ities and counties figuring out how to deal with social assistance budget cuts
ISAC’s latest analysis of the provincial budget explains these cuts and their implications
Community Forum in Hamilton, June 7
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Analysis After the Negotiations Now that the dust has settled after the 2012 Ontario Budget, we’ve updated our analysis of how the Budget will affect people on Ontario Works (OW) and the Ontario Disability Support…
Are you on OW or ODSP? Do you have “pre-diabetes”? You may now be eligible for the Special Diet Allowance. ** La version francaise suit ci-dessous After losing a case at the Human Rights Tribunal…
Mother’s Day Wish: Ontario Campaign 2000, Family Service Toronto and ISAC invite mothers across the province struggling on low incomes to send in a Mother’s Day wish – something the provincial government could do that would make your life and the lives of your children better
Freedom 90 campaign demands urgent action by the Government of Ontario to end poverty and make food banks and emergency meal programs unnecessary
It’s Hunger Awareness Week – see what the OAFB is doing
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Victory! Hard work by Workers Action Centre pays off – Employment Standards funding not cut in the budget!
Congrats WAC!
Sid Ryan’s speech at the April 21 Day of Action
Ontario Network of Injured Workers Groups on Elizabeth Witmer’s appointment as head of WSIB
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Ontario Budget
Hamilton activists tells the Premier what they think
Spec editorial says Premier and Horwath did the right things
Crunching the “tax the rich” numbers
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More on the Ontario budget
OCAP disrupt the budget speech yesterday
I’m not THAT happy about it, honestly. Certainly not “cheering”.
Radwanski on potential costs of the tax hike
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The ODSP Action Coalition has created a lobby kit for advocates to use in meetings with their MPPs on the Social Assistance Review. The Coalition is a provincial group advocating for people with disabilities on ODSP and considers the Social Assistance Review the most important opportunity in decades to improve ODSP so that people with disabilities can live with dignity. Unfortunately, the Coalition is increasingly worried that any restructuring that comes out of the review will be more about reducing the costs of ODSP than improving the lives of people with disabilities.
Ontario Budget 2012
Horwath and McGuinty agree on a budget plan
Sheila Block at Wellesley reminds us: “While we acknowledge this progress, we must not lose sight of the overall impact of this budget. There will be a real, per capita decrease in program spending. Ontarians will lose services.”
Martin Regg Cohn says it was McGuinty that put OW on the table
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Ontario Budget 2012
Coalition of groups in Kitchener tell John Milloy the budget will be hardest on people who are poor
Here’s their press release
Hamilton Roundtable responds to the budget
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Ontario Budget 2012
Have your say on Budget 2012 – click here to take action
Carol Goar column: Requiem for a Caring Province
Freeze to social assistance rates and OW health benefit cuts will hurt people with HIV/AIDS
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The 2012 Ontario Budget is deeply disappointing for the nearly 900,000 men, women, and children in Ontario who currently rely on Ontario Works and the Ontario Disability Support Program for income and other necessary benefits.…