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Summer CDB Spotlight on: Resources for people with diabetes who are applying for the DTC

ISAC is running a summer website series to promote materials that will help individuals and/or their caregivers, friends, healthcare professionals and other support workers, apply for the Disability Tax Credit. We will only share materials…

July 14, 2025
Canada Disability Benefit (CDB), Federal Benefits - General, Public Education
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OW and ODSP rates and OCB as of July 2025

As of July 2025, Ontario Works (OW) rates remain frozen for the seventh year, with no adjustment for inflation. As household costs continue to rise, this marks yet another year where the real value of…

July 8, 2025
Ontario Child Benefit (OCB), Ontario Disability Support Program (ODSP), Ontario Works (OW), Social Assistance Rates
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Summer CDB Spotlight on: MyDTCApp

ISAC is running a summer website series to promote materials that will help individuals and/or their caregivers, friends, healthcare professionals and other support workers, apply for the Disability Tax Credit. We will only share materials…

July 7, 2025
Canada Disability Benefit (CDB), Federal Benefits - General, Public Education
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Summer CDB Spotlight on: The DTC and RDSP Guide for Newcomers

ISAC is running a summer website series to promote materials that will help individuals and/or their caregivers, friends, healthcare professionals and other support workers, apply for the Disability Tax Credit. We will only share materials…

June 30, 2025
Canada Disability Benefit (CDB), Federal Benefits - General, Public Education
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Summer CDB Spotlight on: The DTC Help Sheet created by Disability Alliance BC

ISAC is running a summer website series to promote materials that will help individuals and/or their caregivers, friends, healthcare professionals and other support workers, apply for the Disability Tax Credit. We will only share materials…

June 24, 2025
Canada Disability Benefit (CDB), Federal Benefits - General, Public Education

Preserving the Charter’s right to equality for low-income communities: ISAC at the Supreme Court of Canada in Attorney General of Québec v. Kanyinda

On May 14-15, 2025, the Income Security Advocacy Centre (ISAC) intervened in Attorney General of Québec v. Kanyinda at the Supreme Court of Canada. The case is the next opportunity for the Supreme Court to engage…

June 3, 2025
Human Rights, Litigation, Refugee Law, Supreme Court of Canada
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Budgeting Our Way Into More Inequality: Ontario Spends Billions on Rebates While Social Safety Nets Crumble

The Ontario government’s record high $232.5-billion 2025 Budget bills itself as “A Plan to Protect Ontario” from the threat and impacts of U.S. tariffs on the province’s economy. Ontarians struggling with low incomes and living…

May 28, 2025
Disability Justice, Housing, Indigenous Justice, Ontario Disability Support Program (ODSP), Ontario Works (OW), Policy Advocacy, Poverty Reduction, Provincial Budgets, Public Education, Social Assistance Rates, Workers' Rights
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Statement on the Provincial Decision to Allow Canada Disability Benefit Recipients to Keep Their Full Social Assistance Income

TORONTO – The Ontario government has announced it will exempt the Canada Disability Benefit (CDB) as income, which will allow people receiving social assistance to keep both provincial social assistance income and CDB income. This…

May 27, 2025
Campaigns, Community Organizing, Disability Justice, Ontario Disability Support Program (ODSP), Ontario Works (OW), Policy Advocacy, Press Release

Update on the Canada Disability Benefit – Spring 2025

Note: Shortly after this Update was posted to our website, on May 27 the Ontario government announced that they will not claw back social assistance from individuals who will also receive the CDB. This is…

May 23, 2025
Campaigns, Canada Disability Benefit (CDB), Disability Justice, Federal Benefits - General, Ontario Disability Support Program (ODSP), Policy Advocacy, Poverty Reduction, Public Education
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In the Media: “Time is Running out to Fix Canada’s New Disability Benefit”, Policy Magazine

This op-ed was first published in Policy Magazine on May 19, 2025. We have published the entirety of the piece below with permission. The original post can be viewed on Policy Magazine‘s website at this…

May 20, 2025
Canada Disability Benefit (CDB), Disability Justice, In the Media, Ontario Disability Support Program (ODSP), Policy Advocacy, Poverty Reduction
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ISAC Submissions on Further Proposed Changes to Human Rights Tribunal Rules (April 2025)

ISAC has been actively monitoring and providing feedback to the Human Rights Tribunal of Ontario (HRTO) consultations on proposed changes to its Rules of Procedure since consultations began in November 2024. At that time, ISAC…

April 25, 2025
Access to Justice, Human Rights, Policy Advocacy

Federal Election 2025: Issues and Campaigns We’re Paying Attention to this Federal Election

There is a lot going on during this Federal Election! With the ongoing threat of – and real consequences arising from – US tariffs, it would be easy to lose sight of ongoing issues like…

April 15, 2025
Campaigns, Canada Disability Benefit (CDB), Disability Justice, Employment Insurance (EI), Federal Elections, Indigenous Justice
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This site contains general legal information for people in Ontario, Canada. It is not intended to be used as legal advice for a specific legal problem. ISAC is a not-for-profit, non-partisan organization. ISAC is funded by Legal Aid Ontario (LAO). The funding for this website is also provided by LAO. The views expressed in any of ISAC’s publications (including written, oral, or visual) are the views of the clinic and do not necessarily reflect those of LAO.