Monday, December 12, 2016
The persistence of poverty in Ontario
Total benefit income for those who depend on Ontario Works (OW) and the Ontario Disability Support Program (ODSP) locks nearly 895,000 Ontarians into deep poverty, according to Ontario’s Social Assistance Poverty Gap (PDF), a May 2016 report authored by Kaylie Tiessen, an economist with the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives (CCPA).
Source/more:
https://nowtoronto.com/news/the-persistence-of-poverty-in-ontario/
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