Bill to establish welfare rates based on cost of living introduced

“Over nine hundred thousand people in this province rely on Ontario Works or ODSP, but more than half of these families do not have enough to eat,” Miller said. “Children are going to school hungry. It has become impossible for the poorest people in this province to make ends meet.”

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https://www.baytoday.ca/local-news/bill-to-establish-welfare-rates-based-on-cost-of-living-introduced-427193

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).

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https://nowtoronto.com/news/the-persistence-of-poverty-in-ontario/