– la version française suit dessous – It’s pre-Budget time in Ontario. As we noted recently, now’s the time to tell the Government and the Opposition parties that they must take bold steps on income security in…
Income Security Reform – Sign the Petition: Make Ontario a world leader in social assistance and income security
Affordable Housing – Sign the petition: Tell the Ontario government to make planning regulations that will create affordable housing
Ontario’s affordable housing plan “achieves the exact opposite,” say City of Toronto councillors:
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This Friday – TOMORROW – the Fight for $15 & Fairness, together with the Ontario Federation of Labour and Leadnow, are hosting more than 50 actions outside Tim Hortons restaurants across the country. ISAC proudly supports this day…
Minimum Wage and Workers’ Rights
Income Security: A Roadmap for Change
Ontario Pre-Budget 2018
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The deadline to provide feedback to the Ministry of Community and Social Services on the Roadmap for Change report passed on January 5. But that’s not the end of the opportunity to have your say.…
Tomorrow, show your support for workers facing bully bosses! The minimum wage has gone up to $14 an hour starting January 1st! But some businesses have responded by cutting paid breaks and shifts, firing workers,…
In the spring of 2017, the federal government acted on complaints from across the country by hiring a consultant to carry out a review of the Employment Insurance appeals process. That consultant’s report has now…
Being on social assistance draws more spite than race, colour, gender… but not more than being Muslim: survey
ISAC and Steering Committee on Social Assistance feedback submission on “Income Security: A Roadmap for Change”
The CRA “picks on people who can’t defend themselves,” says single mother battling agency
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The new report called “Income Security: A Roadmap for Change” was released in November, as we have mentioned in previous emails. The provincial government is looking for feedback on the Roadmap report by January 5,…
An important new report called “Income Security: A Roadmap for Change” provides community members, advocates, and decision-makers an important opportunity to push for major new investments and transformation in Ontario’s income security system, including social…