CBC coverage on prorogation’s affect on the survival of Bill 185
Plan to study social assistance rates in limbo as Wynne prorogues legislature
Posts in category Bill 185
It’s time to fix social assistance
Tom Cooper and Laura Cattari of Hamilton Roundtable for Poverty Reduction look at why it’s time to fix social assistance on Maytree’s Blog.
Queen’s Park Press Conference April 13th, 2016
NDP MPP Paul Miller is joined by Craig Foye of the Hamilton Community Legal Clinic, Anita Khanna of Campaign 2000, and Laura Cattari of Advocacy Hamilton to present his Bill 185: Ministry of Community and Social Services Amendment Act (Social Assistance Research Commission). They discuss the gross inadequacy of current social assistance rates in Ontario, the effects of this deep poverty trap on children, families, and single people, and the path forward proposed in this bill that would tie social assistance rates to the actual cost of living in different Ontario communities.
The bill would establish a Social Assistance Research Commission tasked with recommending evidence-based social assistance rates to the provincial government on an annual basis.