What will and won’t be delivered, including benefit cheques and other payments, if Canada Post locks out CUPW workers
Fewer workers getting help from the WSIB for serious injuries
Debilitating illness leaves Toronto man struggling to get by on ODSP
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Canadians getting priced out of fresh fruit and vegetables
WSIB critics say spending cuts are devastating injured workers
Angus Reid poll: Canadians believe there are two sets of rules, one for the rich and one for everyone else
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IMF study says austerity policies do more harm than good
Who’s earning minimum wage? Ontarians!
ACORN Canada urges federal government to follow US lead on tackling payday lending
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Record 171,360 Ontario households on 2015 affordable housing waitlist; four-year average wait
Study: Increase housing affordability – by raising social assistance rates and reducing housing costs – and the need for emergency shelter space will fall
Broadbent Blog: Indigenous children and racial discrimination as fiscal policy
CRA is denying the Disability Tax Credit to eligible Canadians with disabilities
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CCPA study on Indigenous child poverty finds 60% of First Nations children on reserves live in poverty; Indigenous children twice as likely to live in poverty as non-aboriginal children
Migrant worker program “worse than slavery” as injured workers sent home without treatment
Ontario Association of Food Banks: What happens when the safety net fails?
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Ontario’s soaring poverty gap is starkest for single adults as welfare rates stagnate
People on social assistance are actually worse in worse shape now than under Harris
Successful strike by Tibetan food terminal workers sets a precedent and highlights precarious work
Stats Can survey of job vacancies shows virtually all in-demand jobs in Canada are low-paid positions
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The provincial government’s Climate Change Action Plan and new cap-and-trade program aim to reduce greenhouses gases, address the impacts of climate change, and move Ontario to a lower-carbon economy. But it could also have unwanted…
May Day Op-Ed: Ontario’s labour laws are failing vulnerable workers
New data shows Canada is a class-divided nation
Manitoba Liberals call on federal government to ensure all children – even those without a social insurance number – get access to the new Canada Child Benefit
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Report: Widespread workplace abuse persists for restaurant workers of Chinese descent
Ontario workers killed and injured on the job commemorated on National Day of Mourning
Ontario’s basic income program poses threat to existing social programs
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Health Quality Ontario report links income inequality to inequities in health risks, care, and outcomes
Federal government moves to introduce new Canada Child Benefit
Problems with Disability Tax Credit yet to be fixed; Delay hurting people with disabilities
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April 15: List of huge number of $15 and Fairness actions across Ontario today
Canada Child Benefit must not be clawed back from social assistance – my Letter to the Editor with Campaign 2000
It’s time for evidence-based social assistance reform in Ontario
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Nunavut stops clawing back the National Child Benefit Supplement from social assistance payments
New Canada Child Benefit must be indexed to inflation now, not by 2020
Duclos says new Canada Child Benefit is a form of basic income guarantee, open to do more – but provinces would have to take the lead
Two Innu First Nations to deliver income assistance program to their members in Labrador
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