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New research shows tying social assistance income eligibility to a requirement to find a job increases the risk of death
Canada’s new Jobs Grant program called “deeply flawed” by new Mowat / Caledon joint report
Op-Ed by legal clinic students calls for a better Employment Insurance system
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Pressure is on the province to extend rent controls to cover all tenants
The Ontario NDP has introduced a Private Members’ Bill to do so
The provincial government missed its own deadline to appoint an independent review of the Disabilities Act – op-ed author says it’s a bad signal for ensuring accessibility for people with disabilities
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Quebec cuts benefits to try to move people receiving social assistance into jobs
MCSS Minister McMeekin says he will not move to resolve problems arising from the cap on discretionary benefits for people on social assistance
We’re all paying for changes to retirement security – with poverty
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People for Education’s Mind the Gap report shows inequities in education and calls for policies that give true equal access
Letter to the Windsor Star says Premier Wynne must do more to feed the poor
Province announces new microloan fund and office to help social enterprises
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Toronto Star editorial: Ontario needs an increase in the minimum wage
Provincial and federal lawyers are in court today to stifle a challenge that says the governments are violating the Charter by failing to implement policies that would reduce and eventually eliminate homelessness and substandard housing
The Canadian Medical Association is on a cross-country tour to prescribe income to treat the health effects of high poverty rates
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“My name is Chonie Anger, I’m 13 years old and I have lived in poverty basically my whole life”
One-third of Canadian households is living paycheque to paycheque
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Andrea Horwath announced yesterday that the NDP will support the Ontario budget
Here’s the release from the NDP
Here’s Wynne responding to Horwath’s announcement
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Positive changes to social assistance are slated to go ahead, following this morning’s announcement by opposition NDP Leader Andrea Horwath that her party will provide the support required in the Legislature for the 2013 provincial budget to…
Ontario Budget 2013: Coverage
“Far reaching and fundamental”
“Heading in the right direction”
“The right direction, but more work to do”
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Moving Forward on Positive Social Assistance Reform Budget 2013 has begun to make positive changes to a social assistance system that has continued to impoverish and cause hardship for low-income Ontarians. The majority of these…
Today is Budget Day in Ontario – later today the new Finance Minister, Charles Sousa, will introduce the next provincial budget in the legislature. What can we expect from this year’s budget? Ontario’s politicians have…
We’ve recently been hearing a number of misleading claims about the administration of the Special Diet Allowance program – such as the notion that doctors “just fill out the forms for people because benefit rates…