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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91 percent of Canadians support a national pharmacare program
Ontario court dismisses class action lawsuit against WSIB for “pre-existing condition” decision-making
Poverty in the North, especially on social assistance, the subject of Food in the Budget research trip
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Provincial labour laws allow migrant workers to be treated like slaves
Those same labour laws allow workers’ wages to be stolen, seemingly without penalty
Little progress made on fixing Ontario’s SAMS social assistance computer system problems
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“Contrary to the government’s messaging, all the evidence indicates that the increase of the TFSA contribution limit to $10,000 will benefit only a very small proportion of Canadians,”
Canadian seniors are going bankrupt in soaring numbers
Ontario government contracts with same temp companies it cites for Employment Standards violations
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The Ontario government is winding down consultations on the update of its Long-Term Affordable Housing Strategy. The province’s first five-year Strategy comes to an end in 2015 and will be updated later this year. ISAC…
IMF paper says trickle down economics doesn’t work; bolster those with low incomes to spur growth
CCPA Ontario report shows low-wage jobs in Ontario grew more than three times as fast as overall jobs since 1997
CAMH President urges Minister Jaczek to keep the ODSP Work Related Benefit
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Significant expansion of Legal Aid services means more access to justice for low income Ontarians
Fiorito: Ontario Works? I’m not so sure
Globe editorial: Medicare should cover prescription drugs
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In 2013, ISAC noticed that there was a sharp increase in the number of Ontario Works recipients who were being cut off because of their immigration status. ISAC was concerned that many of these recipients…
AFN chief Perry Bellegarde says reconciliation means closing the poverty gap and acknowledging cultural genocide
Op-Ed: Government should put ODSP medical reviews on hold until promised new process is created
Ontario community legal clinics expanding access to justice efforts for vulnerable workers
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Star editorial: The province must do more to protect those in precarious work
Meanwhile, federal Finance Minister Joe Oliver told the G7 that relaxing labour laws would spur economic growth
Hamilton social services manager says problems with OW/ODSP SAMS system will last until March
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