New amounts start Sept 30 / Oct 1 The 2014 Ontario Budget, passed in July 2014, increased Ontario Works (OW) and Ontario Disability Support Program (ODSP) rates. A new rates sheet from ISAC outlines the…
Top Story: Ontario’s Second Poverty Reduction Strategy
Government releases its Poverty Reduction Strategy: “Realizing Our Potential”
ISAC: The test of the strategy will be how it deals with social assistance poverty
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A test of success for Ontario’s second five-year Poverty Reduction Strategy The provincial government unveiled its second five-year Poverty Reduction Strategy earlier today, called ‘Realizing Our Potential’. ISAC commends government for continuing to focus on…
Bill C-585 is a federal Private Member’s Bill which has serious implications for the income security of refugee claimants and other people without permanent status in Canada. If passed, the Bill would allow provinces to…
The College of Physicians and Surgeons recently asked for feedback on its “Physicians and the Ontario Human Rights Code Policy”. You can see the call for feedback and the current policy at the College’s website…
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Sign on to push for a renewed federal role in housing provision and affordable housing for all
Podcast: Trish Hennessy and Adam Vasey on the intersection of minimum wage and living wage
John Stapleton recognizes today’s 50th anniversary of the Constitutional amendment that brought in the Canada Pension Plan
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Health Providers Against Poverty issue open letter on necessary action for the next Poverty Reduction Strategy
First Nation issues eviction notice to City of Vancouver after City tries to evict people who are homeless
Inclusive zoning: Vancouver’s done it, can Toronto be next?
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OW & ODSP Rates and the Ontario Child Benefit We have prepared a new rates sheet that shows changes in OW and ODSP rates and the Ontario Child Benefit. The new rates will be in…
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Poverty is “a structural issue, which requires substantive government involvement, resources, vision and leadership.”
Star editorial: Wynne’s pledge to tackle poverty needs fleshing out
Generating additional revenue and big movement on poverty reduction might be possible:
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Budget Re-introduced: More Comment Required The new Ontario government re-introduced the 2014 provincial Budget yesterday – the same Budget that was originally introduced on May 1. The Budget includes a social assistance rate increase, with proportionally…
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Former WSIB chair says Ontario’s workers’ compensation system is under attack from within
A letter to the editor outlines more problems in the WSIB system
Ontario’s housing crisis is also a health crisis
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International Monetary Fund report issues stark warning to corporate and individual tax cheats
Here’s the IMF press release and link to the report
Great piece on why people who are poor can’t just “get a job”
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