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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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.…
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,…
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,…
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…
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…
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.