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ODSP ActionCoalition @odspaction.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

🚨ALERT!🚨 We JUST received word, due to unforeseen road closures around Queen's Park THE DISABILITY PRIDE MARCH WILL BE STARTING AT ALLEN GARDENS West Lawn (19 Horticultural Ave). maps.app.goo.gl/LGteqokj1Cy3... It will still end at Grange Park. More info: torontodisabilitypride.wordpress.com

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Broadbent Institute @broadbent.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

Gaining a majority in mid-2026, the Carney government was free to pursue economic growth to achieve greater independence from US-Canada ties. Yet this single-minded agenda misses much of what Canadians expect and need from their federal government.

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What Kind of Country do Canadians Want? | Perspectives Journal

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ODSP ActionCoalition @odspaction.bsky.social · 17/08/2026

BLOG: The expensive business of keeping people poor How long can Ontario afford to maintain a system in which inadequate primary income support continually creates demand for secondary systems to manage the consequences? #OW #ODSP openpolicyontario.com/this-expensi...

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This expensive business of keeping people poor | Open Policy Ontario

There is a question Ontario rarely asks about poverty. It is not whether we can afford to raise Ontario Works, whether food banks need more money, whether municipalities need another homelessness prog...

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Income Security Advocacy Centre (ISAC) @incomesecurityon.bsky.social · 31/07/2026

It's the last day of the month. If OW rates had increased based on annual inflation, single people on OW would have $14 more to put toward tomorrow's rent. Instead they are stuck with out-of-date rates, eroded by inflation, while costs go up. Send a letter now: incomesecurity.org/campaigns/so...

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Social Assistance Rates are Stuck in Time: Tell the Ontario Government to Fix Ontario Works! - Income Security Advocacy Centre

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ODSP ActionCoalition @odspaction.bsky.social · 17/08/2026

Toronto Disability Pride March’s 15th anniversary! WHEN: Sept 12th, 2026, 1pm to 6pm WHERE: Queen's Park to Grange Park Toronto, Ontario For more info, ceck out tdpm.org

Poster for Toronto Disability Pride March’s 15th anniversary. At the top left, it reads 12 September 2026, 1-6 pm. On the top right, it reads Queen’s Park to Grange Park. Below it reads 15th year of Toronto’s Disability Pride March. Around the title are four hands of differing skin tones hand spelling TDPM, and below, a QR code that leads you to TDPM.org. Below it features TDPM’s four founders with raised fists. From left to right is Kevin Jackson, an Indigenous man with a brown cap, rectangle glasses, Melissa Graham, a white woman with black glasses sitting in her electric wheelchair. Janet Rodriguez, a Peruvian woman with a green top with a landscape-patterned vest. And Beverly Smith, a Black woman with a pink tuque multi-colour patterned scarf, a turquoise sweater, and a blanket on her lap as she sits in her electric wheelchair.
At the very bottom, under text that says access guide; it has our social media handle @TorontoDisabilityPrideMarch and our website www.TDPM.org.

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freegrassy.bsky.social @freegrassy.bsky.social · 15/06/2026

The reports that Kinross Gold may have violated Ontario's lobbying rules by hiring a former Premier Ford senior staffer before the required cooling-off period had ended. Read Full Report Here thestar.com/news/investi... #GrassyNarrows #FreeGrassy

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ODSP ActionCoalition @odspaction.bsky.social · 04/06/2026

York Region Disability Community Meeting When: June 30th, 2026 1pm to 3:30pm Where: Richmond Hill Public Library Central Branch More info below and here: odspaction.ca/york-region-...

Flyer with different colour fists raised in protest & heading York Region Disability Community Meeting. Description: Join members of ODSP Action Coalition, Richmond Hill Mobility Foundation, York Region Food Council and Community Legal Clinic of Richmond Hill for an afternoon discussion about understanding the Ontario Disability Support Program (ODSP), food insecurity and challenges faces by York Region residents at the intersection of disability and poverty.
WHEN: Tuesday June 30th, 1PM to 3:30PM
WHERE: Richmond Hill Public Library Central Branch, 1 Atkinson St, Richmond Hill ON (closes intesection Yonge & Major MacKenzie Dr)
Coffee and refreshments will be provided!
This is a free event. No registration required. Accommodation requests or questions email odspactioncoalition@gmail.com
This event presented by: (logos of five organizations) York Region Food Council, Richmond Hill Mobility Foundation, ODSP

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Income Security Advocacy Centre (ISAC) @incomesecurityon.bsky.social · 11/05/2026

ODSP rates will go up by 1.9% starting in July for the 2026 inflation-based adjustment. There's no inflation-based adjustment for OW rates, meaning the actual OW amount received *decreases* in value again, as it has every year for 8 years now. ISAC annual rates sheet coming soon.

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ODSP ActionCoalition @odspaction.bsky.social · 16/04/2026

Increased pressure on Ford govt to address rising cost of living & ever-expanding #homelessness, neither of which were addressed in the recent budget. “A little over a year ago, we all got $200 to help with groceries”. Right before a snap election. www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

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ANALYSIS | Pressure ramps up on Ford government to address rising cost of living | CBC News

As the cost of living rises in the province, Ontario’s government finds itself under increasing pressure to address affordability just weeks after it delivered its latest budget. Opposition parties an...

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ODSP ActionCoalition @odspaction.bsky.social · 16/04/2026

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ANALYSIS | Pressure ramps up on Ford government to address rising cost of living | CBC News

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ODSP ActionCoalition @odspaction.bsky.social · 27/03/2026

The 2026 Ontario budget (again) fails to address underfunding of health care, education, community & social services, and rental & social housing—the core responsibilities of provincial governments. #ONpoli www.policyalternatives.ca/news-researc...

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The 2026 Ontario budget neglects core provincial responsibilities - CCPA

The 2026 budget fails to address the core responsibilities of provincial governments.

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Gillian Petit @gillianpetit.bsky.social · 05/02/2026

Are you a person receiving AISH or living with a disability in AB? I'm leading a research study on the economic well-being of AISH clients/PWDs and would welcome your participation. Please click the link below to learn more & sign up #Alberta #AISH #ADAP #disability docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

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Indication of Interest in Participation in UCalgary Study

Study title: Evaluation of Income Supports and Employment for Persons with Disabilities in Alberta On February 4, 2025, the Alberta Government announced the creation of a new income support program—...

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ODSP ActionCoalition @odspaction.bsky.social · 16/12/2025

ODSP Action Coalition Joins Over 190 Organizations Endorsing Maytree Foundation’s Open Letter on Ontario’s Next Poverty Reduction Strategy odspaction.ca/odsp-action-...

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ODSP Action Coalition Joins Over 190 Organizations Endorsing Maytree Foundation’s Open Letter on Ontario’s Next Poverty Reduction Strategy – ODSP Action Coalition

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ODSP ActionCoalition @odspaction.bsky.social · 16/12/2025

Editorial: With the CRA, we need competence first Objection proceedings to CRA decisions have risen to about 130,000 claims a year, up from about 70,000 objections six years ago. #CRA www.canadianaffairs.news/2025/12/12/e...

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Editorial: With the CRA, we need competence before convenience

In principle, we would support the CRA filing taxes on behalf of many Canadians. In practice, the CRA needs to clean up its act first

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ODSP ActionCoalition @odspaction.bsky.social · 16/12/2025

Ontario’s Poverty Reduction Strategy consultation is smoke & mirrors The province asks for ideas to reduce poverty while its own policies on housing, income security, and employment services continue to MAKE #POVERTY WORSE. #ONpoli #HumanRights maytree.com/publications...

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Ontario’s poverty consultation is smoke and mirrors – we need to take back the stage

While the Ontario government waves a poverty reduction strategy at us with one hand, it uses the other to push through policies that exacerbate poverty.

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Sin 🦭 PLEASE SHARE PINNED! @sinistralqt.bsky.social · 21/11/2025

I just want to give everyone who sees this (hopefully a lot of people, make this viral please!) a taste of what Ontario’s ODSP is really like! This is an acceptable way to treat disabled people, btw. #ontario #odsp #canada #disabled #disability #eugenics literal Charter (Section 7) violation btw

A screenshot of my 88 page file stating that I am unable to work due to both physical and mental health problems and yet despite this they denied me disability/ODSP.

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ODSP ActionCoalition @odspaction.bsky.social · 24/10/2025

Instead of tackling the #homelessness crisis, Ford & co. seem intent on pouring more gas (or dynamite) on the bonfire! Bill 60 does not 'protect Ontarians'! It would effectively make the flimsy rent controls we currently have, null & void! #KillBill60 www.cp24.com/local/toront...

Making it easier for residential landlords to end leases

The province wants to explore the possibility of modifying “security of tenure,” currently enjoyed by tenants under the Residential Tenancies Act (RTA). The current law means tenants have a right to remain in their rental unit as long as they follow the lease agreement and the RTA. Landlords cannot evict tenants without a legally valid reason under the current law and after a fixed-term lease ends, the tenancy typically continues on a month-to-month basis.

But the Ford government says it would like to consult on “alternative options on lease agreement expiry” that would give landlords more control over their units, “allowing them to adjust tenancy arrangements based on market conditions, personal needs, or business strategies.”

Speaking with reporters, Attorney General Doug Downey said the government is hoping to make conditions more attractive for landlords to put vacant units up for lease because they’ve heard “for years” that some landlords are not entering the market because they don’t have confidence in it.

“We’ve heard from stakeholders that these evergreen leases that just go on with no end in sight may not be appropriate,” Downey said.

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ODSP ActionCoalition @odspaction.bsky.social · 27/08/2025

Ontario’s new Integrated Employment Services (IES) promised to help all job seekers find sustainable employment. But new data analysis reveals a troubling reality: The system is systematically failing social assistance recipients and other equity-deserving groups. maytree.com/publications...

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Ontario's employment services are failing those in greatest need

The new Integrated Employment Services (IES) system promises to help job seekers find sustainable employment. But new data reveals the system is failing social assistance recipients.

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ODSP ActionCoalition @odspaction.bsky.social · 03/08/2025

Hospital stay can cost over $16k, & a yr in jail can cost over $120,000. Supportive housing w/wraparound care? About $20,000 a year. The math isn’t complicated. We can pay for survival, over and over again. Or we can invest in stability. #HousingCrisis www.thesarniajournal.ca/opinion/ever...

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ODSP ActionCoalition @odspaction.bsky.social · 01/08/2025

This report establishes a clear case for govts in Cda to completely decouple employment income from provincial & federal #DisabilityBenefits. Moving away from traditional clawback models will help people w/disabilities reach their potential & escape the "poverty trap"! #Cdnpoli buff.ly/8FeIzbA

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Additional Resources – Breaking it Down

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ODSP ActionCoalition @odspaction.bsky.social · 10/07/2025

REPORT: Ont’s so-called Poverty Reduction Strategy has failed #Poverty is rising w/more & more ppl unable to afford necessities for a dignified life, incl. those w/jobs This is the direct result of myopic govt policies. We need a new path forward #ONpoli maytree.com/publications...

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Poverty rising: How Ontario’s strategy failed

Ontario’s Poverty Reduction Strategy 2020-2025 failed to reduce poverty. Quite the opposite, in fact.

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hamiltonroundtable.bsky.social @hamiltonroundtable.bsky.social · 10/06/2025

June's webinar is on the Canada Disability Benefit. It's an update on the benefit and what we still need to do to make it as accessible as possible. Free zoom registration: us02web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...

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ODSP ActionCoalition @odspaction.bsky.social · 06/06/2025

Tell your MPP & Ford govt Ontario needs to 🟣 Bring Back Full Rent Control 🔶 Strengthen Tenant Rights 🟣 Expand Public Housing 🔶 Increase Income Security 🟣 Support Dignified Housing for All Full mandate letter: buff.ly/BkLepxl Send Renter Mandate Letter to your MPP & Ford govt: buff.ly/IkpjVsz

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Resources – Fair Rent Ontario

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ODSP ActionCoalition @odspaction.bsky.social · 30/05/2025

Rally held outside Queen’s Park over Bill 6 which criminalizes #homelessness and conflates it with addiction. Thank you @dianacmcnally.bsky.social for your tireless efforts organizing & pushing back against this harmful & dangerous piece of legislation. #ONpoli cp24.com/video/2025/0...

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Rally held outside Queen’s Park over bill critics say targets encampments, public drug use

Members of the Encampment Justice Coalition formed a rally outside of Queen’s Park to speak out against the Ford government’s Bill 6.

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ODSP ActionCoalition @odspaction.bsky.social · 27/05/2025

Ontario govt has officially announced that they will exempt the #CanadaDisabilityBenefit as income under #ODSP, #OW & ACSD. #ONpoli 👇 news.ontario.ca/en/release/1...

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Ontario Newsroom

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Diana Chan McNally @dianachanmcnally.bsky.social · 20/05/2025

My latest op-ed for @thestar.com: when it comes to encampments, Doug Ford is looking south of the border when he should be looking west. Ontario is importing failed American policies to punish homelessness, while Manitoba is doing what works: housing people. www.thestar.com/opinion/cont...

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Doug Ford’s America-inspired solution to homelessness won’t work. This will

While Manitoba is instructing us on a "Made in Canada" approach to homelessness that works, Premier Ford is modelling dysfunctional policies championed by an irrational American president.

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ODSP ActionCoalition @odspaction.bsky.social · 02/05/2025

TO's #homeless encampments are up 20% — expanding into areas they've never been before A whopping 248 tents & other makeshift structures were counted across 81 locations as of Mar 15th, up from 202 camps in 72 locations the same day in 2024. #ONpoli thestar.com/news/gta/tor...

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Ontario Coalition for the Rights of Homeless People (OCRHP) @ocrhp.bsky.social · 01/05/2025

Ontario has reintroduced Bill 6, which will punish encampments even though people have nowhere else to go. That's why we've formed the Encampment Justice Coalition. We're asking Ontario to rescind Bill 6 and commit to housing — not punishment. Read more: tinyurl.com/EJC-Bill6

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Diana Chan McNally @dianachanmcnally.bsky.social · 01/05/2025

Today, I released a letter, signed by 67 organizations working across Ontario, asking the Ford government to rescind Bill 6. We can't adopt Trumpian policies to punish encampments; people need proven solutions — especially housing. Read our letter: tinyurl.com/EJC-Bill6

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ODSP ActionCoalition @odspaction.bsky.social · 30/04/2025

The so-called 'Safer Municipalities Act' (previously Bill 242), which essentially criminalizes being #homeless, & conflates homelessness & addiction, is back. With nowhere else to go, clearing encampments only moves the misery from one place to another 🤷 news.ontario.ca/en/release/1...

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Ontario Newsroom

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ODSP ActionCoalition @odspaction.bsky.social · 21/04/2025

What Happened to #Poverty as an #Election Issue? Despite the growing number of Canadians struggling to make enough money to feed, clothe and house themselves, the word “poverty” has seldom been uttered on the campaign trail. thetyee.ca/News/2025/04...

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What Happened to Poverty as an Election Issue? | The Tyee

As politicians fixate on an anxious middle class, millions of Canadians are left out of the conversation.

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Frazer 🇨🇦 🇳🇿 @heyfrazer.bsky.social · 07/04/2025

Far too many Canadians live one paycheque away from homelessness. #EndTheHousingGame this election. #cdnpoli #canadavotes www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZPLR... www.endthehousinggame.ca/watch-share

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We're Ending the Housing Game. Are you in?

YouTube video by Canadian Alliance to End Homelessness

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ODSP ActionCoalition @odspaction.bsky.social · 18/03/2025

BLOG: How income clawbacks work in the real world of social and income assistance If the #CanadaDisabilityBenefit had been implemented as a refundable tax credit as many of us advocated for, we could have avoided a variety of negative interactions/impacts openpolicyontario.com/whats-it-all...

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What’s it all about, AFNI? | Open Policy Ontario

How income clawbacks work in the real world of social and income assistance Many disability and poverty activists are wondering what provinces and territories will do when it comes to the treatment of...

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ODSP ActionCoalition @odspaction.bsky.social · 24/02/2025

Lost her job 2 yrs ago, 56 yr old couldn't find another, had to sell her house & became homeless for 4 days before renting a room in her daughter's apt. She only receives $800/mo from #OW. She's not healthy & isn't watching The Flintstones! #ONpoli www.mississauga.com/politics/pro...

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Ontario election parties pitch affordability plans as food insecurity rises in Peel Region

Ontario parties unveil affordability plans as food insecurity affects nearly one in four Peel residents.

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Erin Caton @caton.bsky.social · 17/02/2025

Happy #FamilyDay! LGBTQ+ youth have disproportionately high rates of homelessness. Call upon all the candidates to ask what they are doing to protect the rights of homeless youth and provide housing so they can grow up healthy. Vote for a party that protects families on February 27th.

I can’t afford an apartment anywhere. Nobody in Ontario wants to live in an encampment. But without affordable housing, it’s not a choice.

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ODSP ActionCoalition @odspaction.bsky.social · 13/02/2025

Ford was asked about potentially doubling ODSP He responded by attacking recipients of OW, claiming "healthy people" are defrauding the system of $733/month. Number one, you’re not going to be healthy if you’re living on 733/month. #OutOfTouch #ONpoli pressprogress.ca/doug-ford-cr...

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Doug Ford Criticized for Out-of-Touch Comments Comparing Ontario Works Recipients to Lazy Youths Watching ‘The Flintstones’ Cartoons at Home

Ontario PC leader says unemployed workers “sit on the couch and watch The Flintstones” instead of looking for jobs

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ODSP ActionCoalition @odspaction.bsky.social · 13/01/2025

With great sadness & heavy hearts we learned our long-standing Co-chair, and social worker w/TorontoPWA, Kyle Vose, passed away this morning. Thank you Kyle for teaching us to advocate with passion, and lead with kindness and love. Rest easy dear friend. We'll take it from here 😰

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ODSP ActionCoalition @odspaction.bsky.social · 20/12/2024

Ford govt tabled Bill 242 'Safer Municipalities Act' on their way out the door for their xtended Xmas break. Below is our press release regarding this ugly piece of legislation, which you can read here 👇 www.ola.org/en/legislati...

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ODSP ActionCoalition @odspaction.bsky.social · 12/12/2024

Ford's Con's prefer to victimize the vulnerable & punish ppl who literally have nothing, than provide real evidence-based solutions These problems didn’t develop overnight. It's decades of Lib' & Con' govt cuts coming home to roost! #HousingCrisis #ONpoli financialpost.com/pmn/business...

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Ford Conservatives Prefer to Victimize the Vulnerable and Punish the Poor Rather Than Provide Real Solutions: CUPE Ontario

TORONTO — Instead of providing vulnerable people with housing, social supports, street outreach, and mental health services, an uncaring Premier Ford will hide beh…

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ODSP ActionCoalition @odspaction.bsky.social · 07/12/2024

Social Benefits Tribunal has consistently been denying requests for accommodation by PWDs with no access to computers or internet, telling them to just use their phone for video hearings, placing them at a significant disadvantage. tribunalwatch.ca/2024/heard-b...

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Heard but not Seen at Tribunals Ontario – Tribunal Watch Ontario

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ODSP ActionCoalition @odspaction.bsky.social · 07/12/2024

@policyalternatives.bsky.social Greetings CCPA friends! May we ask, what happened to monitormag.ca? Is there a repository/archive of legacy 'The Monitor' articles? Some fantastic in-depth pieces there that seems to have vanished?

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Driving Social Change Now | CCPA

The CCPA is a non-partisan research institute providing in-depth analysis to help policy-makers, activists, and Canadians make informed, impactful decisions.

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