ANALYSIS | Pressure ramps up on Ford government to address rising cost of living | CBC News As the cost of living rises in the province, Ontario’s government finds itself under increasing pressure to address affordability just weeks after it delivered its latest budget. Opposition parties an...

Increased pressure on Ford govt to address rising cost of living & ever-expanding #homelessness, neither of which were addressed in the recent budget.

“A little over a year ago, we all got $200 to help with groceries”. Right before a snap election.
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ANALYSIS | Pressure ramps up on Ford government to address rising cost of living | CBC News As the cost of living rises in the province, Ontario’s government finds itself under increasing pressure to address affordability just weeks after it delivered its latest budget. Opposition parties an...

Increased pressure on Ford govt to address rising cost of living & ever-expanding #homelessness, neither of which were addressed in the recent budget.

“A little over a year ago, we all got $200 to help with groceries”. Right before a snap election.
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Blueprint for a Canada Housing Benefit System:

A detailed proposal to create a permanent, Canada-wide housing benefit system that supports low-income renters and people experiencing #homelessness.

#AffordableHousing #HousingCrisis #Cdnpoli
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The 2026 Ontario budget neglects core provincial responsibilities - CCPA The 2026 budget fails to address the core responsibilities of provincial governments.

The 2026 Ontario budget (again) fails to address underfunding of health care, education, community & social services, and rental & social housing—the core responsibilities of provincial governments.
#ONpoli
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Indication of Interest in Participation in UCalgary Study Study title: Evaluation of Income Supports and Employment for Persons with Disabilities in Alberta On February 4, 2025, the Alberta Government announced the creation of a new income support program—...

Are you a person receiving AISH or living with a disability in AB? I'm leading a research study on the economic well-being of AISH clients/PWDs and would welcome your participation. Please click the link below to learn more & sign up #Alberta #AISH #ADAP #disability

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Grassy Narrows protesters briefly interrupt Doug Ford’s speech in Mississauga Protesters concerned about mercury contamination in Grassy Narrows First Nation briefly interrupted a speech by Ontario Premier Doug Ford Wednesday.

Grassy Narrows protesters briefly interrupt Premier Ford speech at Mississauga Board of Trade event this morning

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ODSP Action Coalition Joins Over 190 Organizations Endorsing Maytree Foundation’s Open Letter on Ontario’s Next Poverty Reduction Strategy

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Editorial: With the CRA, we need competence before convenience In principle, we would support the CRA filing taxes on behalf of many Canadians. In practice, the CRA needs to clean up its act first

Editorial: With the CRA, we need competence first

Objection proceedings to CRA decisions have risen to about 130,000 claims a year, up from about 70,000 objections six years ago. #CRA

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Ontario’s poverty consultation is smoke and mirrors – we need to take back the stage While the Ontario government waves a poverty reduction strategy at us with one hand, it uses the other to push through policies that exacerbate poverty.

Ontario’s Poverty Reduction Strategy consultation is smoke & mirrors

The province asks for ideas to reduce poverty while its own policies on housing, income security, and employment services continue to MAKE #POVERTY WORSE.
#ONpoli #HumanRights

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A screenshot of my 88 page file stating that I am unable to work due to both physical and mental health problems and yet despite this they denied me disability/ODSP.

I just want to give everyone who sees this (hopefully a lot of people, make this viral please!) a taste of what Ontario’s ODSP is really like! This is an acceptable way to treat disabled people, btw.

#ontario #odsp #canada #disabled #disability #eugenics literal Charter (Section 7) violation btw

Making it easier for residential landlords to end leases The province wants to explore the possibility of modifying “security of tenure,” currently enjoyed by tenants under the Residential Tenancies Act (RTA). The current law means tenants have a right to remain in their rental unit as long as they follow the lease agreement and the RTA. Landlords cannot evict tenants without a legally valid reason under the current law and after a fixed-term lease ends, the tenancy typically continues on a month-to-month basis. But the Ford government says it would like to consult on “alternative options on lease agreement expiry” that would give landlords more control over their units, “allowing them to adjust tenancy arrangements based on market conditions, personal needs, or business strategies.” Speaking with reporters, Attorney General Doug Downey said the government is hoping to make conditions more attractive for landlords to put vacant units up for lease because they’ve heard “for years” that some landlords are not entering the market because they don’t have confidence in it. “We’ve heard from stakeholders that these evergreen leases that just go on with no end in sight may not be appropriate,” Downey said.

Instead of tackling the #homelessness crisis, Ford & co.
seem intent on pouring more gas (or dynamite) on the bonfire!

Bill 60 does not 'protect Ontarians'!

It would effectively make the flimsy rent controls we currently have, null & void! #KillBill60

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Ontario's employment services are failing those in greatest need The new Integrated Employment Services (IES) system promises to help job seekers find sustainable employment. But new data reveals the system is failing social assistance recipients.

Ontario’s new Integrated Employment Services (IES) promised to help all job seekers find sustainable employment. But new data analysis reveals a troubling reality: The system is systematically failing social assistance recipients and other equity-deserving groups.

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At a Time of Global Crisis, the Carney Liberals' Rite-Lite Plans Are a Recipe for Economic Disaster Instead of New Thinking to Meet the Moment, Carney in Canada and Labour in the UK are trapped by the Same Blinkered and Broken Policies that Got Us Here.

Dougald Lamont’s Substack

At a Time of Global Crisis, the Carney Liberals' Rite-Lite Plans Are a Recipe for Economic Disaster
#Economics
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Hospital stay can cost over $16k, & a yr in jail can cost over $120,000.

Supportive housing w/wraparound care? About $20,000 a year.

The math isn’t complicated.

We can pay for survival, over and over again. Or we can invest in stability.

#HousingCrisis
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This report establishes a clear case for govts in Cda to completely decouple employment income from provincial & federal #DisabilityBenefits.

Moving away from traditional clawback models will help people w/disabilities reach their potential & escape the "poverty trap"! #Cdnpoli
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Poverty rising: How Ontario’s strategy failed Ontario’s Poverty Reduction Strategy 2020-2025 failed to reduce poverty. Quite the opposite, in fact.

REPORT: Ont’s so-called Poverty Reduction Strategy has failed

#Poverty is rising w/more & more ppl unable to afford necessities for a dignified life, incl. those w/jobs

This is the direct result of myopic govt policies. We need a new path forward
#ONpoli

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June's webinar is on the Canada Disability Benefit. It's an update on the benefit and what we still need to do to make it as accessible as possible.
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Resources – Fair Rent Ontario

Tell your MPP & Ford govt Ontario needs to

🟣 Bring Back Full Rent Control
🔶 Strengthen Tenant Rights
🟣 Expand Public Housing
🔶 Increase Income Security
🟣 Support Dignified Housing for All

Full mandate letter: buff.ly/BkLepxl

Send Renter Mandate Letter to your MPP & Ford govt: buff.ly/IkpjVsz

Ontario is increasing ODSP rates by 2.8% effective July 2025 Protecting Ontarians starts with safeguarding our social services. This is the fourth rate increase since we tied ODSP rates to inflation in September 2022. Rates have increased by a total of 20% since then. The 2025 inflation-based increase to ODSP will take effect on July 1, 2025. People receiving ODSP will see an inflation-based increase of 2.8% to: basic needs and shelter maximum amounts for singles and families board and lodge amounts for singles and families the amount provided for a couple where both have disabilities amounts for services provided by a Long-Term Care Home or a Specialized Care Residence For example, effective July 2025, if you are a single person, your payment could be up to $1,408 for basic needs and shelter.

Yes, 2.8%, will be on July's cheque (end of July)

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Rally held outside Queen’s Park over bill critics say targets encampments, public drug use Members of the Encampment Justice Coalition formed a rally outside of Queen’s Park to speak out against the Ford government’s Bill 6.

Rally held outside Queen’s Park over Bill 6 which criminalizes #homelessness and conflates it with addiction.

Thank you @dianacmcnally.bsky.social for your tireless efforts organizing & pushing back against this harmful & dangerous piece of legislation.
#ONpoli
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Ontario govt has officially announced that they will exempt the #CanadaDisabilityBenefit as income under #ODSP, #OW & ACSD.
#ONpoli
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Doug Ford’s America-inspired solution to homelessness won’t work. This will While Manitoba is instructing us on a "Made in Canada" approach to homelessness that works, Premier Ford is modelling dysfunctional policies championed by an irrational American president.

My latest op-ed for @thestar.com: when it comes to encampments, Doug Ford is looking south of the border when he should be looking west. Ontario is importing failed American policies to punish homelessness, while Manitoba is doing what works: housing people. www.thestar.com/opinion/cont...

TO's #homeless encampments are up 20% — expanding into areas they've never been before

A whopping 248 tents & other makeshift structures were counted across 81 locations as of Mar 15th, up from 202 camps in 72 locations the same day in 2024.
#ONpoli

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Ontario has reintroduced Bill 6, which will punish encampments even though people have nowhere else to go. That's why we've formed the Encampment Justice Coalition. We're asking Ontario to rescind Bill 6 and commit to housing — not punishment. Read more: tinyurl.com/EJC-Bill6

Today, I released a letter, signed by 67 organizations working across Ontario, asking the Ford government to rescind Bill 6. We can't adopt Trumpian policies to punish encampments; people need proven solutions — especially housing. Read our letter: tinyurl.com/EJC-Bill6

The so-called 'Safer Municipalities Act' (previously Bill 242), which essentially criminalizes being #homeless, & conflates homelessness & addiction, is back.

With nowhere else to go, clearing encampments only moves the misery from one place to another 🤷
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What Happened to Poverty as an Election Issue? | The Tyee As politicians fixate on an anxious middle class, millions of Canadians are left out of the conversation.

What Happened to #Poverty as an #Election Issue?

Despite the growing number of Canadians struggling to make enough money to feed, clothe and house themselves, the word “poverty” has seldom been uttered on the campaign trail.

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We're Ending the Housing Game. Are you in? YouTube video by Canadian Alliance to End Homelessness

Far too many Canadians live one paycheque away from homelessness. #EndTheHousingGame this election.

#cdnpoli #canadavotes

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What’s it all about, AFNI? | Open Policy Ontario How income clawbacks work in the real world of social and income assistance Many disability and poverty activists are wondering what provinces and territories will do when it comes to the treatment of...

BLOG: How income clawbacks work in the real world of social and income assistance

If the #CanadaDisabilityBenefit had been implemented as a refundable tax credit as many of us advocated for, we could have avoided a variety of negative interactions/impacts

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Ontario election parties pitch affordability plans as food insecurity rises in Peel Region Ontario parties unveil affordability plans as food insecurity affects nearly one in four Peel residents.

Lost her job 2 yrs ago, 56 yr old couldn't find another, had to sell her house & became homeless for 4 days before renting a room in her daughter's apt.

She only receives $800/mo from #OW.

She's not healthy & isn't watching The Flintstones!
#ONpoli
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