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25 in 5 Welcomes Social Assistance Review; Recommends Interim Steps

The 25 in 5 Network for Poverty Reduction welcomes the news that Ontario’s long awaited Social Assistance review will start in January and be led by two very able commissioners: Frances Lankin and Dr. Munir Sheikh.

“We’re very pleased with the broad terms of reference for this review. It will provide recommendations not only on how to transform social assistance but on how it should connect to other income security programs that many of us need to rely on at some point in our lives, such as disability support programs and Employment Insurance,” said Jacquie Maund, Coordinator of Ontario Campaign 2000.

November 30, 2010
Policy Advocacy, Social Assistance Reform

Ending Poverty in Ontario: Building Capacity and Organizing for Change

Ending Poverty Project (2008-2010) The Ending Poverty Project was initiated by ISAC and Ontario Campaign 2000 to work with low-income people in 10 communities to share ideas for what’s needed to end poverty in Ontario…

September 12, 2010
Community Organizing, Poverty Reduction Strategy

From ‘Social Assistance Review’ to ‘Income Security Review’: Why it Matters for Low-Income Ontarians

The Social Assistance Review Advisory Council issued a report on June 14, 2010. In this report, the Council calls on the provincial government to conduct an Ontario Income Security Review.
The Council’s report is important, because it gives the government a roadmap for how to review social assistance and other income security programs in Ontario. But it’s also important because it expands the focus of the discussion.

September 12, 2010
Policy Advocacy, Public Education, Social Assistance Reform

Welfare reform roadmap

Everyone agrees that Ontario’s welfare system is a mess. In a report released Monday, a panel of experts cites “deep and continuing dissatisfaction” with the status quo in all quarters — government, business, labour, community groups, and welfare recipients. What is lacking is a consensus on how to fix it, which is why the provincial government is planning a major policy review of welfare.

June 15, 2010
Policy Advocacy, Social Assistance Reform

Recommendations for an Ontario Income Security Review

REPORT OF THE ONTARIO SOCIAL ASSISTANCE REVIEW ADVISORY COUNCIL

May 2010

There is deep and continuing dissatisfaction with the existing approach to social assistance from all quarters: community groups, business, labour, policy makers, the people who run the system and those who receive its benefits.

Ontario’s core social assistance programs – Ontario Works and the Ontario Disability Support Program – together with the other programs that make up Ontario’s income security system, continue to fall short in providing an economic safety net for individuals and families as well as promoting opportunity to ensure everyone can contribute to the long-term prosperity of the province.

June 14, 2010
Policy Advocacy, Social Assistance Reform

Report: Strong income security measures means a stronger Ontario

Ontario’s Social Assistance Review report, released Monday morning, called for Ontario to create a plan to ensure income security for the province, saying such a plan would help the economic recovery.

Over the years, different political parties who hold power in Ontario have said welfare reform was needed, and after hearings and reviews, changes would be implemented. The most devastating changes were made under Mike Harris’s leadership, which saw Ontario’s Social Assistance programs essentially gutted.

June 14, 2010
Policy Advocacy, Social Assistance Reform

Welfare goes under microscope

Ontario will take a deeper look at a major revamping of its welfare system after a report called for broad changes to help the disadvantaged into jobs, Community and Social Services Minister Madeleine Meilleur said Monday.

The review will take 12 to 18 months, she said, with the NDP noting that means the issues of helping the poor are effectively on hold until after the October 2011 election.

June 14, 2010
Policy Advocacy, Social Assistance Reform

Ontario welfare system needs overhaul: panel

A government-appointed panel says the Ontario welfare system is not working, and is calling for it to be completely overhauled.

The Social Assistance Review Advisory Committee released its report Monday morning at Queen’s Park.

It says the emphasis of welfare should be shifted from providing financial assistance to helping people break out of poverty.

June 14, 2010
Policy Advocacy, Social Assistance Reform

Ontario should adopt bold vision for welfare reform

Ontario should adopt a bold vision for welfare reform that includes new income supports and services for all low-income residents, says a government-appointed panel in a report being released Monday.

June 14, 2010
Policy Advocacy, Social Assistance Reform

Government appointed Council recommends bold vision for social assistance reform

TORONTO, June 14 /CNW/ – The province urgently requires a more effective system of income security programs that meet the needs of Ontarians in a rapidly shifting economy, says a new report by the Social Assistance Review Advisory Council (SARAC).

June 14, 2010
Policy Advocacy, Social Assistance Reform

Special Diet Announcement Increases Insecurity for People on Social Assistance

Toronto – Ontarians on social assistance have every right to be concerned about today’s provincial government decision to create a new “nutritional supplementation” program to replace the current Special Diet Program. “The government has given…

March 25, 2010
Provincial Budgets, Public Education, Special Diet Allowance

Short-Term OW and ODSP Rule Changes: 2010

The Social Assistance Review Advisory Council (SARAC) has issued a report to the Minister of Community and Social Services about changes to Ontario Works (OW) and Ontario Disability Support Program (ODSP) rules that could make…

March 1, 2010
Policy Advocacy, Social Assistance Reform
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