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On November 22, 2018, the Ford Government announced forthcoming changes to the Ontario Disability Support Program’s (ODSP) treatment of employment income and its definition of disability.  The changes were supposed to be implemented at some point during the following...

Jeanette was 36 when her father died. It had been a tough year for Jeanette.  After her father passed away, she had to set up a Henson Trust for her older brother, Darrell.  She didn’t expect her role as trustee – and everything else that came with it – would be...

The Liberal government presented the 2019 budget, yesterday.  In it, they made two positive changes to the Registered Disability Savings Plan (RDSP). To open an RDSP account, you must qualify for the Disability Tax Credit (DTC).  Once you have that, you can open an...

OPINION If the Liberal government won the last election, people on the Ontario Disability Support Program (ODSP) would have seen a 3% increase in their disability income benefits and several other changes that would have eased some of the program’s financial...

The 2018 Ontario budget delivered by the recently ousted Liberal government listed a whole host of changes to the Ontario Disability Support Program (ODSP) that were meant to improve the lives of Ontarians with disabilities and their families.  Most of those changes...

The Ontario Disability Support Program (ODSP) provides a monthly income as well as health benefits to people with disabilities.  But it takes more than having a disability to qualify.  Your financial status is also considered. Fundamentally, ODSP is for people with...