Ontario Disability Support Program

• Ontarians on social supports ‘worse off’ than before pandemic, study suggests

  A new McMaster survey is highlighting how Ontarians who rely on social assistance haven't seen enough increases in benefits to offset skyrocketing rent and food prices.

  Canada

  Sep 20, 2023
  
• MLHU report highlights struggles low-income Londoners face affording nutritious food

  According to the report, a family of four on Ontario Works spends an estimated 40 per cent of their monthly after-tax income on nutritious food.

  Canada

  Apr 20, 2023
  
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• Ontario disability aid change not as beneficial as it seems: advocates

  Terrie Meehan sometimes eats just one meal a day so she can stretch her food supply.

  Canada

  Feb 1, 2023
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• London man without medication after Shoppers Drug Mart systems issue

  A London man is without medication after a Shoppers Drug Mart technical issue. The company confirmed system issues, saying most locations have been restored to normal service.

  Health

  Jan 19, 2023
• Province set to quintuple exempt earnings for Ontario disability support recipients

  Ontario will allow disability support recipients to earn more in exempt funding, but it is unclear how effective it will be with less than 10 per cent of recipients working.

  Canada

  Nov 14, 2022
• Advocacy groups entreat Ontario government to double social assistance rates

  Social assistance rates have been stagnant since 2018, with a single person able to receive up to $1,169 a month on ODSP and $733 on OW — well below the poverty line.

  Politics

  Jul 25, 2022
• Doug Ford says election promise to increase disability support will be in 2022 budget

  'When we go back into the house we will make sure that moves as quickly as possible,' Ford told reports Monday. 'When that happens, they'll get their five per cent increase.'

  Canada

  Jun 27, 2022
• NDP double initial ODSP promise, pledge 40 per cent increase

  The change follows criticism that the initial 20 per cent increase the party promised would keep those who rely on ODSP for their income below the poverty line.

  Politics

  May 15, 2022
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• Inflation hits Canadians already struggling with groceries, gas hardest: experts

  The pace of inflation hitting a 30-year high is especially painful for Canadians already struggling to get by as they face a limited ability to mitigate higher costs.

  Money

  Jan 25, 2022
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• Nearly 600,000 people accessed Ontario food banks in a year: report

  Food bank usage in Ontario rose 10 per cent during the first year of the pandemic to the highest levels since the recession, a new report has found.

  Canada

  Nov 30, 2021