COVID-19: Benefits and Resources
A collection of information, resources, news and campaigns around the COVID-19 pandemic.
Social Assistance
Surrey Now-Leader: ‘Banner drop’ in Surrey by group calling for increases to disability and income assistance
‘We live in a rich province and there is no excuse for people to live in poverty,’ ACORN rep says
Coast to Coast ACORN action to modernize EI
Posted October 7, 2020
CBC Ottawa Morning: End of CERB brings new worries for applicants
In the fall, millions of people will have to transition from monthly CERB payments to a new EI program.
CBC: N.S. anti-poverty advocates worry transition off CERB 'not going to be smooth'
Some people receiving income assistance became eligible for CERB, which provides more money to recipients
CTV News: COVID-19 puts people with disabilities at higher risk, advocates say
There are more than six million Canadians living with a disability, and many of them are especially vulnerable to the impact of COVID-19.
Global News: Pandemic-related evictions expected to rise in Nova Scotia without provincial action
Thousands of Nova Scotians have lost their jobs because of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Toronto Star: Toronto’s COVID-19 divide: The city’s northwest corner has been ‘failed by the system’
When Toronto Public Health released its map of neighbourhoods hardest hit by COVID-19, for people in the city’s northwest it felt like déjà vu.
Ottawa Citizen: The COVID-19 pandemic and government response a one-two punch to some of Ottawa's most vulnerable renters
For a portion of the 17,000 Ottawa households living in subsidized housing, it’s not only COVID-19 that’s making life harder, more uncertain and more expensive.
140 ACORN members discuss how to rebuild a people centric economy
Posted on May 13, 2020