rights-tribunal-ruling-on-insurance-companies-and-cpp-d-reilly-v-ford/) - In a disappointing decision released on January 18, 2019, the Human Rights Tribunal of Ontario ruled that insurance companies do not discriminate when they deduct benefits received from a Canada Pension Plan Disability pension from long-term disability insurance payments. Background on the Case Disability insurance plays a critical role in ensuring that those who are
- [End Employment Insurance discrimination against women / Mettre fin à la discrimination](https://incomesecurity.org/end-employment-insurance-discrimination-against-women-mettre-fin-a-la-discrimination/) - * La version française suit * End Employment Insurance discrimination against women In the mid-1990s, Canada’s unemployment insurance system underwent a massive change. At that time, whether or not an unemployed worker qualified for payments was based on the number of weeks that they had worked before they lost their job. Although there were lots
- [Ontario Court of Appeal ruling is a victory for Uber workers](https://incomesecurity.org/ontario-court-of-appeal-ruling-is-a-victory-for-uber-workers/) - In a ground breaking case, the Ontario Court of Appeal has decided that a clause in Uber’s contract with its drivers – which requires them to take legal disputes with the company to the Netherlands to be resolved – is “illegal” and “unconscionable”. This case offers workers some important protections where there may be unfair
- [S.A. v. Metro Vancouver Housing: Supreme Court Decision Preserves Access to Social Programs after Inheritance](https://incomesecurity.org/s-a-v-metro-vancouver-housing-supreme-court-decision-preserves-access-to-social-programs-after-inheritance/) - In an important decision released on January 25, 2019, the Supreme Court of Canada has confirmed that families can make arrangements to ensure that, after their death, their loved ones with disabilities will be financially supported while at the same time maintaining access to much-needed social services and housing. Background on the Case Families often
- [Improving access to justice for Indigenous people: New inter-regional Gladue Briefs Project](https://incomesecurity.org/improving-access-to-justice-for-indigenous-people-new-inter-regional-gladue-briefs-project/) - Community legal clinics in the south-west region of Ontario, along with Thunder Bay’s Kinna’aweya legal clinic and the Income Security Advocacy Centre, have joined together in a Gladue Briefs Project with the aim of ensuring that administrative tribunals make decisions that better take into account the circumstances of Indigenous people who appear before them. Background
- [Important Survey on How Canada Measures Poverty: Jan 31 deadline](https://incomesecurity.org/important-survey-on-how-canada-measures-poverty-jan-31-deadline/) - An important consultation is happening right now on the way that Canada measures poverty. The federal government has said that it will make the Market Basket Measure (MBM) Canada’s official poverty line, and will use the MBM to measure its progress on meeting its poverty reduction goals. But if the MBM isn’t set up properly
- [A year of Bill 148: Not what the big business lobby predicted](https://incomesecurity.org/a-year-of-bill-148-not-what-the-big-business-lobby-predicted/) - A full year of big changes to labour law in Ontario has just passed. Newly released jobs numbers let us measure the impact of these changes, and gauge whether the nightmarish predictions of job losses and economic upheaval have come true. Last January, Bill 148 ushered in a sweeping set of labour law reforms in
- [Bill 47 is a Step Back for Ontario’s Workers](https://incomesecurity.org/bill-47-is-a-step-back-for-ontarios-workers/) - On October 23, Ontario’s government tabled Bill 47, the Making Ontario Open for Business Act. The legislation, which will repeal portions of Bill 148 (the Fair Workplaces, Better Jobs Act), is a major setback for workers’ rights in Ontario. Bill 148, passed in November 2017, was the result of years of campaigning and advocacy for
- [Migrant Rights Network Launches on International Migrants Day /  Lancement du Réseau Des Droits des Migrant(e)s à l'occasion de la Journée Internationale des Migrant(e)s](https://incomesecurity.org/migrant-rights-network-launches-on-international-migrants-day-lancement-du-reseau-des-droits-des-migrantes-a-loccasion-de-la-journee-internationale-des-migrantes/) - On December 8th and 9th, the Income Security Advocacy Centre joined nearly 60 representatives of 35 organizations in Huron-Wendat, Haudenosaunee, Anishinabe, Mississaugas of the New Credit territory (Toronto). Today, December 18th, 2018, International Migrants Day, we are part of a new cross-Canada organization, the MIGRANT RIGHTS NETWORK, which will combat racism and fight for migrant justice.
- [Supreme Court strikes down “cruel and unusual” mandatory victim surcharge](https://incomesecurity.org/supreme-court-strikes-down-cruel-and-unusual-mandatory-victim-surcharge/) - In a landmark group of cases, the Supreme Court today struck down the mandatory victim surcharge, finding that it was cruel and unusual in its effects on people living in poverty. The mandatory victim surcharge requires every person who is convicted of a criminal offence in Canada to pay a fine as part of their
- [Webinar: Changes to Social Assistance: What will they mean?](https://incomesecurity.org/webinar-changes-to-social-assistance-what-will-they-mean/) - On November 22, the Minister of Children, Community and Social Services, Lisa MacLeod, announced a number of changes to Ontario Works (OW) and the Ontario Disability Support Program (ODSP). These changes include: changing the definition of disability in ODSP to make it more restrictive changing the amounts of money that people in both OW and
- [Gender Equality Week: What’s the state of women’s economic equality in the workplace?](https://incomesecurity.org/gender-equality-week-whats-the-state-of-womens-economic-equality-in-the-workplace/) - September 23rd marked the beginning of the very first Gender Equality Week in Canada, aimed at celebrating the progress Canada has made in advancing gender equality while also reflecting on the work that remains to be done. Bill C-309, which became law earlier this year, designates the fourth week of September each year as Gender
- [Ontario’s Social Assistance System: 100 days to fix it or to break it?](https://incomesecurity.org/ontarios-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, a legal clinic advocating for improvements to the income benefit programs available to low-income Ontarians, with social assistance as a
- [Ontario jobs numbers contradict fears about raising the minimum wage](https://incomesecurity.org/ontario-jobs-numbers-contradict-fears-about-raising-the-minimum-wage/) - This Labour Day weekend marks eight months since Bill 148, the Fair Workplaces, Better Jobs Act, came into effect. Bill 148 increased the minimum wage from $11.60 to $14.00 an hour, gave all workers access to ten job-protected personal emergency leave days (the first two of which are paid), legislated equal pay for equal work
- [Federal government releases national Poverty Reduction Strategy](https://incomesecurity.org/federal-government-releases-national-poverty-reduction-strategy/) - On Tuesday, August 21, the federal government released Canada’s first-ever national Poverty Reduction Strategy. Canada’s Poverty Reduction Strategy (CPRS), entitled Opportunity for All, sets targets and timelines for reducing poverty, puts in place a new National Advisory Council on Poverty, and establishes an official national poverty line. The CPRS also commits to public reporting on
- [There is nothing compassionate about Minister MacLeod’s announcement: Ontario’s cuts to social assistance will hurt the most vulnerable in Ontario](https://incomesecurity.org/ontarios-cuts-to-social-assistance-will-hurt-the-most-vulnerable/) - 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 continue to live well below the poverty line and would have used the additional much-needed money to pay for basic
- [Legal clinics challenge CPP-D deductions from insurance payments: Reilly v. Ford hearing starts June 18](https://incomesecurity.org/legal-clinics-challenging-cpp-d-deductions-from-insurance-payments-reilly-v-ford-hearing-starts-june-18/) - The Income Security Advocacy Centre (ISAC) is partnering with the HIV/AIDS Legal Clinic of Ontario (HALCO) and the ARCH Disability Law Centre to intervene in an important human rights case. Our coalition will argue that it is discriminatory for insurance companies and employers to to reduce the amount of long-term disability benefits they pay to disabled
- [Election 2018: Tools That You Can Use](https://incomesecurity.org/election-2018-tools-that-you-can-use/) - ISAC’s election kit and associated resources are ready for you to use in your community. Election Day is June 7, and the official election campaign started on May 9. An election period provides a vital opportunity to advocate on issues that are important for low-income people across Ontario. It’s a time when the political parties
- [Trusts and Access to Social Assistance: Supreme Court Case April 25](https://incomesecurity.org/trusts-and-access-to-social-assistance-supreme-court-case-april-25/) - On April 25th, the Supreme Court of Canada will hear a case that asks whether money held in a trust affects eligibility for social programs, even if the recipient cannot access that money. In this case, a person referred to as “S.A.” was denied a rent subsidy in Vancouver social housing because of inheritance monies
- [Federal Budget 2018: Income Security Highlights](https://incomesecurity.org/federal-budget-2018-income-security-highlights/) - The federal Liberal government introduced its third budget last Tuesday, February 27. The Budget and all associated documents are available at this link: https://www.budget.gc.ca/2018/docs/nrc/2018-02-27-en.html Here are a few highlights on income security and related issues. This list is not exhaustive – some helpful resources are included at the end of this email that can provide
- [A Roadmap for Reform: Report Coming Soon](https://incomesecurity.org/a-roadmap-for-reform-report-coming-soon/) - A report will be released by the provincial government very soon that could be very important for everyone living on OW and ODSP and people working in precarious jobs, and for all those who support them. In June 2016, the Income Security Reform Working Group was appointed by the Minister of Community and Social Services,
- [URGENT ACTION ALERT: Federal review of labour standards](https://incomesecurity.org/urgent-action-alert-federal-review-of-labour-standards/) - The federal government is doing a review of the labour standards that affect workers in federally-regulated sectors, like banking, telecommunications and inter-provincial and international transportation. We’ve just learned that they’re conducting a consultation with Canadians about how federal labour standards should be updated. The consultation ends this Wednesday, January 31. The Government wants to know
- [National Day of Action in support of Tim Hortons workers: Friday, Jan 19](https://incomesecurity.org/national-day-of-action-in-support-of-tim-hortons-workers-friday-jan-19/) - This Friday - TOMORROW - the Fight for $15 & Fairness, together with the Ontario Federation of Labour and Leadnow, are hosting more than 50 actions outside Tim Hortons restaurants across the country. ISAC proudly supports this day of action and hopes you can join us on Friday, January 19. Anger continues to grow in response to the
- [Action alert: Stand up for workers across Ontario, Wednesday, January 10](https://incomesecurity.org/action-alert-stand-up-for-workers-across-ontario-wednesday-january-10/) - Tomorrow, show your support for workers facing bully bosses! The minimum wage has gone up to $14 an hour starting January 1st! But some businesses have responded by cutting paid breaks and shifts, firing workers, and even engaging in wage theft. You’ve probably seen the news that several Tim Hortons stores across Ontario have been
- [NEWS ALERT: $15 & Fairness victory for Ontario workers](https://incomesecurity.org/7596/) - Dear Friends of ISAC, Our allies at the Fight for $15 & Fairness have announced a victory today for Ontario workers - see the email below. Legislation that will improve the wages and working conditions of workers in Ontario was passed today in the Ontario legislature. As the email says, there are still hurdles to
- [Federal Fall Economic Statement: Good news but much more work to be done](https://incomesecurity.org/federal-fall-economic-statement-good-news-but-much-more-work-to-be-done/) - The federal government released its Fall Economic Statement yesterday, which included new investments in the Canada Child Benefit (CCB) and the Working Income Tax Benefit (WITB). Since 2016, advocates have been pushing the federal government to speed up their plans to index the CCB to inflation, which was originally scheduled for July 2020. The announcement
- [Email Premier Wynne: Strengthen & Pass Bill 148!](https://incomesecurity.org/email-premier-wynne-strengthen-pass-bill-148/) - Over the past year, the $15 & Fairness movement successfully pressured the government to introduce legislation to raise the minimum wage to $15 by January 1, 2019. This important move will boost the incomes of 1.7 million people – one quarter of Ontario’s workforce – and their families. The legislation, Bill 148: The Fair Workplaces, Better Jobs Act, also includes
- [Legislative Assembly resumes! Email the Premier, step up the pressure!](https://incomesecurity.org/legislative-assembly-resumes-email-the-premier-step-up-the-pressure/) - We're forwarding this recent email from our partners at the Fight for $15 & Fairness and encourage you to get involved! - ISAC The Toronto Star published a heart-breaking expose revealing the reckless treatment of workers by temporary staffing agencies, and how much the law allows it. Reporter Sara Mojtehedzadeh went undercover to investigate the daily realities faced
- [No time to lose: Speak up for $15 & Fairness!](https://incomesecurity.org/no-time-to-lose-speak-up-for-15-fairness/) - Dear Friends of ISAC, Our allies at the Fight for $15 & Fairness recently shared the important information in the email below about the struggle to improve conditions for all Ontario workers. Lots of important advances have been made, but the fight's not over yet. The business lobby has been successful at sowing doubt about
- [Basic Income - new webinar June 15](https://incomesecurity.org/basic-income-new-webinar-june-15/) - The Ontario government recently announced details of its Basic Income Pilot Project. ISAC held a webinar on basic income last October, which examined the idea of basic income and some of the opportunities and risks, particularly for people on social assistance. Using the information in that webinar as a starting point, this follow-up webinar will
- [Basic Income: Information and Resources](https://incomesecurity.org/basic-income-information-and-resources/) - What is "basic income"? How would a basic income program work? What are Ontario's plans for its pilot project? What does all of this mean for low-income Ontarians, especially those on social assistance? ISAC has prepared and compiled a number of resources to help answer these questions. Webinars Basic Income: What is it and what
- [National Aboriginal Day June 21 - A Call to Action](https://incomesecurity.org/national-aboriginal-day-june-21-a-call-to-action/) - The offices of the Income Security Advocacy Centre (ISAC) will be closed on Wednesday, June 21, in honour and recognition of National Aboriginal Day. "We have described for you a mountain. We have shown you the path to the top. We call upon you to do the climbing." Justice Murray Sinclair's words on the release
- [Summer Campaign Kickoff - Fight for $15 and Fairness](https://incomesecurity.org/summer-campaign-kickoff-fight-for-15-and-fairness/) - Our allies at the Fight for $15 and Fairness are kicking off their summer campaign today to ensure victory for workers. Take action and spread the word to make sure that the gains that have been made are won! - ISAC Fighting for $15 and Fairness pays off! We've managed to force big
- [Basic Income: What is it and what could it mean for social assistance?](https://incomesecurity.org/basic-income-what-is-it-and-what-could-it-mean-for-social-assistance/) - The provincial government is moving forward on creating a basic income pilot program.What is a “basic income”? And what could it mean for people on social assistance? Join us for a webinar that explores some of the reasons people support a basic income program, some of the benefits, risks, and opportunities that it could bring,
- [Historic breakthrough for $15 and Fairness](https://incomesecurity.org/historic-breakthrough-for-15-and-fairness/) - Big changes are in store for workers in Ontario! The Ontario government recently announced a package of reforms to the laws that govern the quality of work in Ontario. These changes are coming thanks to the long-standing hard work of the Fight for $15 and Fairness, the Workers' Action Centre, the Caregivers' Action Centre, Migrant
- [URGENT: Call your MPP right NOW! ](https://incomesecurity.org/urgent-call-your-mpp-right-now/) - Action Alert! Our allies with the Fight for $15 and Fairness need your support. Please take 15 minutes to call your MPP right NOW! Tell them we need a $15 minimum wage and decent work! Dear colleagues, I just wanted to make sure you saw this email. What we do today is absolutely critical. Our
- [New ODSP Medical Reviews Start This Month](https://incomesecurity.org/new-odsp-medical-reviews-start-this-month/) - The Ministry of Community and Social Services is putting in place a new medical review process that will be a big improvement for people on ODSP. Starting this month, all medical reviews will be done using the new process, which includes new forms and better decision-making. These changes are the result of many years of
- [Ontario Court of Appeal to hear appeals arguing that Mandatory Victim Surcharge is “cruel and unusual punishment”](https://incomesecurity.org/ontario-court-of-appeal-to-hear-appeals-arguing-that-mandatory-victim-surcharge-is-cruel-and-unusual-punishment/) - On March 14-15, the Ontario Court of Appeal will hear three appeals challenging the mandatory victim surcharge. Every person who is convicted of a criminal offence in Canada is required to pay a “victim surcharge”, regardless of whether or not they can afford to pay the fine. This mandatory fine can be very difficult for
- [Change from OW & ODSP Drug Cards to OHIP Cards](https://incomesecurity.org/change-from-ow-and-odsp-drug-cards-to-ohip-cards/) - As of December 1, 2016, people on OW and ODSP are no longer getting paper drug cards to access prescription drugs. Instead, people should show their regular Ontario health card – or “OHIP card” – when they go to the pharmacy. The pharmacist will use the OHIP card to confirm eligibility for the Ontario Drug
- [Government announcements positive for parents on OW and ODSP](https://incomesecurity.org/government-announcements-positive-for-parents-on-ow-odsp/) - Two recent announcements from the Ministry of Community and Social Services will be positive for people with children who receive Ontario Works and ODSP benefits. Parents to keep full amount of child support payments As promised in the 2016 Ontario Budget, the Ministry of Community and Social Services has taken steps to end the dollar-for-dollar
- [The 2016 Federal Budget and Income Security](https://incomesecurity.org/the-2016-federal-budget-and-income-security/) - The government of Canada has made a number of significant investments in improvements to federal income security programs in Budget 2016. After ten years of erosion of government’s commitment in these areas, Budget 2016 reverses the trend of reduction in access and benefit levels, and makes improvements in programs for children, seniors, and unemployed workers.
- [UN report reveals major holes in Canada’s social safety net](https://incomesecurity.org/un-report-reveals-major-holes-in-canadas-social-safety-net/) - Yesterday, the United Nations Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights released a report urging Canada to address growing income inequality and discriminatory policies that leave at least 4.6 million Canadians living in poverty and many more vulnerable Canadians struggling to get by. ISAC made a submission to the committee that highlighted several important failings
- [Improving ODSP Medical Reviews / Amélioration des examens médicaux du POSPH](https://incomesecurity.org/improving-odsp-medical-reviews-amelioration-des-examens-medicaux-du-posph/) - - la version française suit dessous - The Ministry of Community and Social Services has just announced a plan for important improvements to the medical review process for people on ODSP. We want to thank Minister Jaczek and Ministry officials for responding to community concerns. ISAC has been advocating with our partners in community legal
- [We're Moving!](https://incomesecurity.org/were-moving/) - After nearly 15 years in the same location, ISAC will be moving into new space as of December 18. Our new address will be: 1500 – 55 University Avenue Toronto, Ontario M5J 2H7 We’ve been sharing space with the Advocacy Centre for Tenants Ontario (ACTO) and the Association of Community Legal Clinics of Ontario (ACLCO)
- [Advisers aim to fix Ontario’s welfare ‘quagmire’](https://incomesecurity.org/advisers-aim-to-fix-ontarios-welfare-quagmire-2/) - Laurie Monsebraaten The Toronto Star Ontario has appointed the head of Toronto’s Daily Bread Food Bank to head a panel of anti-poverty advocates to advise the government on a long-awaited review of its welfare system, the Star has learned. “If this group can’t make the proper recommendations, then nobody can,” said food bank executive director
- [Take Action on Budget 2013!](https://incomesecurity.org/25-in-5-pre-budget-campaign/) - 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 be an opportunity for positive change for people receiving social assistance in Ontario and other Ontarians living on low incomes.
- [Meeting the Poverty Reduction Test: Fourth Year Progress Report](https://incomesecurity.org/meeting-the-poverty-reduction-test-fourth-year-progress-report/) - Today marks the fourth anniversary of Ontario's first-ever Poverty Reduction Strategy. The 25 in 5 Network for Poverty Reduction has issued its fourth annual progress report on poverty reduction - see below. The report notes that child poverty actually declined between 2008 and 2010 - the height of the economic recession - but that inequality and depth
- [What's Next for the Social Assistance Review?](https://incomesecurity.org/social-assistance-reform-is-on-the-agenda/) - In October 2012, the Commission for the Review of Social Assistance in Ontario issued its final report, complete with 108 recommendations. That report is suddenly getting a lot of attention. Ontario Progressive Conservative Leader Tim Hudak has released a discussion paper outlining his intention to implement some of the Commission’s recommendations. Ontario NDP Leader Andrea Horwath
- [Five Tests for the Social Assistance Review](https://incomesecurity.org/five-tests-for-sar/) - The Commission for the Review of Social Assistance in Ontario will issue its final report and recommendations next week. How will we tell if the report passes the test? How will we know if the recommendations will resolve the problems in the social assistance system? A number of groups and organizations have created Five Tests for
- [Act Now to Save Housing Supports for People on OW and ODSP!](https://incomesecurity.org/act-now-to-save-housing-supports-for-people-on-ow-and-odsp-2/) - 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 (CSUMB) is important because: It is targeted to assist people on social assistance – people who rely on OW or
- [Ontario Budget 2012: Have Your Say](https://incomesecurity.org/ontario-budget-2012-have-your-say/) - 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 Budget includes a freeze on social assistance rates and a delay in increasing the Ontario Child Benefit to the
- [ISAC’s initial analysis of what Ontario’s 2012 Budget means for people on social assistance](https://incomesecurity.org/isacs-initial-analysis-of-what-ontarios-2012-budget-means-for-people-on-social-assistance/) - 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. As previously announced, the Budget includes a freeze on social assistance rates and a delay in increasing the Ontario Child
- [McGuinty Government Seeks Balance on the Backs of the Poor](https://incomesecurity.org/rate-freeze-2012/) - 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 as saying that social assistance rates will be frozen this year, and that the scheduled increase in the Ontario Child
- [Take Action on Austerity](https://incomesecurity.org/take-action-on-austerity/) - 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 every Ontarian an opportunity to send a letter to the Premier (cc’d to Andrea Horwath and Tim Hudak) expressing their
- [Choice in Tax Credit Payments](https://incomesecurity.org/choice-in-tax-credit-payments/) - The Minister of Finance has recently stated that low- to moderate-income people receiving provincial tax credits are going to be given a choice in how they receive these credits – either in monthly cheques or in a lump sum. A Star article from last Friday quotes the Minister as saying: “We’re looking at ways of allowing
- [Budget 2013: What can we expect?](https://incomesecurity.org/budget-2013-what-can-we-expect/) - Today is Budget Day in Ontario – later today the new Finance Minister, Charles Sousa, will introduce the next provincial budget in the legislature. What can we expect from this year's budget? Ontario’s politicians have been urged to remember that good public policy and smart investments can make a real difference in the lives of Ontarians living
- [Ontario Electricity Support Program](https://incomesecurity.org/ontario-energy-support-program/) - Low-Income Energy Network Applauds Proactive Step The Ontario government has just announced that it is moving to set up an electricity affordability program for low-income Ontarians. This is great news for low-income consumers of electricity and great news for the Low-Income Energy Network (LIEN). LIEN has been advocating with the government for this kind of program
- [Ontario Election June 12, 2014](https://incomesecurity.org/ontario-election-june-12-2014/) - What does it mean for social assistance? We wanted to follow-up to our email last week about the 2014 Budget and its implications for people receiving social assistance. That’s because we got some emails asking when people would start to get the social assistance rate increases that were in the Budget. In order for the Budget to
- [Budget 2014 - Update and Medical Reviews](https://incomesecurity.org/budget-2014-update-and-medical-reviews/) - Budget Re-introduced: More Comment Required The new Ontario government re-introduced the 2014 provincial Budget yesterday – the same Budget that was originally introduced on May 1. The Budget includes a social assistance rate increase, with proportionally more going to singles on OW and a continuation on the freeze on rates for the family members of people
- [OW and ODSP Rates and the OCB](https://incomesecurity.org/ow-and-odsp-rates-and-the-ocb/) - New amounts start Sept 30 / Oct 1 The 2014 Ontario Budget, passed in July 2014, increased Ontario Works (OW) and Ontario Disability Support Program (ODSP) rates. A new rates sheet from ISAC outlines the new Basic Needs and Maximum Shelter amounts for different family types. Like last year, different family types will receive different
- [Migrant workers to get EI benefits they are owed](https://incomesecurity.org/migrant-workers-to-get-ei-benefits-they-are-owed/) - More than 100 migrant workers will actually get the EI Parental Benefits they are owed after fighting for these benefits at tribunals and in court for many years. Last fall, the Income Security Advocacy Centre (ISAC) and Niagara North Community Legal Assistance went before the Federal Court of Appeal to argue that 102 seasonal agricultural
- [Election 2015: Party Positions On Key Issues](https://incomesecurity.org/election-2015-party-positions-on-key-issues/) - If you're not one of the 3.6 million Canadians who voted in the advance polls, you may still be wondering who to vote for. We've compiled a list of quick facts on key issues as well as information on where the parties stand, compiled by other groups and organizations, to help you make up your
- [Social Assistance Reform: Update Nov 2015](https://incomesecurity.org/social-assistance-reform-update-nov-2015/) - In 2008, the Ontario government committed to reviewing the social assistance system as part of its Poverty Reduction Strategy. Since then, many recommendations have been made for reforming the system. But, as yet, the government hasn’t laid out its vision for social assistance reform. Until now, there has been little agreement on the direction for
- [Community Start-Up and Maintenance Benefit: $42 million made permanent](https://incomesecurity.org/community-start-up-and-maintenance-benefit-42-million-made-permanent/) - After our coalition of more than 27 community-based organizations in Ontario wrote to the government urging more funding for housing and homelessness prevention programs this past November, we're pleased to report that 2014 Budget includes this nugget: "The government is enhancing annual funding for the CHPI by $42 million starting in 2014-15, to a total
- [Ontario Works: Immigration status and access to social assistance](https://incomesecurity.org/ontario-works-immigration-status-and-access-to-social-assistance/) - In 2013, ISAC noticed that there was a sharp increase in the number of Ontario Works recipients who were being cut off because of their immigration status. ISAC was concerned that many of these recipients were entitled to Ontario Works and were improperly being denied income supports that they needed. ISAC worked closely with a
- [Ontario Must Move on Social Assistance Reform: Budget 2009](https://incomesecurity.org/ontario-must-move-on-social-assistance-reform-budget-2009/) - 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.
- [ODSP: Medical Reviews](https://incomesecurity.org/odsp-medical-reviews/) - The Ontario Disability Support Program (ODSP) does not require applicants to be permanently disabled in order to qualify for benefits. This aspect of the program is very important because it means that those who are experiencing temporary disabilities can be eligible for benefits. But it also means that ODSP has to have a way of
- [Tackling social assistance poverty](https://incomesecurity.org/tackling-social-assistance-poverty/) - A test of success for Ontario’s second five-year Poverty Reduction Strategy The provincial government unveiled its second five-year Poverty Reduction Strategy earlier today, called ‘Realizing Our Potential’. ISAC commends government for continuing to focus on reducing and eliminating poverty in Ontario. We cannot have a fair and a just province when 1.5 million Ontarians continue
- [The Justice With Dignity Campaign](https://incomesecurity.org/the-justice-with-dignity-campaign/) - The Sudbury-based Committee to Remember Kimberly Rogers has launched a province-wide campaign to bring an end to the province's lifetime ban for welfare fraud and press for reforms to the social assistance system. Called Justice with Dignity, the campaign was organized in response to the death of Kimberly Rogers in Sudbury last year. White roses
- [Bringing In Women's Voices](https://incomesecurity.org/bringing-in-womens-voices/) - Are you a woman in Ontario struggling to make ends meet? Are you a mother raising kids on your own? ISAC and Ontario Campaign 2000 have partnered on the "Bringing In Women's Voices From the Margins" project to work with low-income moms across Ontario to ensure their experiences and ideas are included in discussions on
- [Income Security Consultation and Reform Project](https://incomesecurity.org/income-security-consultation-and-reform-project/) - ISAC is undertaking a major consultation on the income security system to identify priority concerns for litigation and generate new ideas for law reform. We are seeking to involve those most affected by income security policy by working with anti poverty and grassroots organizations and we need your help to reach across the province. We
- [Breaking the Cycle: Ontario's First Five-Year Poverty Reduction Strategy](https://incomesecurity.org/the-governments-poverty-reduction-strategy/) - On December 4, 2008, the Ontario government released Breaking the Cycle: Ontario's Poverty Reduction Strategy. In this Strategy, the province has committed to reducing child and family poverty in Ontario by 25% in the next five years. The Strategy also outlines a number of steps that the government will take to meet that commitment. The
- [Welfare reform roadmap](https://incomesecurity.org/welfare-reform-roadmap/) - Everyone agrees that Ontario’s welfare system is a mess. In a report released Monday, a panel of experts cites “deep and continuing dissatisfaction” with the status quo in all quarters — government, business, labour, community groups, and welfare recipients. What is lacking is a consensus on how to fix it, which is why the provincial government is planning a major policy review of welfare.
- [Take Action!](https://incomesecurity.org/take-action/) - To contribute to the Commission’s first consultation: 1) Complete the Workbook Groups and individuals can either complete the workbook and mail it back, or do it online. - The printable version of the workbook (either Word or PDF) is available in English at: http://www.socialassistancereview.ca/commission-publications or in French at: http://www.socialassistancereview.ca/publications-de-la-commission. [these links have been disabled] - The
- [Lobbying Toolkit – Contact the Politicians](https://incomesecurity.org/lobbying-toolkit-contact-the-politicians/) - The government has made a commitment to poverty reduction. And all of the political parties in the Ontario Legislature voted in favour of poverty reduction legislation. They can now demonstrate their commitment - by setting up a Review process that results in a social assistance system that actually helps to reduce poverty. Tell the decision-makers that the Social
- [The Government's Social Assistance Review Commitment](https://incomesecurity.org/the-governments-commitment/) - The Ontario government included the Social Assistance Review in its Poverty Reduction Strategy in Chapter 4: Smarter Government. The commitment reads: "We will undertake a review of social assistance with the goal of removing barriers and increasing opportunity - with a particular focus on people trying to move into employment from social assistance. The review
- [The Government's Poverty Reduction Legislation](https://incomesecurity.org/the-governments-poverty-reduction-legislation/) - On May 6, the Ontario legislature unanimously passed Bill 152: The Poverty Reduction Act. This legislation is particularly significant because it acknowledges that poverty is not inevitable and that government can and should create policy to reduce poverty. There are 3 key facets of the legislation.
- [Positive or Punitive: What will Reform Mean for People with Disabilities?](https://incomesecurity.org/positive-or-punitive/) - We must state at the outset that this kind of understanding of the needs and reality of life for people with disabilities did not come through in “Approaches for Reform”.
- [Tracking the Impact of the Loss of CSUMB](https://incomesecurity.org/tracking-tool-loss-of-csumb/) - ISAC has partnered with the Wellesley Institute to create an online tool to track the impact on individuals across Ontario of the loss of the Community Start-Up and Maintenance Benefit (CSUMB). The tool allows for the collection of information about individuals' circumstances, what expenses were required, the availability and adequacy of municipal replacement programs, and the outcomes and impacts. A geographic mapping function will show the impacts graphically.
- [Organizing for the Social Assistance Review](https://incomesecurity.org/organizing-for-the-social-assistance-review/) - This workshop by the Income Security Advocacy Centre (ISAC) and the Steering Committee on Social Assistance (SCSA) provides an early analysis of issues in the Social Assistance Review and discusses organizing strategies with community legal clinic workers attending the annual meeting of OPICCO, the Ontario Project for Inter-Clinic Organizing. Videos from the workshop are below:
- [25 in 5 Welcomes Social Assistance Review; Recommends Interim Steps](https://incomesecurity.org/25-in-5-welcomes-social-assistance-review-recommends-interim-steps/) - The 25 in 5 Network for Poverty Reduction welcomes the news that Ontario’s long awaited Social Assistance review will start in January and be led by two very able commissioners: Frances Lankin and Dr. Munir Sheikh. “We’re very pleased with the broad terms of reference for this review. It will provide recommendations not only on how to transform social assistance but on how it should connect to other income security programs that many of us need to rely on at some point in our lives, such as disability support programs and Employment Insurance,” said Jacquie Maund, Coordinator of Ontario Campaign 2000.
- [Gender Equity & the Review](https://incomesecurity.org/gender-equity-the-review/) - Women - and especially women from racialized groups - experience poverty differently from other people, and have particular concerns that should be addressed in the course of the Social Assistance Review. In November 2011, a group of women wrote to Minister Meilleur and Minister Broten encouraging them to ensure that Ontario’s review of social assistance
- [Five benchmarks for social assistance](https://incomesecurity.org/five-benchmarks-for-social-assistance/) - Times of crisis are also times for tough decisions, as Finance Minister Dwight Duncan said in his economic statement last week. The province has already made the tough but smart decision to stick with its economic stimulus plan. Standing firm on the commitment to early learning is another tough but smart choice. The next bold move the government must make is to stick to its guns on a comprehensive review of Ontario’s broken social assistance system.
- [Welfare reform creeps at snail's pace](https://incomesecurity.org/welfare-reform-creeps-at-snails-pace/) - Bronwen Sims calls it Ontario's "work disincentive program." The 35-year-old woman, who suffers from bipolar disorder and fibromyalgia, has been living in poverty on Ontario's disability support program for the past 10 years while doctors help her battle alcoholism, depression and severe panic attacks related to her mental illness.
- [Ontario Auditor General’s Report Underlines Need for Social Assistance Reform](https://incomesecurity.org/ontario-auditor-generals-report-underlines-need-for-social-assistance-reform/) - Whether he meant to or not, the auditor general’s December 7th analysis of OW/ODSP let a dysfunctional social assistance system off the hook, instead laying blame with the people who have nowhere else to turn to for basic support. The ensuing debate risks losing sight of the simple fact that when it comes to social assistance, it’s not the people who are the problem.
- [Ontario should adopt bold vision for welfare reform](https://incomesecurity.org/ontario-should-adopt-bold-vision-for-welfare-reform/) - Ontario should adopt a bold vision for welfare reform that includes new income supports and services for all low-income residents, says a government-appointed panel in a report being released Monday.
- [Report: Strong income security measures means a stronger Ontario](https://incomesecurity.org/report-strong-income-security-measures-means-a-stronger-ontario/) - Ontario's Social Assistance Review report, released Monday morning, called for Ontario to create a plan to ensure income security for the province, saying such a plan would help the economic recovery. Over the years, different political parties who hold power in Ontario have said welfare reform was needed, and after hearings and reviews, changes would be implemented. The most devastating changes were made under Mike Harris's leadership, which saw Ontario's Social Assistance programs essentially gutted.
- [Ontario welfare system needs overhaul: panel](https://incomesecurity.org/ontario-welfare-system-needs-overhaul-panel/) - A government-appointed panel says the Ontario welfare system is not working, and is calling for it to be completely overhauled. The Social Assistance Review Advisory Committee released its report Monday morning at Queen's Park. It says the emphasis of welfare should be shifted from providing financial assistance to helping people break out of poverty.
- [Welfare goes under microscope](https://incomesecurity.org/welfare-goes-under-microscope/) - Ontario will take a deeper look at a major revamping of its welfare system after a report called for broad changes to help the disadvantaged into jobs, Community and Social Services Minister Madeleine Meilleur said Monday. The review will take 12 to 18 months, she said, with the NDP noting that means the issues of helping the poor are effectively on hold until after the October 2011 election.
- [Social assistance reform vital part of poverty reduction strategy](https://incomesecurity.org/social-assistance-reform-vital-part-of-poverty-reduction-strategy/) - Ontario finally has a poverty reduction strategy. It's about time. For years, anti-poverty activists have been pleading with government to take poverty seriously. Teachers have talked about how poorly children do in school when they are hungry and distracted. Health practitioners have listed the ways poverty makes people sick and costs the health-care system millions of dollars. Low-income people have insisted that they should not be blamed for their poverty, but rather that the root causes of poverty such as low wages, lack of child care, discrimination and low levels of training and education should be addressed.
- [Bold Review Forum Kicks off the Conversation](https://incomesecurity.org/bold-review-forum-kicks-off-the-conversation/) - Crystal Chin knows well the problems associated with the current Social Assistance system. As a young adult with cerebral palsy, Crystal receives benefits from the Ontario Disability Support Program. But these benefits are inadequate, both financially and in terms of other supports. At a public forum hosted by the Income Security Advocacy Centre (ISAC) on
- [ISARC on ISAC's "Bold Review" Forum](https://incomesecurity.org/isarc-on-isacs-time-for-a-bold-review-forum/) - On June 23, 2009, the Income Security Advocacy Centre (ISAC) held a forum on the government’s upcoming review of the provincial social assistance system. This review is part of Ontario’s new Poverty Reduction Strategy and was restated in the 2009 budget.
- [Transforming Ontario Works: An Information Symposium](https://incomesecurity.org/transforming-ontario-works-an-information-symposium/) - Many people in Ontario agree that Ontario Works needs to be fixed. One of the ways it could be fixed is to give people more help to get a job, so they can get out of poverty and the trap of social isolation. Some people call this fix ‘opportunity planning’. Others call it ‘human capital development’, or a ‘personalized
- [Commission's Consultation Calendar](https://incomesecurity.org/commissions-consultation-calendar/) - The Commission for the Review of Social Assistance in Ontario will be travelling around the province talking to people in eleven communities. The chart below shows the communities the Commission will be visiting, the date of their visit, and who you can contact for more information. We will update this calendar as more information becomes
- [Government appointed Council recommends bold vision for social assistance reform](https://incomesecurity.org/government-appointed-council-recommends-bold-vision-for-social-assistance-reform/) - TORONTO, June 14 /CNW/ - The province urgently requires a more effective system of income security programs that meet the needs of Ontarians in a rapidly shifting economy, says a new report by the Social Assistance Review Advisory Council (SARAC).

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- [Litigation](https://incomesecurity.org/our-work/litigation/) - Test-case and appellate litigation are key tools that we use to advance our strategic plan. We work closely with caseworkers in community legal clinics across the province to identify issues and potential legal cases, and apply an equity framework and a human rights lens to guide our decision-making around which cases to take on and
- [Mission, Vision & Mandate](https://incomesecurity.org/about/mission-vision-mandate/) - Preamble Every year, millions of Ontario residents rely on income support from federal and provincial income programs including social assistance, Employment Insurance benefits, Canada Pension Plan benefits, Old Age Security, Workers Compensation and others. Pressure on these programs has grown as governments have reduced benefits, imposed stricter eligibility criteria and made access to programs more
- [Policy](https://incomesecurity.org/our-work/policy-development-and-advocacy/) - ISAC advocates for changes to policy and law that would address poverty and improve income security in Ontario. We develop our analysis and recommendations by bringing together ideas from the international & cross-country policy worlds with those generated at the grassroots, working in partnership with local communities, community legal clinics, policy experts, and other advocacy
- [Staff Members](https://incomesecurity.org/about/staff/) - Please note that we do not provide legal services to individuals. If you require legal advice or assistance, please contact your local community legal clinic. You can find out which legal clinic serves your community by visiting the Legal Aid Ontario website or by calling 1-800-668-8258. Melinda Ferlisi, Executive Director (ext. 5155) Melinda Ferlisi holds a Bachelor
- [Board Members](https://incomesecurity.org/about/our-board/) - ISAC is governed by a volunteer community-based Board of Directors. According to ISAC's bylaws, five Board members represent legal clinic staff in each of the four regions of Ontario, with one "at-large" representative. The remaining members come from the broader community. Of those, at least five must be people with past or present lived experience
- [Annual Reports](https://incomesecurity.org/about/annual-reports/)
- [Members](https://incomesecurity.org/about/members/) - ISAC’s work is supported by our members. Membership is free and valid for a 3 year term that expires on March 31 three years from when Membership is approved by the Board. Membership is renewable every three years. We welcome the participation of individuals who share our goals and objectives and are interested in advancing
- [Thank you!](https://incomesecurity.org/thank-you/) - Thanks for supporting this campaign to help improve the lives on people living on social assistance! To stay up to date on this and other work ISAC is doing, follow us on Twitter/X at @ISAC_Ontario and sign up for our mailing list through this link. While you're here, check out the other work we've done
- [Resources](https://incomesecurity.org/resources/) - Community Legal Clinics ISAC works in close partnership with community legal clinics across Ontario. Local community-based clinics have specific catchment areas and provide legal services to Ontarians with low incomes. Specialty clinics, like ISAC, work in a number of areas or law and/or for various constituent groups. Looking for legal support? Click here to find
- [Share Your Story](https://incomesecurity.org/share-your-story/) - ISAC is always interested in hearing stories from people who have experiences with social assistance to show the impact of poverty and income insecurity on real life. ISAC may share stories in any of the following ways: Through our newsletters, annual reports, social media, and website. Written into government submissions, and in meetings and in
- [Community Organizing](https://incomesecurity.org/our-work/community-organizing/) - An important way to make change is to ensure people who are affected by public policy are informed and empowered to take action. ISAC’s community organizing work seeks to do that, by engaging with communities across the province, amplifying the voices of people with lived experience of poverty and discrimination, and supporting community events. Much
- [Contact Us](https://incomesecurity.org/about/contact/) - Income Security Advocacy Centre (ISAC) is a specialty legal clinic and does NOT provide legal services to the general public. Individuals who require legal advice or assistance will be re-directed to their local community legal clinic. You can find out which legal clinic serves your community at the Legal Aid Ontario website. Contact Information: Income
- [Case Selection Criteria](https://incomesecurity.org/our-work/litigation/case-selection-criteria/) - Legal case work is a core part of ISAC’s day-to-day work. ISAC’s case selection policy was updated in 2022 and is designed to ensure that: ISAC is providing consistent service to clients, communities and legal clinics;ISAC’s work fits within our mission, mandate and strategic priorities identified in ISAC’s strategic plan and service delivery goals. The
- [About Us](https://incomesecurity.org/about/) - The Income Security Advocacy Centre (ISAC) is a community legal clinic established in 2001 and funded by Legal Aid Ontario. We have a provincial mandate to advance the systemic interests and rights of low-income Ontarians around income security programs and low-wage precarious employment. We do our work through test-case litigation, policy advocacy, community organizing, and public education.
- [Our Work](https://incomesecurity.org/our-work/) - Our work is guided by our strategic plan, a multi-year plan developed by our Board of Directors together with ISAC staff. The plan is based on ongoing assessment of the needs of our client communities and the opportunities presented in the environment in which we work. Our strategic plan is available below. The strategic priorities
- [Campaigns](https://incomesecurity.org/campaigns/)
- [En Français](https://incomesecurity.org/en-francais/) - Malheureusement, nos maigres ressources ne nous permettent pas de vous offrir un site web entièrement bilingue. Cette page affiche néanmoins tous les documents disponibles en français. [doc-table category="En-Francais"]

## Campaigns

- [Social Assistance Rates are Stuck in Time: Tell the Ontario Government to Fix Ontario Works!](https://incomesecurity.org/campaigns/social-assistance-rates-are-stuck-in-time-tell-the-ontario-government-to-fix-ontario-works/)
- [Tell Premier Ford: No Canada Disability Benefit Clawbacks in Ontario!](https://incomesecurity.org/campaigns/tell-premier-ford-no-canada-disability-benefit-clawbacks-in-ontario/) - After many months of engaging in policy advocacy at the federal and provincial levels, and community organizing work with community legal clinics and in coalition with other national and provincial groups, on May 23, 2025, ISAC kicked off a No CDB Clawbacks in Ontario letter-writing campaign. This campaign was aimed at getting the Premier, Ministers,
- [Expand Access to the Canada Child Benefit!](https://incomesecurity.org/campaigns/expand-the-ccb/) - Restricting access to the CCB for some children and families just doesn't make sense.
- [Double OW and ODSP Rates Now!](https://incomesecurity.org/campaigns/double-ow-and-odsp-rates-now/) - Social assistance recipients can't wait any longer. In July 2022, ISAC, along with over 250 social service providers and community organizations, called on Premier Ford to double social assistance rates ahead of the August 2022 Budget. Read the open letter here (PDF). The government's response? A 5% increase to ODSP base rates only (amounting to
- [Protection not Perfection: Pass a Stronger Bill C-22 (Canada Disability Benefit)](https://incomesecurity.org/campaigns/protection-not-perfection-save-a-stronger-bill-c-22-canada-disability-benefit/) - SUMMER 2023 CAMPAIGN UPDATE: Great News! On June 22, 2023, the House passed Bill C-22 into law. Your emails and tweets and calls to Senators made a difference! Check out the Updates section of our website for more information on Bill C-22 / Canada Disability Benefit. We will update this Campaign Page in the future
- [Save the Transition Child Benefit (TCB)](https://incomesecurity.org/campaigns/save-the-transition-child-benefit-tcb/) - In May 2019 ISAC, along with other legal clinics and anti-poverty advocates, discovered that the Ontario government planned to eliminate a benefit that allows some parents on Ontario Works and the Ontario Disability Program to feed and clothe their children. The Transition Child Benefit provides up to $230 per child per month to parents on
- [Restore the GIS for low-income seniors](https://incomesecurity.org/campaigns/another-campaign/) - In late July 2021, many low-income seniors were surprised to find their GIS benefits for 2021-2022 reduced or eliminated due to their receipt of CERB in 2020, which temporarily raised their incomes and therefore made them ineligible for the full benefit. This left already vulnerable seniors in a much more precarious financial situation. GIS is
- [Pay the Rent and Feed the Kids](https://incomesecurity.org/campaigns/pay-the-rent-and-feed-the-kids/) - The "Pay the Rent and Feed the Kids" campaign was initiated in Ottawa by the Somerset West Action Network (SWAN) to challenge inadequate social assistance benefits, as a result of the 21.6% cut to basic welfare benefits in 1995 and subsequent erosion due to inflation. The campaign swiftly spread throughout Ontario, with local initiatives taken
- [Ontario Needs a Raise](https://incomesecurity.org/campaigns/ontario-needs-a-raise/) - ISAC participated in the Ontario Needs a Raise campaign, which was led by the Ontario Coalition for Social Justice and the Centre for Social Justice, between 2003 and 2007. "Ontario Needs A Raise!" was the demand of a broad coalition of groups working to raise the minimum wage to $10 an hour, to raise social
- [Hands Off!](https://incomesecurity.org/campaigns/hands-off/) - ISAC's Hands off! Campaign against the clawback of the National Child Benefit Supplement (NCBS) from families on social assistance ended in June 2007. The implementation of the Ontario Child Benefit (OCB) in July 2008 means that the NCBS is no longer being deducted from the monthly cheques of families on Ontario Works (OW) or the
- [CSUMB / Housing and Homelessness Supports](https://incomesecurity.org/campaigns/csumb-housing-and-homelessness-supports/) - The Ontario government's 2012 Budget announced the elimination of the Community Start-Up and Maintenance Benefit (CSUMB) from Ontario's two social assistance programs (Ontario Works and the Ontario Disability Support Program) starting in January 2012. ISAC was among hundreds of community groups, organizations, and individuals across Ontario who expressed significant concern over the loss of CSUMB.
- [ODSP Work-Related Benefit](https://incomesecurity.org/campaigns/odsp-work-related-benefit/) - In 2014, the provincial government announced it would be eliminating seven different employment benefits available to people on OW and ODSP and replacing it with one new Employment-Related Benefit. A very important benefit that would have been lost is the ODSP Work-Related Benefit, which provides an additional $100 per month to everyone on ODSP who
- [Bill C585 / C43 - Residency Requirements for Social Assistance](https://incomesecurity.org/campaigns/bill-c585-c43-residency-requirements-for-social-assistance/) - In April of 2014, a backbench member of the Conservative federal government introduced a Private Members Bill, Bill C-585, into the House of Commons. The Bill proposed changing the terms of the Canada Social Transfer, which is the fund used by the federal government to transfer money to the provinces to use for social services

## Cases

- [Attorney General of Québec v. Kanyinda: Preserving the Charter’s right to equality for low-income communities](https://incomesecurity.org/isac-cases/attorney-general-of-quebec-v-kanyinda/) - On March 6, 2026, right in time for International Women’s Day, the Supreme Court of Canada released its decision in Quebec (Attorney General) v. Kanyinda. Eight of nine justices ruled in favour of Ms. Kanyinda, a refugee claimant who was denied access to Quebec’s subsidized childcare program. Justice Karakatsanis, writing for the majority, ruled that
- [Bokhari v. Top Medical Transportation Services and Human Rights Tribunal of Ontario: ISAC challenges the Human Rights Tribunal’s practice of denying oral hearings to applicants](https://incomesecurity.org/isac-cases/isac-challenges-the-human-rights-tribunals-practice-of-denying-oral-hearings-to-applicants-bokhari-v-top-medical-transportation-services-and-human-rights-tribunal-of-ontario/) - On November 24, 2025, ISAC appeared before the Divisional Court of Ontario in Bokhari v. Top Medical Transportation Services and Human Rights Tribunal of Ontario. Together with the Clinic Resource Office and Don Valley Community Legal Services, ISAC represented a worker, Ali Bokhari, who was fired from his job because of his disability. In 2021,
- [Knauff v. Human Rights Tribunal of Ontario et al: Deciding whether the legal test for seeking permission to appeal should be updated](https://incomesecurity.org/isac-cases/knauff-v-human-rights-tribunal-of-ontario-et-al-deciding-whether-the-legal-test-for-seeking-permission-to-appeal-should-be-updated/) - On November 7, 2025, the Income Security Advocacy Centre (ISAC) intervened in coalition with other civil society organisations in Knauff v. Human Rights Tribunal of Ontario et al. at the Court of Appeal for Ontario. The case is an opportunity to modernize the test for leave to appeal in a way that improves access to
- [Coercive control and cultural context are relevant in determining whether a spouse is a “dependant” under the Ontario Works Act](https://incomesecurity.org/isac-cases/coercive-control-and-cultural-context-are-relevant-in-determining-whether-a-spouse-is-a-dependant-under-the-ontario-works-act/) - Alongside Mississauga Community Legal Services, ISAC successfully co-represented Ms. M.I. in a fresh hearing, disputing the overpayment of over $95,000. This is the first SBT decision to cite Ahluwalia v. Ahluwalia, 2023 ONCA 476, and confirm intimate partner violence takes many forms, including physical violence, psychological abuse, financial abuse and intimidation. The Social Benefits Tribunal
- [Ontario (Community and Social Services) v. Robinson-Cooke: Court finds that Ontario’s Guide Dog Benefit is discriminatory](https://incomesecurity.org/isac-cases/ontario-community-and-social-services-v-robinson-cooke-challenge-to-whether-ontarios-guide-dog-benefit-is-discriminatory/) - Note: This post originally published in May 2024, and has since been updated based on additional information and decisions. It was most recently updated in May 2025. The Ontario Court of Appeal has declined to revisit the Divisional Court’s finding that the strict training and accreditation requirements for the Ontario Disability Support Program’s (ODSP) Guide
- [Jacob v. Canada (Attorney General): Ontario Court of Appeal rules that pandemic benefits program discriminated against persons with disabilities, but justified due to the COVID emergency](https://incomesecurity.org/isac-cases/challenging-the-exclusion-of-workers-with-severe-disabilities-from-receiving-pandemic-benefits/) - The Income Security Advocacy Centre (ISAC) was granted intervener status in Jacob v. Canada (Attorney General). This legal challenge concerns workers living with severe disabilities and their exclusion from receiving pandemic benefits. To be considered a “worker”, claimants must have earned at least $5,000 from specified income in the 12 months prior to the claim.
- [M.I. v. Administrator, Region of Peel: SBT must provide social assistance recipients with adequate reasons when denying their claims](https://incomesecurity.org/isac-cases/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, the Tribunal has issued boilerplate denial decisions that fail to address the circumstances or the arguments of an individual’s claim,
- [Sherman Estate v. Donovan: Privacy rights for low-income individuals who access courts and tribunals](https://incomesecurity.org/isac-cases/privacy-rights-for-low-income-individuals-who-access-courts-and-tribunals-sherman-estate-v-donovan/) - In October 2020, the Supreme Court of Canada heard a case about whether courts should grant sealing orders over court files that contain an individual’s private and sensitive information. ISAC successfully intervened in the case and made both written and oral submissions before the Supreme Court. ISAC’s submissions highlighted the harms that may arise when
- [ODSP: Protecting Student Grants from Clawbacks](https://incomesecurity.org/isac-cases/odsp-protecting-student-grants-from-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 their education under the Ontario Student Assistance Program. In the process of receiving these grants, the student’s post-secondary school breaks
- [ODSP: Supporting Recipients to Get to Medical Treatment](https://incomesecurity.org/isac-cases/ontario-disability-support-program-supporting-recipients-to-get-to-medical-treatment/) - Many persons with disabilities face higher costs of living, including the cost of travel to medical treatment. Accessing medical treatment is vital to ensure the health and wellness of Ontario Disability Support Program recipients. In recognition of this need, ODSP reimburses recipients for their costs of medical travel. The program covers the full cost of
- [Abbey v. Director of ODSP: Discriminatory treatment of business income](https://incomesecurity.org/isac-cases/abbey-v-director-of-odsp-discriminatory-treatment-of-business-income/) - The Ontario Disability Support Program provides income supports and other benefits that are intended to ensure recipients can live as independently as possible. The program includes supports for those who are working or operating their own businesses, with the goal of breaking down barriers to employment. However, when an ODSP recipient, Sheryl Abbey, began her
- [Federal Court judicial review application: Access to CPP disability benefits](https://incomesecurity.org/isac-cases/federal-court-judicial-review-application-access-to-cpp-disability-benefits/) - The Canada Pension Plan is a social insurance program that is meant to help those who find themselves disabled and unable to work. To qualify for a CPP disability pension, a person must be “suffering from a severe and prolonged mental or physical disability.” A disability is considered to be severe when a person is
- [Criminal Law: Mandatory Minimum Fines and Poverty](https://incomesecurity.org/isac-cases/criminal-law-mandatory-minimum-fines-and-poverty/) - In 2013, Canada changed sentencing laws to require anyone convicted of an offence (or discharged) to pay a mandatory “victim surcharge” regardless of whether or not they can afford to pay the fine. Every person convicted of a criminal offence was required to pay a “victim surcharge”, regardless of whether or not they can afford
- [Employment Insurance: Challenge to impact of EI pregnancy benefit eligibility rules for women working part time (A.G. Canada v. Lesiuk)](https://incomesecurity.org/isac-cases/employment-insurance-challenge-to-impact-of-ei-pregnancy-benefit-eligibility-rules-for-women-working-part-time/) - Kelly Lesiuk was denied Employment Insurance (EI) benefits because, as a mother working part-time, she was unable to accumulate the number of work hours necessary to qualify. Ms. Lesiuk launched a Charter challenge to the eligibility requirements, arguing that they discriminate against women and mothers. In March 2001, the Umpire held that the eligibility rules
- [Challenge to deduction of pregnancy benefit weeks from regular EI benefit entitlement (Miller v. Attorney General of Canada)](https://incomesecurity.org/isac-cases/employment-insurance-challenge-to-deduction-of-pregnancy-benefit-weeks-from-regular-ei-benefit-entitlement/) - Ms. Miller challenged the reduction in the regular benefit period for Employment Insurance (EI) claimants who have previously received special benefits such as maternity, parental or disability benefits. She argued that this automatic reduction violated the right to equality found in the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms by discriminating against pregnant women and working
- [Inquest into the Death of Kimberly Rogers](https://incomesecurity.org/isac-cases/inquest-into-the-death-of-kimberly-rogers/) - In 2002, ISAC represented two public interest intervenors in the inquest into the death of Kimberly Rogers (link to Coroner's Ruling on Standing Application here, download will automatically start). The year before, Kimberly Rogers had been found dead in her Sudbury apartment. She had been under house arrest after being convicted of welfare fraud for
- [Challenge to the NCBS Clawback from families on social assistance (Chokomolin, Lance, & Prine v. Her Majesty the Queen in Right of Canada, et al.)](https://incomesecurity.org/isac-cases/national-child-benefit-legal-challenge-to-the-ncbs-clawback-from-families-on-social-assistance/) - Since the implementation of the Canada Child Tax Benefit (CCTB) by the federal government in July 1998, the province of Ontario deducted the National Child Benefit Supplement (NCBS) portion of this benefit from income assistance paid to families with children who are receiving social assistance. [Note: The CCTB was replaced by the Canada Child Benefit
- [ODSP: The medical travel allowance and access to mental health treatment](https://incomesecurity.org/isac-cases/odsp-the-medical-travel-allowance-and-access-to-mental-health-treatment/) - ISAC co-counselled with the Renfrew County Legal Clinic and Halton Community Legal Services on four Divisional Court appeals relating to the denial of the medical travel allowance. The cases involved four individuals with mental health issues who must travel a considerable distance in order to access mental health therapies. Public transportation is either unavailable or
- [Deduction of Child Support from ODSP Benefits (Director of ODSP v. Ansell)](https://incomesecurity.org/isac-cases/odsp-deduction-of-child-support-from-odsp-benefits/) - In February 2011, ISAC appeared before the Court of Appeal for Ontario in a case challenging ODSP’s policy of attributing child support as income to adult children, even in cases where the adult children had no access to the child support payments. Ms. Ansell is a young woman who applied for ODSP benefits in her
- [The discriminatory denial of ODSP benefits for persons with addictions (Director of ODSP v. Tranchemontagne)](https://incomesecurity.org/isac-cases/odsp-the-discriminatory-denial-of-odsp-benefits-for-persons-with-addictions/) - ISAC intervened at the Court of Appeal for Ontario in a case challenging the section of the Ontario Disability Support Program Act that denied benefits to persons with addictions. ISAC argued that the law violated the Human Rights Code because it discriminated on the basis of disability. ISAC also argued that the Court should not
- [ODSP & Ontario Works: Charter Challenge to OW/ODSP rules deeming income for sponsored immigrants in receipt of social assistance (VJ et al v. Attorney General of Ontario)](https://incomesecurity.org/isac-cases/odsp-ontario-works-charter-challenge-to-owodsp-rules-deeming-income-for-sponsored-immigrants-in-receipt-of-social-assistance/) - ISAC represented three individuals in a class action Charter challenge to the mandatory deduction of $100 each month from social assistance recipients who had been sponsored to come to Canada. The challenge was to be based on the argument that the mandatory deductions denied all sponsored immigrants the equal benefit of the law, as guaranteed
- [Immigration Sponsorship and the “Minimum Necessary Income” Requirement](https://incomesecurity.org/isac-cases/immigration-sponsorship-and-the-minimum-necessary-income-requirement/) - In order to sponsor certain family members to come to Canada, sponsors have to establish that they have the “minimum necessary income” as required by Canada's immigration regulations. The income requirement prevents low income people from sponsoring their parents and grandparents to come to Canada. While the regulations allow people who receive ODSP to sponsor
- [ODSP: Procedural Fairness during Requests for Information](https://incomesecurity.org/isac-cases/odsp-procedural-fairness-during-requests-for-information/) - A person receiving Ontario Disability Support Program (ODSP) income support has a duty to report their income, assets, financial situation, and living arrangements to their caseworker. For single recipients living with a disability who require caregivers, ODSP caseworkers often request detailed information to determine whether the recipient and their caregiver are “spouses”. You do not
- [Income Security and the Right to Housing (Tanudjaja v. Canada and Ontario)](https://incomesecurity.org/isac-cases/income-security-and-the-right-to-housing/) - Led by the Advocacy Centre for Tenants Ontario (ACTO), tenant advocates and a group of homeless and inadequately housed individuals commenced a Charter application arguing that Ontario and Canada have violated the Charter by failing to provide an effective affordable housing program. The governments of Ontario and Canada brought a motion to have the case
- [ODSP: Challenging Social Assistance Overpayments at the Social Benefits Tribunal (Surdivall v. ODSP)](https://incomesecurity.org/isac-cases/odsp-challenging-social-assistance-overpayments-at-the-social-benefits-tribunal/) - This case was about whether or not the law allows the Director of ODSP and the Social Benefits Tribunal to waive collection of overpayments in particular circumstances. For many years, people were able to appeal OW or ODSP overpayments to the Social Benefits Tribunal in situations where repaying the debt would not have been fair.
- [ODSP: Evidence Required to Establish Disability (Ferris v. ODSP)](https://incomesecurity.org/isac-cases/odsp-evidence-required-to-establish-disability/) - ISAC co-counselled with the Grey-Bruce Community Legal Clinic in a Divisional Court appeal of a decision denying ODSP benefits. The issue involved the type of new medical evidence that the Social Benefits Tribunal and the Director of ODSP must consider when making a determination about an application for ODSP. New medical evidence is important because
- [ODSP and Ontario Works: Legal Challenges to the Special Diet Allowance](https://incomesecurity.org/isac-cases/odsp-and-ontario-works-legal-challenges-to-the-special-diet-allowance/) - In 2006, the Ontario government overhauled the eligibility rules for the Special Diet Allowance, a benefit available to Ontario Works and ODSP recipients who face extra costs because of special dietary needs. Many recipients found that their allowance was drastically reduced or was cancelled altogether. The lack of funding for the foods they needed was
- [Access to Doctors: ISAC’s Intervention at the College of Physicians and Surgeons of Ontario](https://incomesecurity.org/isac-cases/access-to-doctors-isacs-intervention-at-the-college-of-physicians-and-surgeons-of-ontario/) - In 2011/2012, the College of Physicians and Surgeons of Ontario held a disciplinary hearing involving Dr. Wong. The case had to do with the manner in which Dr. Wong completed Special Diet Allowance application forms. ISAC was granted permission to intervene in the case, to address the potential impact this case could have on social
- [ODSP: The one-year limitation period for appealing to the Social Benefits Tribunal](https://incomesecurity.org/isac-cases/odsp-the-one-year-limitation-period-for-appealing-to-the-social-benefits-tribunal/) - Ms. Pavon was an ODSP recipient who accrued an overpayment due to an error by her ODSP worker. She requested an internal review more than one year after the decision. The Social Benefits Tribunal refused to hear her appeal on the basis that the one-year limitation period had passed. ISAC appealed Ms. Pavon’s case to
- [ODSP: Protecting Income Support Recipients from Double Recovery](https://incomesecurity.org/isac-cases/odsp-protecting-income-support-recipients-from-double-recovery/) - When an Ontario Disability Support Program (ODSP) recipient turns 65, they may qualify for Old Age Security (OAS) benefits. OAS is a federally administered monthly pension that is available to seniors aged 65 and older who meet the legal status and residence requirements. In addition, OAS recipients with low income may also receive additional income
- [Employment and Human Rights Law: Discrimination and Wrongful Firing of Indigenous Elder](https://incomesecurity.org/isac-cases/employment-and-human-rights-law-discrimination-and-wrongful-firing-of-indigenous-elder/) - The Income Security Advocacy Centre and Lake Country Community Legal Clinic jointly represented an Indigenous Elder in a legal challenge to the discrimination and wrongful termination he experienced while working as an Elder for the Correctional Service Canada. The Elder is Kanien’kehá:ka (Mohawk) of Ohsweken (Six Nations) territory. He was hired to work as an
- [ODSP: Adjudicating Disability and CPP-D Prescribed Class](https://incomesecurity.org/isac-cases/odsp-adjudicating-disability-and-cpp-d-prescribed-class/) - When a person is forced to stop working because of their disability, they may struggle to make ends meet. To survive, they often apply for federally administered Canada Pension Plan Disability (CPP-D) benefits and provincially administered Ontario Disability Support Program (ODSP) benefits at the same time. When a person is approved for CPP-D benefits, they
- [ODSP: Treatment of the Federal “Incapacitated Child Benefit” ](https://incomesecurity.org/isac-cases/odsp-treatment-of-the-federal-incapacitated-child-benefit/) - When a person living with disabilities receives Ontario Disability Support Program (ODSP) income support, they have a responsibility to pursue other government benefits that they may be eligible for. ODSP may withhold income support to account for the income an ODSP recipient obtained, or should have obtained, from other government benefit(s). For example, if an
- [ODSP: Access to the Program for Persons with a Disability](https://incomesecurity.org/isac-cases/ontario-disability-support-program-access-to-the-program/) - The Ontario Disability Support Program (ODSP) provides monthly supports to low-income Ontarians who meet the law’s definition of “a person with a disability.” In Ontario, “disability” is defined broadly, and includes people with both permanent and temporary medical conditions who are experiencing “substantial” impairments and restrictions. ISAC is concerned that there are people who should
- [ODSP: Funding for Dentures](https://incomesecurity.org/isac-cases/ontario-disability-support-program-funding-for-dentures/) - Health benefits are a critical part of the Ontario Disability Support Program. Appropriate access to and funding for these benefits is crucial to make sure that ODSP recipients get the health-related items they need, like medications, diabetic supplies, wheelchairs, and dentures. Poor dental health can have particularly grave repercussions for the quality of life and
- [ODSP: Medical Treatment and the Definition of Disability](https://incomesecurity.org/isac-cases/ontario-disability-support-program-medical-treatment-and-the-definition-of-disability/) - Sometimes people with mental health-related disabilities who apply to the Ontario Disability Support Program are turned down because the decision-makers think that the medical treatment they are getting isn’t serious enough. For example, ODSP decision-makers sometimes say that because a person hasn’t been hospitalized, isn’t on enough medications, or hasn’t had crisis intervention, they don’t
- [Reilly v. Ford Motor Company: Challenge to the deduction of CPP-D benefits from private disability insurance payments](https://incomesecurity.org/isac-cases/reilly-v-ford-motor-company-challenge-to-the-deduction-of-cpp-d-benefits-from-private-disability-insurance-payments/) - Background on the Case Disability insurance plays a critical role in ensuring that those who are off work due to disability have access to the income they need to survive. Every worker contributes to the Canada Pension Plan and many also contribute to private long-term disability insurance plans through their workplace. However, payments from disability
- [Employment Law: Right to Termination and Severance Pay](https://incomesecurity.org/isac-cases/employment-law-right-to-termination-and-severance-pay/) - ISAC and West Scarborough Community Legal Services are working together to represent a worker who has been wrongfully denied termination and severance pay. This case had to do with a worker’s rights when it is clear that they can no longer work because of a disability. The worker in this case worked for over a
- [ODSP and the definition of “disability”: M.C. v. ODSP](https://incomesecurity.org/isac-cases/odsp-and-the-definition-of-disability-m-c-v-odsp/) - ODSP is an essential program for persons with disabilities who have no or very limited sources of income. Doctors play a very important role in the application process for ODSP benefits. But for many people, getting the medical evidence they need can be very hard, especially when there are long wait lists to see specialists
- [Drug Benefits for Social Assistance Recipients: S.S. v. Ontario Public Drug Programs](https://incomesecurity.org/isac-cases/drug-benefits-for-social-assistance-recipients-s-s-v-ontario-public-drug-programs/) - The Ontario Drug Benefit is an essential program that ensures that social assistance recipients and seniors can access the medications they need. However, the Ontario Drug Benefit does not cover the costs of all medications. ISAC co-counselled with Mississauga Community Legal Services on a case about a medication that the Ontario Drug Benefit refused to
- [ODSP: Bias and the Definition of Disability](https://incomesecurity.org/isac-cases/odsp-bias-and-the-definition-of-disability/) - When a person with a disability appeals a decision to refuse them ODSP benefits, they have the right to have their appeal hearing conducted fairly. The Tribunal must listen to their testimony with an open mind before making a decision. It must also consider information about the person’s health conditions in light of their personal
- [Access to Justice for Workers: Uber v. Heller](https://incomesecurity.org/isac-cases/uber-v-heller/) - In Ontario, if your boss refuses to pay the minimum wage or violates your other employment rights, you can go to court or contact the Ministry of Labour. But can your boss make you sign an agreement to give up that right? ISAC argues that the workers’ right to seek justice in our public institutions cannot be signed away or privatized.
- [Canadian Human Rights Commission v. Canada](https://incomesecurity.org/isac-cases/canadian-human-rights-commission-v-canada/) - Where can you go when government benefit programs discriminate against you? The Government of Canada is responsible for a number of very important programs and social benefits that people rely on in order to get by, including Employment Insurance, the Canada Pension Plan and veterans benefits. In the past, people could take complaints about discrimination
- [Toronto Star v. Ontario](https://incomesecurity.org/isac-cases/toronto-star-v-ontario/) - This case concerns access to justice and privacy at administrative tribunals that serve people in poverty. Toronto Star brought a Charter challenge at the Ontario Superior Court concerning whether the public should have access to records held by fourteen administrative tribunals in Ontario, including the Social Benefits Tribunal, Human Rights Tribunal of Ontario, and the
- [Discrimination against separated spouses: Smith v. ODSP and OW](https://incomesecurity.org/isac-cases/discrimination-against-separated-spouses-smith-v-odsp-and-ow/) - The Income Security Advocacy Centre intervened in an appeal that raised the issue of whether a man with a disability who lives with his separated spouse so he can get help with his day-to-day living should be treated as a “dependant spouse.” Because social assistance treats him as a "dependant spouse", he is ineligible for
- [ODSP: Treatment and the Definition of Disability](https://incomesecurity.org/isac-cases/odsp-treatment-and-the-definition-of-disability/) - The eligibility rules for Ontario Disability Support Program (ODSP) benefits do not require a person to undergo specific medical tests, treatments or referrals. Instead, decision-makers must look at how a person’s health problems impact them overall. In doing so they are supposed to rely on the information given by the person and by the health
- [ODSP: Stereotyping, Bias and the Right to a Hearing Record](https://incomesecurity.org/isac-cases/odsp-stereotyping-bias-and-the-right-to-a-hearing-record/) - Unfortunately, people on social assistance, especially single mothers sometimes face stereotypes and prejudice. While decision-makers are supposed to act with an open mind and treat people fairly sometimes they fail to do so. The Social Benefits Tribunal is required to record all appeal hearings so that if a person believes their appeal hearing was unfair,
- [Yatar v. TD Insurance Meloche Monnex: Ontario Court of Appeal decision removes a barrier to accessing judicial review](https://incomesecurity.org/isac-cases/yatar-v-td-insurance-meloche-monnex-ontario-court-of-appeal-decision-removes-a-barrier-to-accessing-judicial-review/) - ISAC welcomes the Ontario Court of Appeal’s decision. The Court removed the new restriction on judicial reviews of exceptional circumstances, if at all. The Court also clarified that the Divisional Court’s new restriction was “unfortunate and unnecessary” and gave “rise to confusion regarding access to judicial review as a remedy in cases where there is a statutory appeal.” The Court confirmed that “judicial review is a discretionary remedy.”
- [Social Assistance: The impact of Ontario’s new social assistance computer program (OPSEU v. Ontario)](https://incomesecurity.org/isac-cases/social-assistance-the-impact-of-ontarios-new-social-assistance-computer-program-opseu-v-ontario/) - In November 2014, Ontario’s new social assistance computer program went live. The computer program caused wide-spread problems, including recipients receiving the wrong benefit amounts, getting faulty suspension letters and not receiving health-related benefits. The union representing ODSP workers started a court application arguing that the computer system is resulting in violations of the Charter rights
- [Social Security Tribunal: Participation in Appeals in the Public Interest](https://incomesecurity.org/isac-cases/social-security-tribunal-participation-in-appeals-in-the-public-interest-3/) - Prior to April 2012, a body called the Review Tribunal had the responsibility to hear appeals of decisions about Canada Pension Plan (CPP) issues. That Tribunal was replaced with the Social Security Tribunal (SST) in April 2012. ISAC to argue that the SST made a legal error when it refused to allow us to participate
- [S.A. v. Metro Vancouver Housing: Preserving Access to Social Assistance after Inheritance](https://incomesecurity.org/isac-cases/s-a-v-metro-vancouver-housing-preserving-access-to-social-assistance-after-inheritance-2/) - Families often use a type of trust, called “Henson trusts”, as a way to support family members with serious disabilities. When money is in a Henson trust, the person in charge of the trust (the “trustee”) has control over when, how and if the money is paid out to the recipient. This kind of trust
- [New Legal Challenge to ODSP’s Special Diet Allowance: Neuromyelitis Optica](https://incomesecurity.org/isac-cases/new-legal-challenge-to-odsps-special-diet-allowance-neuromyelitis-optica/) - Ontario Works and the Ontario Disability Support Program (ODSP) recognize that some people with disabilities will have higher food costs because their medical conditions require them to eat a special diet. Both programs provide a “special diet allowance” to people who have one or more specific medical conditions that would allow them to qualify. The
- [Employment Insurance: Migrant Workers and Access to Parental Benefits](https://incomesecurity.org/isac-cases/employment-insurance-migrant-workers-and-access-to-parental-benefits/) - ISAC is co-counselling with Niagara North Community Legal Assistance to represent 102 migrant workers who were denied Employment Insurance parental benefits. Each year thousands of migrant agricultural workers come to Canada on a temporary basis through the Seasonal Agricultural Workers Program (SAWP). While they perform essential work, these workers have fewer rights than other workers
- [Social Security Tribunal: Access to Employment Insurance for those Suffering From Addiction](https://incomesecurity.org/isac-cases/social-security-tribunal-access-to-employment-insurance-for-those-suffering-from-addiction/) - People who pay in to the Employment Insurance (“EI”) system are eligible for EI Regular Benefits when they lose their job. Too often, people who lose their job due to issues around addiction are denied EI due to the way the law treats addictions in this context. Someone claiming benefits can be disqualified from receiving
- [Jurisdiction of the Social Security Tribunal Appeal Division](https://incomesecurity.org/isac-cases/jurisdiction-of-the-social-security-tribunal-appeal-division/) - ISAC co-counselled with Mississauga Community Legal Services on a judicial review at Federal Court that concerns the jurisdiction of the Social Security Tribunal – Appeal Division when hearing appeals. The case concerned a woman who was granted CPP-Disability Benefits by the Social Security Tribunal. She had multiple health impairments from working as a health care

## Publications

- [Votre patient atteint-il 65 ans et reçoit-il de l’aide sociale? FR JUL2026](https://incomesecurity.org/publications/votre-patient-atteint-il-65-ans-et-recoit-il-de-laide-sociale-fr-jul2026/)
- [Vous percevez des prestations du programme OTPOSPH et vous allez avoir 65 ans- 5 meilleurs conseils pour proteger - JUL2026](https://incomesecurity.org/publications/vous-percevez-des-prestations-du-programme-otposph-et-vous-allez-avoir-65-ans-5-meilleurs-conseils-pour-proteger-jul2026/)
- [Social Assistance Rates are Stuck in Time: Letter to the Premier, MCCSS Minister, and local MPP - June 2026 (Word Version)](https://incomesecurity.org/publications/social-assistance-rates-are-stuck-in-time-letter-to-the-premier-mccss-minister-and-local-mpp-june-2026-word-version/)
- [ODSP and OW rates and OCB - July 2026](https://incomesecurity.org/publications/odsp-and-ow-rates-and-ocb-july-2026/)
- [ISAC & DVCLS HRTO Stakeholder Submissions - June 2026](https://incomesecurity.org/publications/isac-dvcls-hrto-stakeholder-submissions-june-2026/)
- [Top 5 Tips on Protecting your Income When Turning 65 - Client Resource April 2026](https://incomesecurity.org/publications/top-5-tips-on-protecting-your-income-when-turning-65-client-resource-april-2026/)
- [ISAC 2026 Federal Pre-Budget Submission to the Standing Committee on Finance](https://incomesecurity.org/publications/isac-2026-federal-pre-budget-submission-to-the-standing-committee-on-finance/)
- [Top 5 Things You Can Do to Help Seniors Maintain their Income and Health Benefits when Turning 65 - Health Provider Resource April 2026](https://incomesecurity.org/publications/top-5-things-you-can-do-to-help-seniors-maintain-their-income-and-health-benefits-when-turning-65-health-provider-resource-april-2026/)
- [Health Benefits when Leaving Social Assistance - Summary Chart and Quick Facts (2026)](https://incomesecurity.org/publications/health-benefits-when-leaving-social-assistance-summary-chart-and-quick-facts-2026/)
- [Dans leurs propres mots : Un dossier éclairé par les bénéficiaires pour corriger le système d’aide sociale de l’Ontario](https://incomesecurity.org/publications/dans-leurs-propres-mots-un-dossier-eclaire-par-les-beneficiaires-pour-corriger-le-systeme-daide-sociale-de-lontario/)
- [In Their Own Words: A Recipient-Informed Case for Fixing Ontario's Social Assistance System](https://incomesecurity.org/publications/in-their-own-words-a-recipient-informed-case-for-fixing-ontarios-social-assistance-system/)
- [ISAC Submission on Automatic Federal Benefits for Lower-Income Individuals](https://incomesecurity.org/publications/isac-submission-on-automatic-federal-benefits-for-lower-income-individuals/)
- [ISAC Ontario Budget Submission 2026](https://incomesecurity.org/publications/ontario-budget-submission-2026/)
- [Knauff v. Human Rights Tribunal of Ontario et al - Intervenor Coalition Factum - July 2025](https://incomesecurity.org/publications/knauff-v-human-rights-tribunal-of-ontario-et-al-intervenor-coalition-factum-july-2025/)
- [ISAC–ACTO Joint Recommendations – ON Poverty Reduction Strategy 2025](https://incomesecurity.org/publications/isac-acto-joint-recommendations-on-poverty-reduction-strategy-2025/)
- [Doctors' Fees Factsheet for Community Legal Clinics](https://incomesecurity.org/publications/doctors-fees-factsheet-for-community-legal-clinics/)
- [Letter to Minister Champagne re Permanent EI Reform (Sept 2025)](https://incomesecurity.org/publications/letter-to-minister-champagne-re-permanent-ei-reform-sept-2025/)
- [ISAC Annual Report 2024-2025](https://incomesecurity.org/publications/isac-annual-report-2024-2025/)
- [ISAC 2025 Federal Pre-Budget Submission to the Department of Finance](https://incomesecurity.org/publications/isac-2025-federal-pre-budget-submission-to-the-department-of-finance/)
- [ISAC Submission to SST re Self-represented appellants and managing large volumes of documents](https://incomesecurity.org/publications/isac-submission-to-sst-re-self-represented-appellants-and-managing-large-volumes-of-documents/)
- [ISAC Submissions on CPSO Uninsured Services Policy Consultation](https://incomesecurity.org/publications/isac-submissions-on-cpso-uninsured-services-policy-consultation/)
- [ISAC 2025 Federal Pre-Budget Submission (August 2025)](https://incomesecurity.org/publications/isac-2025-federal-pre-budget-submission-august-2025/)
- [July 2025 ODSP and OW rates and OCB](https://incomesecurity.org/publications/july-2025-odsp-and-ow-rates-and-ocb/)
- [Jul 2025 - Taux actuels des prestations d’OT; du POSPH et de la POE](https://incomesecurity.org/publications/jul-2025-taux-actuels-des-prestations-dot-du-posph-et-de-la-poe/)
- [Attorney General of Québec v. Kanyinda Factum - May 2025](https://incomesecurity.org/publications/attorney-general-of-quebec-v-kanyinda-factum-may-2025/)
- [Submissions on HRTO Rules of Procedure Consultation – April 2025](https://incomesecurity.org/publications/submissions-on-hrto-rules-of-procedure-consultation-april-2025/)
- [ISAC Guide to Health Benefits in Ontario (March 2025)](https://incomesecurity.org/publications/isac-guide-to-health-benefits-in-ontario-february-2025/)
- [Disability Tax Credit Tip Sheet for Healthcare Practitioners to Support Patients with Disabilities - May 2025](https://incomesecurity.org/publications/disability-tax-credit-tip-sheet-for-healthcare-practitioners-to-support-patients-with-disabilities-march-2025/)
- [ISAC Questionnaire for Political Parties for Federal Election 2025](https://incomesecurity.org/publications/isac-questionnaire-for-political-parties-for-federal-election-2025/)
- [2025 Federal Election Quick Facts: Where, When, How, and Why to Vote!](https://incomesecurity.org/publications/2025-federal-election-quick-facts-where-when-how-and-why-to-vote/)
- [ISAC Federal Budget Submission - March 2025](https://incomesecurity.org/publications/isac-federal-budget-submission-march-2025/)
- [ISAC 2025 Provincial Election Questionnaire - All Party Answers](https://incomesecurity.org/publications/isac-2025-election-questionnaire-all-party-answers/)
- [Transcript of ISAC Provincial Income Security Forum - February 2025](https://incomesecurity.org/publications/transcript-of-isac-provincial-income-security-forum-february-2025/)
- [Ontario Election 2025: Income Security Questions for Candidates](https://incomesecurity.org/publications/ontario-election-2025-income-security-questions-for-candidates/)
- [Recommendations for the Ontario 2025 Budget](https://incomesecurity.org/publications/recommendations-for-the-ontario-2025-budget/)
- [2025 Provincial Election: When, How, and Why You Should Vote!](https://incomesecurity.org/publications/2025-provincial-election-when-how-and-why-you-should-vote/)
- [ISAC Annual Report 2023-2024](https://incomesecurity.org/publications/isac-annual-report-2023-2024/)
- [Submissions on HRTO Rules of Procedure Consultation - November 2024](https://incomesecurity.org/publications/submissions-on-hrto-rules-of-procedure-consultation-november-2024/)
- [ISAC 2025 Federal Pre-Budget Submission to the Standing Committee on Finance (August 2024)](https://incomesecurity.org/publications/isac-2025-federal-pre-budget-submission-to-the-standing-committee-on-finance-august-2024/)
- [WAC, PCLS & ISAC Submission Re: Job Postings/Rules in the ESA (September 2024)](https://incomesecurity.org/publications/wac-pcls-isac-submission-re-job-postings-rules-in-the-esa-september-2024/)
- [ISAC's Submissions Guide for Comments on the CDB Draft Regulations](https://incomesecurity.org/publications/isacs-submissions-guide-for-comments-on-the-cdb-draft-regulations/)
- [Submission on the Use of Audio Recording of the Hearing in a De Novo Proceeding - SST Submission - July 2024](https://incomesecurity.org/publications/submission-on-the-use-of-audio-recording-of-the-hearing-in-a-de-novo-proceeding-sst-submission-july-2024/)
- [Another Year with NO Relief - OW Recipients Left to Live on $733 per month - July 2024 Press Release](https://incomesecurity.org/publications/another-year-with-no-relief-ow-recipients-left-to-live-on-733-per-month-july-2024-press-release/)
- [Taux actuels des prestations d’Ontario au travail, du POSPH et de la Prestation ontarienne pour enfants - 2024 juillet](https://incomesecurity.org/publications/taux-actuels-des-prestations-dontario-au-travail-du-posph-et-de-la-prestation-ontarienne-pour-enfants-2024-juillet/)
- [ODSP and OW Rates and OCB - July 2024](https://incomesecurity.org/publications/odsp-and-ow-rates-and-ocb-july-2024/)
- [ISAC Submission to the MLITSD on Personal Long-Term Illness Leave Under Employment Standards Act, 2000 - May 2024](https://incomesecurity.org/publications/isac-submission-to-the-mlitsd-on-personal-long-term-illness-leave-under-employment-standards-act-2000-may-2024/)
- [Letter to PM Trudeau and Min. Miller on Regularization and Ensuring Permanent Residency Status for All - April 2024](https://incomesecurity.org/publications/letter-to-pm-trudeau-and-min-miller-on-regularization-and-ensuring-permanent-residency-status-for-all-april-2024/)
- [Robinson-Cooke Factum - ISAC Intervener - May 10 2024](https://incomesecurity.org/publications/robinson-cooke-factum-isac-intervener-may-10-2024/)
- [Canadian Dental Care Plan Backgrounder](https://incomesecurity.org/publications/canadian-dental-care-plan-backgrounder/)
- [Jacob v. Attorney General of Canada - ISAC Submissions - FOI.COA-23-CV-0838](https://incomesecurity.org/publications/jacob-v-attorney-general-of-canada-isac-submissions-foi-coa-23-cv-0838/)
- [CPP-D and Returning to Work - InfoSheet - March 2024](https://incomesecurity.org/publications/cpp-d-and-returning-to-work-infosheet-march-2024/)
- [ISAC 2024 Federal Pre-Budget Submission (February 2024)](https://incomesecurity.org/publications/isac-2024-federal-pre-budget-submission-february-2024/)
- [Income Security Advocacy Centre - Recommendations for the Ontario 2024 Budget](https://incomesecurity.org/publications/income-security-advocacy-centre-recommendations-for-the-ontario-2024-budget/)
- [ISAC CDB Technical Roundtable Submissions - December 2023](https://incomesecurity.org/publications/isac-cdb-technical-roundtable-submissions-december-2023/)
- [Constitutional Battle To End Criminalization Of Panhandling Goes To Court - Fair Change Joint Press Release](https://incomesecurity.org/publications/constitutional-battle-to-end-criminalization-of-panhandling-goes-to-court-fair-change-joint-press-release/)
- [AB Anonymized Notice Of Appeal Final Oct 30 2015](https://incomesecurity.org/publications/ab-anonymized-notice-of-appeal-final-oct-30/)
- [Anonymized Mileage Rate Appeal Factum](https://incomesecurity.org/publications/anonymized-mileage-rate-appeal-factum/)
- [Redacted v. ODSP - Decision 2016onsc6212](https://incomesecurity.org/publications/decision-2016onsc6212-redacted/)
- [Abbey v. Director of ODSP - Coalition Factum FINAL October 23 2017](https://incomesecurity.org/publications/coalition-factum-final-october-23-2017/)
- [Lesiuk - ISAC Factum - Federal Court Of Appeal - 2002](https://incomesecurity.org/publications/lesiuk-isac-factum-federal-court-of-appeal-2002/)
- [Tremblay - ISAC Factum - Divisional Court - 2011](https://incomesecurity.org/publications/tremblay-isac-factum-divisional-court-2011/)
- [Pavon - ISAC Factum - Divisional Court - 2012](https://incomesecurity.org/publications/pavon-isac-factum-divisional-court-2012/)
- [SL - ISAC Factum - Divisional Court - 2013](https://incomesecurity.org/publications/sl-isac-factum-divisional-court-2013/)
- [Surdivall - ISAC Factum - Ontario Court Of Appeal - 2013](https://incomesecurity.org/publications/surdivall-isac-factum-ontario-court-of-appeal-2013/)
- [Cruz De Jesus - ISAC Factum - Federal Court Of Appeal - 2013](https://incomesecurity.org/publications/cruz-de-jesus-isac-factum-federal-court-of-appeal-2013/)
- [Tanudjaja - Charter Committee Coalition - Motion To Strike - Factum - ONSC - 2013](https://incomesecurity.org/publications/tanudjaja-charter-committee-coalition-motion-to-strike-factum-onsc-2013/)
- [Applicant Factum UWL Dysphagia Mastication Difficulties](https://incomesecurity.org/publications/applicant-factum-uwl-dysphagia-mastication-difficulties/)
- [Ferris Leave To Appeal Factum Feb 6 2015](https://incomesecurity.org/publications/ferris-leave-to-appeal-factum-feb-6-2015/)
- [Right To Housing - Income Security Intervenor Coalition - Factum - April 15 2014](https://incomesecurity.org/publications/right-to-housing-income-security-intervenor-coalition-factum-april-15-2014/)
- [ISAC Factum FINAL January 26 2017](https://incomesecurity.org/publications/isac-factum-final-january-26-2017/)
- [SCC 37208 Factum Suitable For Posting](https://incomesecurity.org/publications/scc-37208-factum-suitable-for-posting/)
- [CV - 17569061 - ARCH HALCO ISAC - Interveners Factum - Toronto Star V AG.](https://incomesecurity.org/publications/cv-17569061-arch-halco-isac-interveners-factum-toronto-star-v-ag/)
- [TOR01 -#7349615-FINAL-SA Metro Vancouver Factum On Intervention](https://incomesecurity.org/publications/tor01-7349615-final-sa-metro-vancouver-factum-on-intervention/)
- [Smith Appeal - ISAC Intervention Factum](https://incomesecurity.org/publications/smith-appeal-isac-intervention-factum/)
- [Factum Bias & Disability Feb 7, 2019](https://incomesecurity.org/publications/factum-bias-disability-feb-7-2019/)
- [Factum Treatment and definition of Disability Feb 19 2019](https://incomesecurity.org/publications/factum-treatment-and-definition-of-disability-feb-19-2019/)
- [Yatar v. TD Insurance Meloche Monnex - ISAC Intervenor Factum - Feb 2022](https://incomesecurity.org/publications/yatar-v-td-insurance-meloche-monnex-isac-intervenor-factum-feb-2022/)
- [COP ISAC Factum FINAL FOR WEBSITE](https://incomesecurity.org/publications/cop-isac-factum-final-for-website/)
- [COP ISAC Factum (Website) March 28 2018](https://incomesecurity.org/publications/cop-isac-factum-website-march-28-2018/)
- [EF - ISAC Factum - Divisional Court - 2012](https://incomesecurity.org/publications/ef-isac-factum-divisional-court-2012/)
- [Ansell - ISAC Factum - Ontario Court Of Appeal - 2011](https://incomesecurity.org/publications/ansell-isac-factum-ontario-court-of-appeal-2011/)
- [ODSP - Adjudication Of Addictions - Fact Sheet - 2009 - PDF](https://incomesecurity.org/publications/odsp-adjudication-of-addictions-fact-sheet-2009-pdf/)
- [Right to Housing - Intervenor Coalition - Factum - April 15 2013](https://incomesecurity.org/publications/right-to-housing-intervenor-coalition-factum-april-15-2013/)
- [Factum New Medical Evidence](https://incomesecurity.org/publications/factum-new-medical-evidence/)
- [Ball V ODSP - Human Rights Tribunal Of Ontario Decision - 2010](https://incomesecurity.org/publications/ball-v-odsp-human-rights-tribunal-of-ontario-decision-2010/)
- [Wong - Intervention Decision - CPSO - 2011](https://incomesecurity.org/publications/wong-intervention-decision-cpso-2011/)
- [Surdivall - Appeal Decision - Divisional Court - 2012](https://incomesecurity.org/publications/surdivall-appeal-decision-divisional-court-2012/)
- [Wong - Complaint Decision - CPSO - 2012](https://incomesecurity.org/publications/wong-complaint-decision-cpso-2012/)
- [Pavon - Decision - ONSC - 2013](https://incomesecurity.org/publications/pavon-decision-onsc-2013/)
- [Procedural Fairness Oct 7 2022 SBT Decision 2106-02871](https://incomesecurity.org/publications/procedural-fairness-oct-7-2022-sbt-decision-2106-02871/)
- [SBT Decision 2209-04255 - July 12, 2023](https://incomesecurity.org/publications/sbt-decision-2209-04255-july-12-2023/)
- [Ontario V Martel - ONSC Decision - 2012](https://incomesecurity.org/publications/ontario-v-martel-onsc-decision-2012/)
- [Wong - ISAC Factum - CPSO - 2012](https://incomesecurity.org/publications/wong-isac-factum-cpso-2012/)
- [Yatar v. TD Insurance Meloche Monnex - S.C.C. FILE NO. 40348 - ISAC Factum](https://incomesecurity.org/publications/yatar-v-td-insurance-meloche-monnex-s-c-c-file-no-40348-isac-factum/)
- [Ontario Works and Gifts Info Sheet - September 2023](https://incomesecurity.org/publications/ontario-works-and-gifts-info-sheet-september-2023/)
- [Fair Change Community Legal Clinic v. Ontario (Attorney General) Factum – Intervener ISAC – 1-DEC-2023](https://incomesecurity.org/publications/fair-change-community-legal-clinic-v-ontario-attorney-general-factum-intervener-isac-1-dec-2023/)
- [ISAC Federal Pre-Budget Submission 2024 (August 2023)](https://incomesecurity.org/publications/isac-federal-pre-budget-submission-2024-august-2023/)
- [OsgoodePD CDB Panel Presentation - Clawbacks and Constitutional Issues](https://incomesecurity.org/publications/osgoodepd-cdb-panel-presentation-clawbacks-and-constitutional-issues/)
- [ISAC Annual Report 2022-2023](https://incomesecurity.org/publications/isac-annual-report-2022-2023/)
- [ODSP and OW rates and OCB - July 2023 (PDF)](https://incomesecurity.org/publications/odsp-and-ow-rates-and-ocb-july-2023-pdf/)
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