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…
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
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
– 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…
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…
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…
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…
– 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…