• Skip to primary navigation
  • Skip to main content
  • Skip to primary sidebar
  • Skip to footer

Income Security Advocacy Centre

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

  • Home
  • About Us
    • Mission, Vision & Mandate
    • Staff
    • Members
    • Board Members
    • History
    • Contact Us
  • Our Work
    • Litigation
    • Policy Advocacy
    • Community Organizing
    • Public Education
  • Resources
    • Media & Policy News
    • Publications Archive
    • Links
  • Updates
  • Blog
  • Navigation Right

    • A A A
Home / Archives for Access to Justice

Access to Justice

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

October 28, 2021

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 …

Filed Under: Community Organizing, General, Policy Advocacy Tagged With: Access to Justice, Canada Emergency Response Benefit, Guaranteed Income Supplement, Social Assistance General

Have your say on Ontario’s 2020 Budget / donnez votre avis sur le budget de l’Ontario 2020

January 21, 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: …

Filed Under: General, Policy Advocacy Tagged With: Access to Justice, Auditor General, Employment Standards, enews, Minimum Wage, Provincial Budgets, Social Assistance General, Social Assistance Rates

Access to Justice for Workers: Uber v. Heller

October 28, 2019

** 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 …

Filed Under: Blog, Litigation Tagged With: Access to Justice, Employment Standards, enews

Changes coming to Employment Insurance Appeal Process

August 20, 2019

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 …

Filed Under: Public Education Tagged With: Access to Justice, Employment Insurance, enews, Social Security Tribunal

Income Security Advocacy Centre (ISAC) budget cut by 25%: Provincial government’s cut to legal aid will hurt the most vulnerable

June 12, 2019

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 …

Filed Under: General Tagged With: Access to Justice, enews, Legal Aid, Provincial Budgets

Public Forum: Access to Justice for All!

May 13, 2019

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 …

Filed Under: Community Organizing, Policy Advocacy Tagged With: Access to Justice, enews

Take Action! Community Legal Clinic Services Under Threat

May 1, 2019

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 …

Filed Under: Blog, Community Organizing, Litigation, Policy Advocacy, Public Education Tagged With: Access to Justice, enews

Supreme Court strikes down “cruel and unusual” mandatory victim surcharge

December 14, 2018

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 …

Filed Under: Litigation Tagged With: Access to Justice, enews, victim surcharge

Webinar: Changes to Social Assistance: What will they mean?

November 30, 2018

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 …

Filed Under: Public Education Tagged With: Access to Justice, enews, Social Assistance Reform

Protect the Privacy of Individuals at Administrative Tribunals: Court Case April 4-6

April 4, 2018

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 …

Filed Under: Litigation Tagged With: Access to Justice, enews, Human Rights, Social Assistance General

  • Go to page 1
  • Go to page 2
  • Go to Next Page »

Primary Sidebar

Income Assistance
 Employment and Work

Footer

Get Updates

Join our mailing list to get periodic email updates
  • Home
  • About Us
  • Our Work
  • Media & Policy News
  • Publications Archive
  • En Français
  • Sitemap
  • Contact Us

Copyright © 2022 Income Security Advocacy Centre