Media & Policy News: 4 September 2015
Top Stories National Vote to End Poverty campaign launched September 1: Campaign website here: http://votetoendpoverty.ca/ CBC Hamilton:...
View ArticleMedia & Policy News: 11 September 2015
Top Stories Ontario government defers decision that would have eliminated the ODSP Work-Related Benefit: http://www.mcss.gov.on.ca/en/mcss/news/releases/2015/20150909.aspx ISAC email:...
View ArticleMedia & Policy News: 18 September 2015
Top Stories Star editorial: Stop clawing back child support payments from social assistance recipients:...
View ArticleMedia & Policy News: 25 Sepember 2015
Top Stories Major growth in food bank use in Toronto suburbs reveals a geographical shift in poverty; suburban services are not keeping up; and note that fully 65% of food bank users have social...
View ArticleMedia & Policy News: 2 October 2015
Top Stories A real nation would not let this happen to Aboriginal people: http://www.macleans.ca/news/canada/a-real-nation-would-not-let-this-happen/ Report shows the minimum wage is rising in Ontario...
View ArticleMedia & Policy News: 16 October 2015
Top Stories Are you registered to vote? Use this online tool to be sure: https://ereg.elections.ca/CWelcome.aspx Election 2015: ISAC’s list of key issues and where the parties stand:...
View ArticleMedia & Policy News: 30 October 2015
Ed. note: Hope you enjoy this long update today – lots has happened in the last two weeks! Top Stories Sheila Block blog: What Ontario should expect from the new federal government:...
View ArticleMedia & Policy News: 6 November 2015
Top Stories Budget increases to OW and ODSP rates come into effect: https://news.ontario.ca/mcss/en/2015/11/increasing-support-for-people-receiving-social-assistance-1.html Increases won’t be enough to...
View ArticleMedia & Policy News: 1 December 2015
Top Stories ISAC has a new website! Visit us at www.incomesecurity.org! We’ve missed our regular Media & Policy News emails for the last three weeks as we’ve been getting our website off the...
View ArticleMedia & Policy News: 4 December 2015
Top Stories 2016 is coming: Make reconciliation with Indigenous peoples your new year’s resolution: http://rabble.ca/news/2015/11/2016-coming-make-reconciliation-your-resolution Ontario Association of...
View ArticleMedia & Policy News: 11 December 2015
Top Stories New York City’s welfare chief defends high welfare rolls “because we care about people”: http://nypost.com/2015/12/09/welfare-chief-we-have-high-numbers-because-we-care-about-people/...
View ArticleMedia & Policy News: 18 December 2015
Top Stories This will be the last Media & Policy News until the new year! Happy Holidays everyone! And ISAC is moving today! – more info here: http://incomesecurity.org/general/were-moving/ Later...
View ArticleMedia & Policy News: 11 January 2016
Top Stories Canada is Back? Not until taxation is truly fair: http://www.taxfairness.ca/en/blog/canada-back-not-until-taxation-truly-fair Cole: Clawing child support back from social assistance is a...
View ArticleMedia & Policy News: 15 January 2016
Top Stories Advocacy groups seeking clarity on federal government’s “social infrastructure” pledge:...
View ArticleMedia & Policy News: 22 January 2016
Top Stories Oxfam: Wealth of richest 1% now equal to other 99%, and 62 people’s wealth now equal to the poorest half of humanity: http://www.bbc.com/news/business-35339475 Here’s how rich those 62...
View ArticleMedia & Policy News: 29 January 2016
Top Stories Injured workers being systematically disentitled from WSIB; labour asks Ombudsman to investigate:...
View ArticleMedia & Policy News: 5 February 2016
Top Stories MCSS making big changes to the ODSP medical review process: http://www.mcss.gov.on.ca/en/mcss/programs/social/medicalReviewODSP.aspx Federal Minister eyeing guaranteed minimum income to...
View ArticleMedia & Policy News: 10 February 2016
Top Stories (Ed. note: we’ll back in the week of February 22!) Art Eggleton on three ways to end poverty in Canada – education, basic income, and tax reform:...
View ArticleMedia & Policy News: 24 February 2016
Top Stories Ontario simplifies medical reviews for people on ODSP: http://www.thestar.com/news/gta/2016/02/18/ontario-simplifies-medical-reviews-for-people-on-disability-support.html Star Editorial:...
View ArticleMedia & Policy News: 26 February 2016
Special Edition: Ontario Budget 2016 Government’s news release: Ontario’s investments creating jobs for today and tomorrow:...
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