Income Security Advocacy Centre https://validator.w3.org/feed/docs/rss2.html Join ISAC at Disability Without Poverty’s National Virtual Symposium on December 3 Turning 65 and Leaving Social Assistance: New Resources to Help Navigate Changes to Income and Health Benefits Top 5 Things You Can Do to Help Seniors Maintain their Income and Health Benefits when Turning 65 – Health Provider Resource April 2026 Top 5 Tips on Protecting your Income When Turning 65 – Client Resource April 2026 Understanding the Disability Tax Credit and Canada Disability Benefit, January 28, 2026, 12-1:30 p.m. 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 ISAC challenges the Human Rights Tribunal’s practice of denying oral hearings to applicants Knauff v. Human Rights Tribunal of Ontario et al: Deciding whether the legal test for seeking permission to appeal should be updated ISAC intervenes at the Ontario Court of Appeal in a motion deciding whether the legal test for seeking permission to appeal should be updated Knauff v. Human Rights Tribunal of Ontario et al – Intervenor Coalition Factum – July 2025 Health Benefits when Leaving Social Assistance – Summary Chart and Quick Facts (2026) NEW: Resource on Health Benefits for People Leaving Social Assistance Now Available! Policy Ontario Budget 2026: ISAC’s Recommendations ISAC’s Federal Budget 2025 Response: ‘Generational Investments’ Rhetoric Conflicts with Budget 2025’s Status-Quo Social Safety Net New Resource for Community Legal Clinics: Guidance on Fees for Medical Reports Doctors’ Fees Factsheet for Community Legal Clinics Ontario Budget 2026: Have your say! Community Legal Clinics Win Major Human Rights Decision at Divisional Court of Ontario in Bokhari v. Top Medical Transportation Services ISAC Lawyers Promote Health Justice with New Book for Primary Health Care Providers Public Education Budget 2026 Reaction: The Limits of Protection in Ontario’s 2026 Budget Home Mission, Vision & Mandate Consultations are Open for Federal Budget 2026! Strategic Plan Press Release: Community Groups are Putting Queen’s Park ON NOTICE – Food is a Right! Freeze the Rents! Raise the Rates! Raise Wages! Updates Need support while applying for the Disability Tax Credit and Canada Disability Benefit? These organizations may be able to help. Staff Members The Black Inmate Abuse Class Action Case & Anti-Black Racism in Federal Prisons NEW REPORT: In Their Own Words: The State of Social Assistance in Ontario Dans leurs propres mots : Un dossier éclairé par les bénéficiaires pour corriger le système d’aide sociale de l’Ontario ISAC Ontario Budget Submission 2026 In the Media: “Why is the CRA still targeting pandemic aid recipients?”, Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives In Their Own Words: A Recipient-Informed Case for Fixing Ontario’s Social Assistance System In the Media: “Canadians fight back as CRA cracks down on pandemic benefit recipients”, Business in Vancouver (BIV) New rules for extended temporary layoffs (CLEO re-post) In the Media: “Ontario rule for service dog benefit deemed against human rights in 2023. This woman’s still not getting it”, CBC News Litigation Attorney General of Québec v. Kanyinda: Preserving the Charter’s right to equality for low-income communities Top Court upholds equality for women refugee claimants in access to affordable childcare ISAC Submission on Automatic Federal Benefits for Lower-Income Individuals Decision-makers must look at the “whole person” in assessing ODSP eligibility Ontario Workers Are Being Left Out in the Cold: Join Two Upcoming Actions to say Enough is Enough! ISAC – ACTO Joint Submission on the forthcoming Ontario Poverty Reduction Strategy ISAC–ACTO Joint Recommendations – ON Poverty Reduction Strategy 2025 In the Media: “Court bars tribunal from using legal standard that led to dismissal of many human rights complaints”, Law Times On the 33rd International Day to Eradicate Poverty, let’s stop wasting time and make permanent changes to improve the lives of Ontarians. ISAC Submission on Automatic Federal Benefits for Lower-Income Individuals