Income Security Advocacy Centre (ISAC) cautions against relying on the Auditor General’s fundamentally flawed report on ODSP
December 09, 2019 11:37 ET
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Income Security Advocacy Centre
TORONTO, Dec. 09, 2019 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- The Ontario Disability Support Program (ODSP) provides monthly income supports and health benefits to low-income persons with disabilities who have no...
Social assistance cuts continue Ford’s attack on vulnerable Ontarians, says OFL
November 23, 2018 12:06 ET
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Ontario Federation of Labour
TORONTO, Nov. 23, 2018 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Yesterday’s announcement on changes to Ontario’s social assistance programs are continuing Ford’s attack on Ontario’s most vulnerable, says Ontario...
ISAC responds to Minister MacLeod’s announcement about social assistance reform: Many questions, few answers, and great risk for people with disabilities
November 22, 2018 18:27 ET
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Income Security Advocacy Centre
TORONTO, Nov. 22, 2018 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Minister Lisa MacLeod’s announcement today about a new direction for social assistance in Ontario shows promising directions for Ontario Works, but leaves...
Anxious OW/ODSP recipients quaking in their boots as 100-day review findings are delayed: ACORN members will fight to save social assistance Nov 9th
November 08, 2018 16:19 ET
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ACORN Canada
Hamilton: Meet in front of the ODSP Office 119 King St W at 12:30PM, Friday November 9th for bus pickup to MPP Donna Skelly's officeToronto: Meet at the corner of Bay and Wellesley at 11AM, Friday...
More than 1,100 individual Ontarians and nearly 100 organizations call on Minister MacLeod to use Five Principles as basis for changes to social assistance
October 29, 2018 09:00 ET
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Income Security Advocacy Centre
TORONTO, Oct. 29, 2018 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- The Income Security Advocacy Centre (ISAC) is releasing an Open Letter that was sent to Children, Community and Social Services Minister Lisa MacLeod...
Ontario Association of Food Banks Releases Statement on Cancellation of Basic Income Pilot and Cuts to Social Assistance
August 01, 2018 09:00 ET
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Ontario Association of Food Banks
TORONTO, Aug. 01, 2018 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Today the Ontario Association of Food Banks released a statement on the announcement made by the Government of Ontario regarding the Basic Income Pilot and...