Social Assistance

• People with disabilities ask feds to restore ‘hope’ and raise benefit amount

  Advocates are asking the federal government to reconsider the Canada Disability Benefit amount in the months before the benefit rolls out.

  Health

  Oct 26, 2024
  
• Saskatchewan changes how it procures hotels for those on social assistance

  The Sask. government says it's changing how it procures hotels for those on social assistance after a motel owned by a legislature member raised rates when the province paid.

  Canada

  Feb 9, 2024
  
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• Manitoba scores slightly higher than average on poverty reduction: report

  Food Banks Canada's newly released Poverty Report Cards assign Manitoba a C- grade.

  Canada

  Sep 26, 2023
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• 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
• Quebec basic income program begins, but advocates say many low income people excluded

  The program is aimed at 84,000 Quebecers with a "severely limited capacity for employment'' such as a chronic illness or mental health condition.

  Canada

  Jan 29, 2023
• New Brunswick demonstration demands better working conditions

  Nearly two dozen people gathered outside the Labour Minister's office. The list of demands includes increasing the minimum wage to $20 per hour.

  Canada

  Nov 14, 2022
• 5 Ontario MPPs try ‘social assistance diet’ to highlight ‘paltry’ government support

  NDP MPPs Chandra Pasma, Monique Taylor, Lise Vaugeois, Jessica Bell and Joel Harden plan to spend $95 on food over the next two weeks in keeping with social assistance benefits.

  Politics

  Sep 6, 2022
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• N.B. disability advocates disappointed by unaddressed reforms

  The Department of Social Development unveiled social assistance reforms on Monday but advocates say key asks are missing, including the elimination of the household income policy.

  Canada

  Sep 27, 2021
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• Community Counselling Resource Centre seeing Peterborough tenants with rental arrears of $10K

  According to Peterborough United Way and District, the average rent for a two-bedroom apartment is $1,104 per month.

  Economy

  Jan 4, 2021