Advisory Panel to report to government in December The Ontario government appointed a Minimum Wage Advisory Panel in June 2013 to give advice on how to set the minimum wage. Although ISAC mainly works on…
ISAC has made a written submission on Ontario’s next poverty reduction strategy, which is expected to be made public later this year or early next. We focused on issues of income security and social assistance…
On October 16, the Income Security Advocacy Centre (ISAC) and Niagara North Community Legal Assistance will go before the Federal Court of Appeal to argue that 102 seasonal agricultural workers were wrongly denied EI parental benefits. These workers are…
The provincial government started consultations on a new Poverty Reduction Strategy for Ontario in August, and a series of consultation meetings across the province will soon be wrapping up. Now’s the time to make your…
Community consultations have been taking place across Ontario on the provincial government’s next five-year Poverty Reduction Strategy. ISAC has prepared a Toolkit for Community Legal Clinics to use to prepare for and participate in –…
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Armine Yalnizyan: Five years of economic recovery have been far from equal
Chatham-Kent board of health says province must maintain its commitment to poverty reduction as a public health measure
Lots of media coverage for Sept 14 Day of Action to increase the minimum wage to $14 / hour – this Workers Action Centre email has news & links
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La version française suit. The 2013 Ontario budget included a number of changes to social assistance, most of which kicked in as of September 1, 2013. ISAC has prepared several fact sheets on these changes…
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Good social policy can make a big difference
More information on household income
A snapshot of Canadians
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Changes to OW and ODSP are rolling out this month – and some are a surprise
New research demonstrates what people on social assistance have been saying for years – living in poverty drains your mental energy and your ability to do much more than just survive
Minister McMeekin is committed to reform
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Poverty reduction consultations started August 6 in Windsor
Coverage of London’s poverty reduction consultation, held last Friday
Having the adult conversations about the $12 to $14 billion lost in tax cuts in Ontario – and what that money could do
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Ontario appoints new Minimum Wage Advisory Panel
Coverage and Critique
Adam Vasey, of Pathway to Potential in Windsor, appointed as a member of the panel
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The Social Assistance Review was a process of policy change that is still playing out and has roots going back to 2007. In 2007, advocates succeeded in convincing the Ontario government to commit to creating…