ODSP ActionCoalition
@odspaction.bsky.social
Volunteer, grassroots advocacy group led by people with disabilities on ODSP, with many valued allies (NOT govt affiliated). Defending dignity for folks w/disabilities in poverty.
Advocate. Educate. Demonstrate 🌈💨♿
Advocate. Educate. Demonstrate 🌈💨♿
ODSP Action Coalition Joins Over 190 Organizations Endorsing Maytree Foundation’s Open Letter on Ontario’s Next Poverty Reduction Strategy
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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
odspaction.ca
December 16, 2025 at 3:49 AM
ODSP Action Coalition Joins Over 190 Organizations Endorsing Maytree Foundation’s Open Letter on Ontario’s Next Poverty Reduction Strategy
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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...
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...
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
www.canadianaffairs.news
December 16, 2025 at 3:46 AM
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...
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...
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...
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...
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.
maytree.com
December 16, 2025 at 3:39 AM
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...
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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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
#ontario #odsp #canada #disabled #disability #eugenics literal Charter (Section 7) violation btw
November 21, 2025 at 5:43 PM
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...
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...
October 24, 2025 at 1:22 AM
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...
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...
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...
maytree.com/publications...
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.
maytree.com
August 27, 2025 at 8:02 PM
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...
maytree.com/publications...
Dougald Lamont’s Substack
At a Time of Global Crisis, the Carney Liberals' Rite-Lite Plans Are a Recipe for Economic Disaster
#Economics
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At a Time of Global Crisis, the Carney Liberals' Rite-Lite Plans Are a Recipe for Economic Disaster
#Economics
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At a Time of Global Crisis, the Carney Liberals' Rite-Lite Plans Are a Recipe for Economic Disaster
Instead of New Thinking to Meet the Moment, Carney in Canada and Labour in the UK are trapped by the Same Blinkered and Broken Policies that Got Us Here.
open.substack.com
August 11, 2025 at 9:00 PM
Dougald Lamont’s Substack
At a Time of Global Crisis, the Carney Liberals' Rite-Lite Plans Are a Recipe for Economic Disaster
#Economics
open.substack.com/pub/dougaldl...
At a Time of Global Crisis, the Carney Liberals' Rite-Lite Plans Are a Recipe for Economic Disaster
#Economics
open.substack.com/pub/dougaldl...
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...
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...
August 3, 2025 at 4:48 AM
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...
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...
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
Moving away from traditional clawback models will help people w/disabilities reach their potential & escape the "poverty trap"! #Cdnpoli
buff.ly/8FeIzbA
Additional Resources – Breaking it Down
breakingitdown.neads.ca
August 1, 2025 at 8:39 PM
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
Moving away from traditional clawback models will help people w/disabilities reach their potential & escape the "poverty trap"! #Cdnpoli
buff.ly/8FeIzbA
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...
#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...
Poverty rising: How Ontario’s strategy failed
Ontario’s Poverty Reduction Strategy 2020-2025 failed to reduce poverty. Quite the opposite, in fact.
maytree.com
July 10, 2025 at 3:15 PM
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...
#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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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...
Free zoom registration: us02web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
June 10, 2025 at 4:29 PM
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...
Free zoom registration: us02web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
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
🟣 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
Resources – Fair Rent Ontario
buff.ly
June 6, 2025 at 9:59 PM
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
🟣 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
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...
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...
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.
cp24.com
May 29, 2025 at 11:16 PM
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...
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...
Ontario govt has officially announced that they will exempt the #CanadaDisabilityBenefit as income under #ODSP, #OW & ACSD.
#ONpoli
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news.ontario.ca/en/release/1...
#ONpoli
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news.ontario.ca/en/release/1...
Ontario Newsroom
news.ontario.ca
May 27, 2025 at 10:27 PM
Ontario govt has officially announced that they will exempt the #CanadaDisabilityBenefit as income under #ODSP, #OW & ACSD.
#ONpoli
👇
news.ontario.ca/en/release/1...
#ONpoli
👇
news.ontario.ca/en/release/1...
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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...
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.
www.thestar.com
May 20, 2025 at 2:32 PM
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...
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...
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...
May 1, 2025 at 11:02 PM
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...
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 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
May 1, 2025 at 4:15 PM
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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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
May 1, 2025 at 3:33 PM
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
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...
With nowhere else to go, clearing encampments only moves the misery from one place to another 🤷
news.ontario.ca/en/release/1...
Ontario Newsroom
news.ontario.ca
April 30, 2025 at 8:31 PM
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...
With nowhere else to go, clearing encampments only moves the misery from one place to another 🤷
news.ontario.ca/en/release/1...
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...
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...
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.
thetyee.ca
April 21, 2025 at 7:50 PM
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...
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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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
#cdnpoli #canadavotes
www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZPLR...
www.endthehousinggame.ca/watch-share
We're Ending the Housing Game. Are you in?
YouTube video by Canadian Alliance to End Homelessness
www.youtube.com
April 7, 2025 at 4:36 PM
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
#cdnpoli #canadavotes
www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZPLR...
www.endthehousinggame.ca/watch-share
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...
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...
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...
openpolicyontario.com
March 18, 2025 at 10:07 PM
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...
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...
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...
She only receives $800/mo from #OW.
She's not healthy & isn't watching The Flintstones!
#ONpoli
www.mississauga.com/politics/pro...
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.
www.mississauga.com
February 24, 2025 at 3:51 AM
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...
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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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.
February 17, 2025 at 3:44 PM
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.
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...
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...
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
pressprogress.ca
February 13, 2025 at 11:07 PM
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...
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...