Hamilton Spectator: Hamilton faces $1.2-million Ontario Works gap this year, $1.5 million in 2020
Recipients’ rates are not affected, but there will be ‘some service impact,’ the general manager of the department says.
Social Assistance
ACORN Members Fight Back Against Ford's Cuts!
ACORN members and allies from across Ontario joined together yesterday to fight back against the Ford government’s cuts to ODSP and affordable housing measures.
Capital Current: Members of disability community protest new ODSP disability definition
Dependent on the government for life sustaining income, ACORN members and several community members reached out to protest on the changes to the definition of disability for eligibility for Ontario Disability Support Program (ODSP) on July 11.
Ottawa Citizen: ACORN activists rally against Ontario changing disability definition
Friends of Acorn rally in front of the ODSP office on Preston St to demand that the Ford government stop cutting their access to ODSP.
Ontario ACORN Members Fought Back on Provincial Day of Action
ACORN members in four cities in Ontario came out to fight on education, housing, social assistance and more!
ACORN and Allies Rally to Save Legal Aid
Posted May 9, 2019
Ontario Budget 2019: Deep cuts to social assistance, Indigenous Affairs, housing, and more
Posted April 11th, 2019
With a budget that mentions the word “poverty” zero times, the Provincial government has once again made its contempt for low and moderate income Ontarians clear.
ACORN's first read on Budget 2019: Almost $23 billion in new spending, but low and moderate income Canadians underwhelmed
ACORN members, hoping for bold action to tackle the affordability crisis sweeping across many Canadian cities, were feeling underwhelmed as the federal government tabled Budget 2019, their last budget before the election in October.
Actions in Ottawa and Toronto as ACORN demands the Province supports tenants and OW/ODSP recipients!
Ontario ACORN members took action on March 14th as they continue to hold the Province accountable and resist cuts.
Lindsay Advocate: More than half of people on basic income behind on bills for two or more months
The average share of income spent on shelter was more than 55 per cent, while more than 43 per cent of participants reported they were falling behind in meeting their basic financial obligations.