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In the Media: “Time for a real poverty reduction strategy in Ontario”, Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives

ISAC staff members Claudia Calabro and Asif Khan recently co-authored a piece published on the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives‘ website entitled Time for a real poverty reduction strategy in Ontario. In it, Claudia and…

August 1, 2025
Employment Standards, In the Media, Minimum Wage, Ontario Disability Support Program (ODSP), Ontario Works (OW), Poverty Reduction, Workers' Rights
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Summer CDB Spotlight on: Understanding the Disability Tax Credit – Video Presentation

ISAC is running a summer website series to promote materials that will help individuals and/or their caregivers, friends, healthcare professionals and other support workers, apply for the Disability Tax Credit. We will only share materials…

July 28, 2025
Canada Disability Benefit (CDB), Federal Benefits - General, Public Education

Consultations are Open for Federal Budget 2025!

The federal government has opened the pre-consultation period for the upcoming budget. There are usually two periods of consultation, one in March and one in August. You can find out more about the consultation process…

July 22, 2025
Canada Disability Benefit (CDB), Employment Insurance (EI), Federal Budgets, Policy Advocacy, Public Education
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Summer CDB Spotlight on: Demystifying the Disability Tax Credit (DTC)

ISAC is running a summer website series to promote materials that will help individuals and/or their caregivers, friends, healthcare professionals and other support workers, apply for the Disability Tax Credit. We will only share materials…

July 21, 2025
Canada Disability Benefit (CDB), Disability Justice, Federal Benefits - General, Public Education
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Summer CDB Spotlight on: Resources for people with diabetes who are applying for the DTC

ISAC is running a summer website series to promote materials that will help individuals and/or their caregivers, friends, healthcare professionals and other support workers, apply for the Disability Tax Credit. We will only share materials…

July 14, 2025
Canada Disability Benefit (CDB), Federal Benefits - General, Public Education
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OW and ODSP rates and OCB as of July 2025

As of July 2025, Ontario Works (OW) rates remain frozen for the seventh year, with no adjustment for inflation. As household costs continue to rise, this marks yet another year where the real value of…

July 8, 2025
Ontario Child Benefit (OCB), Ontario Disability Support Program (ODSP), Ontario Works (OW), Social Assistance Rates
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Summer CDB Spotlight on: MyDTCApp

ISAC is running a summer website series to promote materials that will help individuals and/or their caregivers, friends, healthcare professionals and other support workers, apply for the Disability Tax Credit. We will only share materials…

July 7, 2025
Canada Disability Benefit (CDB), Federal Benefits - General, Public Education
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Summer CDB Spotlight on: The DTC and RDSP Guide for Newcomers

ISAC is running a summer website series to promote materials that will help individuals and/or their caregivers, friends, healthcare professionals and other support workers, apply for the Disability Tax Credit. We will only share materials…

June 30, 2025
Canada Disability Benefit (CDB), Federal Benefits - General, Public Education
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Summer CDB Spotlight on: The DTC Help Sheet created by Disability Alliance BC

ISAC is running a summer website series to promote materials that will help individuals and/or their caregivers, friends, healthcare professionals and other support workers, apply for the Disability Tax Credit. We will only share materials…

June 24, 2025
Canada Disability Benefit (CDB), Federal Benefits - General, Public Education

Preserving the Charter’s right to equality for low-income communities: ISAC at the Supreme Court of Canada in Attorney General of Québec v. Kanyinda

On May 14-15, 2025, the Income Security Advocacy Centre (ISAC) intervened in Attorney General of Québec v. Kanyinda at the Supreme Court of Canada. The case is the next opportunity for the Supreme Court to engage…

June 3, 2025
Human Rights, Litigation, Refugee Law, Supreme Court of Canada
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Budgeting Our Way Into More Inequality: Ontario Spends Billions on Rebates While Social Safety Nets Crumble

The Ontario government’s record high $232.5-billion 2025 Budget bills itself as “A Plan to Protect Ontario” from the threat and impacts of U.S. tariffs on the province’s economy. Ontarians struggling with low incomes and living…

May 28, 2025
Disability Justice, Housing, Indigenous Justice, Ontario Disability Support Program (ODSP), Ontario Works (OW), Policy Advocacy, Poverty Reduction, Provincial Budgets, Public Education, Social Assistance Rates, Workers' Rights
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Statement on the Provincial Decision to Allow Canada Disability Benefit Recipients to Keep Their Full Social Assistance Income

TORONTO – The Ontario government has announced it will exempt the Canada Disability Benefit (CDB) as income, which will allow people receiving social assistance to keep both provincial social assistance income and CDB income. This…

May 27, 2025
Campaigns, Community Organizing, Disability Justice, Ontario Disability Support Program (ODSP), Ontario Works (OW), Policy Advocacy, Press Release
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This site contains general legal information for people in Ontario, Canada. It is not intended to be used as legal advice for a specific legal problem. ISAC is a not-for-profit, non-partisan organization. ISAC is funded by Legal Aid Ontario (LAO). The funding for this website is also provided by LAO. The views expressed in any of ISAC’s publications (including written, oral, or visual) are the views of the clinic and do not necessarily reflect those of LAO.