The 2015 Ontario Budget included an increase in Ontario Works (OW) and Ontario Disability Support Program (ODSP) rates. Our new rates sheet shows the current and new Basic Needs and Maximum Shelter amounts for different…
A real nation would not let this happen to Aboriginal people:
Report shows the minimum wage is rising in Ontario but workers are still suffering:
Story and video: Big city mayors put pressure on for a solution to Canada’s affordable housing crisis
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Major growth in food bank use in Toronto suburbs reveals a geographical shift in poverty; suburban services are not keeping up; and note that fully 65% of food bank users have social assistance as their primary source of income
London Public Health calls for an increase to social assistance rates due to rising cost of food
Ottawa ACORN calls for end to clawback of child support from social assistance benefits
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ISAC has made a submission to the province’s “Changing Workplaces Review”, which is considering making changes to the Labour Relations Act and the Employment Standards Act. Our submission highlights the connections between social policy and…
Star editorial: Stop clawing back child support payments from social assistance recipients
Consultations on revamping Ontario’s labour laws end: Workers speak out
With news that the federal budget is now balanced, some responses
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Ontario government defers decision that would have eliminated the ODSP Work-Related Benefit
Ontario being taken to court over child support clawbacks in OW and ODSP
Ottawa activists protest for higher ODSP shelter rates
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Low-income people with disabilities across the province have won a big victory in a campaign to ensure that people on ODSP who work don’t lose an important source of monthly income. The Ministry of Community…
National Vote to End Poverty campaign launched September 1
Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives releases four-part platform to end inequality in Canada
On the one-year anniversary of Ontario’s second Poverty Reduction Strategy, CCPA-Ontario looks at Ontario’s commitment, current Ontario poverty numbers, and the need for a strong federal partner
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Nunavut considering ending the clawback of the National Child Benefit Supplement from social assistance benefits
Who actually are the “middle class” that politicians are always talking about?
New poll finds Canadians are worried about economic recession and their own financial security
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Why aren’t the federal political party leaders talking about poverty in this election campaign?
Study finds food insecurity takes a heavy financial toll on Ontario’s health care system
Vancouver Sun Op-Ed: Tackling housing affordability now means we won’t have to pay for it later
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Globe Editorial: Fix Canada’s broken Employment Insurance system
Star Editorial: Ontario must do more to collect unpaid wages
Ontario’s community legal clinics given $3.9 million, some for giving more help to vulnerable workers
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Campaign 2000 calls for putting the spotlight on child poverty during the federal election campaign
UCCB increase and retroactive lump sum payment arrived July 20
Put Food in the Budget investigates social assistance poverty in Whitefish River, Manitoulin Island
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