ISAC’s primary goal is to advance the systemic interests and rights of low-income Ontarians around income security programs and low-wage precarious employment. To reach our goals, we engage in various strategies: litigation, law and policy…
Social assistance recipients have a statutory right to appeal certain decisions about their benefits to the Social Benefits Tribunal. However, there are some decisions that they cannot appeal. For example, decisions about access to “discretionary…
Premier Ford’s newly elected government faces an electorate that has overwhelmingly voted in favour of raising social assistance rates, raising the minimum wage, and improving life for workers. Ontarians have delivered a mandate to this…
Every week during the election, we’ll post select info and articles featuring our work and the work of our clinic colleagues and community allies to help inform you about the issues at stake in the…
The 2022 Provincial Election was called on May 4, and Election Day is Thursday, June 2. We will update this post regularly with our materials, event recordings, links to the weekly round-ups, and more. Videos…
Guest post by Trevor Manson and Devorah Kobluk Broad popular support but no political movement Nearly nine-in-10 (89%) of Canadians are in favour of a Canadian Disability Benefit (CDB). An overwhelming majority also agree that…
Every week during the election, we’ll post select info and articles featuring our work and the work of our clinic colleagues and community allies to help inform you about the issues at stake in the…
As part of ISAC’s election advocacy, we sent all four major parties 10 questions on important issues that affect people living on low incomes in Ontario. As of May 27, 2022, three of the four…
Every week during the election, we’ll post select info and articles featuring our work and the work of our clinic colleagues and community allies to help inform you about the issues at stake in the…
Every week during the election, we’ll post select info and articles featuring our work and the work of our clinic colleagues and community allies to help inform you about the issues at stake in the…
Kensington-Chinatown Local Immigration Partnership Network presents: Provincial Election Town Hall on Decent Work and Income Security Tuesday, May 17, 2022, 3:00 pm Featured Speakers: Deena Ladd, Workers Action Centre Sang-Hun Mun, Industrial Accident Victims Group of Ontario …
ISAC’s Senior Policy Analyst Devorah Kobluk was interviewed for an article in The Monitor, the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives online magazine, on the topic of the modernization of social assistance. Read the full story…