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ISAC Submissions on Proposed Changes to Human Rights Tribunal Rules

The Human Rights Tribunal of Ontario (HRTO) is holding a consultation on proposed changes to its Rules of Procedure. The proposed changes would eliminate some procedural steps that can be helpful for unrepresented people trying…

November 19, 2024
Access to Justice, Human Rights
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ISAC’s Analysis of Ontario’s 2024 Economic Outlook and Fiscal Review

The Ontario Government’s 2024 Fall Economic Statement (FES) has revealed that the province is in an improved fiscal position compared to earlier projections in the 2024 Budget. This is mainly due to an overall deficit…

November 15, 2024
Employment Standards, Ontario Disability Support Program (ODSP), Ontario Works (OW), Policy Advocacy, Poverty Reduction, Provincial Budgets, Social Assistance, Workers' Rights

Access to Justice for Social Assistance Recipients: New Article Published in the Canadian Journal of Administrative Law and Practice

Nabila Qureshi and Anu Bakshi, ISAC Staff Lawyers, and Anna Rosenbluth from the Clinic Resource Office have published an article in the Canadian Journal of Administrative Law and Practice entitled “Yatar v. TD Insurance Meloche…

November 8, 2024
Access to Justice, Social Assistance, Supreme Court of Canada

Our Response to the Fall Economic Statement: Ontarians Need Sustained Income Support, Not an Election Rebate

Yesterday, Finance Minister Peter Bethlenfalvy announced a one-time “Taxpayer Rebate” worth $200 to all taxpayers in the province as a Fall Economic Statement 2024 surprise.  Ontario families who qualify for the Canada Child Benefit for…

October 31, 2024
Provincial Budgets, Provincial Elections, Social Assistance

If you’re on OW or ODSP, we want to hear from you! Fill out our new Survey on Social Assistance today

ISAC is launching a survey on social assistance today, aimed at gathering data and stories from individuals who are receiving or who have recently received provincial social assistance (OW and ODSP specifically.) We intend to…

October 21, 2024
Campaigns, Ontario Disability Support Program (ODSP), Ontario Works (OW), Policy Advocacy, Social Assistance, Social Assistance Rates, Social Assistance Reform

Opinion: The Premier could snap his fingers and fix social assistance, so what’s stopping him?

This op-ed piece was written by Robin Nobleman and Claudia Calabro Last week, Doug Ford told people living in homeless encampments to “get off your a-s-s and start working like everyone else”. Premier Ford was…

October 2, 2024
Ontario Disability Support Program (ODSP), Ontario Works (OW), Poverty Reduction, Social Assistance Rates
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Improve Equity and Fairness in the Hiring Process: Our Recommendations to the Ontario Ministry of Labour (MLITSD) on Job Postings

ISAC, together with the Workers Action Centre and Parkdale Community Legal Services, recently responded to a consultation held by the Ministry of Labour, Immigration, Training, and Skills Development (MLITSD) on potential changes to the Employment…

September 25, 2024
Employment Standards, Migrant Workers, Policy Advocacy, Workers' Rights

Pandemic benefits program discriminated against persons with disabilities but was justified due to the COVID emergency, say Ontario Court of Appeal

ISAC intervened at the Ontario Court of Appeal in a legal challenge concerning workers living with severe disabilities and their exclusion from receiving pandemic benefits. To be considered a “worker”, claimants must have earned at…

September 23, 2024
Canada Emergency Response Benefit (CERB), Disability Justice, Litigation, Workers' Rights

Robinson Huron Treaty Settlement: The History of the Treaty, the Legal Case and Settlement, and the Impact on Social Assistance Recipients

The Robinson Huron Treaty Settlement is a settlement agreement between different levels of government and several First Nations, which has come out of a unique and important court case on treaty obligations. The settlement agreement…

September 19, 2024
Indigenous Justice, Ontario Disability Support Program (ODSP), Ontario Works (OW), Public Education, Supreme Court of Canada, Truth and Reconciliation

New law protects homeowners from costly scam (CLEO re-post)

NOTE: The following information was compiled and posted by Community Legal Education Ontario (CLEO) on September 18, 2024, and is being re-posted with permission. Sign up for CLEO’s mailing list here! In June 2024, the Homeowner Protection Act…

September 18, 2024
Housing, Public Education
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Say Yes to Immigrant Justice and No to Racism: Myths and Facts that Cut Through The Noise (re-post from Migrant Rights Network)

*Note: This post was originally drafted by the Migrant Rights Network and was posted with permission and with minor edits for length Parliament returns next week! This is why on September 12-15, we are taking…

September 11, 2024
Campaigns, Community Organizing, Disability Justice, Migrant Workers, Poverty Reduction, Public Education, Workers' Rights

Improving the Canada Disability Benefit: ISAC’s 5 Key Points

There are just under two weeks left in the consultation period for feedback on the new Canada Disability Benefit (CDB)! The consultation is open until September 23. We have done a line-by-line analysis of the…

September 10, 2024
Access to Justice, Canada Disability Benefit (CDB), CPP-D, Disability Justice, Public Education, Social Assistance
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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.