Hamilton News: COVID-19 wake-up call: Study finds many Canadians have no plan for when assistance ends
While there's no end in sight for COVID-19, many benefits are finite
While there's no end in sight for COVID-19, many benefits are finite
‘We live in a rich province and there is no excuse for people to live in poverty,’ ACORN rep says
Posted October 7, 2020
In the fall, millions of people will have to transition from monthly CERB payments to a new EI program.
Some people receiving income assistance became eligible for CERB, which provides more money to recipients
There are more than six million Canadians living with a disability, and many of them are especially vulnerable to the impact of COVID-19.
Thousands of Nova Scotians have lost their jobs because of the COVID-19 pandemic.
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.
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.
Posted on May 13, 2020