Raise the Rates Coalition brings demands to increase social assistance rates to Queen’s Park as more Ontarians legislated into poverty
TORONTO – It’s not often easy to put a dollar amount on the government’s failure to care for Ontarians, but the roughly one million people in this province who rely on social assistance know the exact figure they need. Individuals supported by Ontario Works (OW) are shy of the poverty line by $1,569 every month;…