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Federal Budgets

Federal Budget Submission 2022 / Présentation budgétaire fédéral 2022

February 24, 2022

– la version française suit dessous – ISAC made the following five recommendations for the 2022 Federal budget: Recommendation 1 – Implement the 10 employer-paid sick days that was 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 …

Filed Under: Policy Advocacy Tagged With: Federal Budgets

ISAC’s Advocacy Makes Gains for Low-Income Seniors But Timing is Crucial

December 14, 2021

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 …

Filed Under: Policy Advocacy Tagged With: Canada Emergency Response Benefit, Federal Budgets, Guaranteed Income Supplement

ISAC 2022 Federal Pre-Budget Submission / Présentation prébudgétaire 2022 de l’ISAC

August 17, 2021

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 …

Filed Under: General, Policy Advocacy Tagged With: Federal Budgets

Federal government releases national Poverty Reduction Strategy

August 28, 2018

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 …

Filed Under: Policy Advocacy Tagged With: Canada Child Benefit, Canada Social Transfer, Employment Insurance, enews, Federal Budgets, Indigenous justice, Poverty Reduction Strategy

Federal Budget 2018: Income Security Highlights

March 6, 2018

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 …

Filed Under: Public Education Tagged With: Canada Child Benefit, Employment Insurance, enews, Federal Budgets, Housing, Indigenous justice, Poverty Reduction Strategy, Refugee law services, Tax Related Benefits

Federal Fall Economic Statement: Good news but much more work to be done

October 25, 2017

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 …

Filed Under: Policy Advocacy, Public Education Tagged With: Access to Justice, Canada Child Benefit, enews, Federal Budgets, Tax Related Benefits, WITB

The 2017 Federal Budget and Income Security

March 24, 2017

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 …

Filed Under: Policy Advocacy, Public Education Tagged With: Employment Insurance, enews, Federal Budgets, Housing, Migrant Workers, Old Age Security, Poverty Reduction Strategy

The 2016 Federal Budget and Income Security

March 24, 2016

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. …

Filed Under: Public Education Tagged With: enews, Federal Budgets

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