Ford Government

People with disabilities in Ontario feel they are getting the short end of the financial stick during the Covid-19 crisis. I can’t say I disagree with them. Hundreds of thousands of Ontarians with disabilities receive social assistance from the Ontario Disability...

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...

Brian* is on ODSP.  He called me today. Brian is legally blind.  He was part of the Basic Income Pilot Project.  But now he is back on ODSP after the Ford Government cancelled it…even though they campaigned on promises not to cancel it. It has been difficult for Brian...

The Ontario Disability Support Program needs a serious overhaul.  Many things need to be changed.  But the program’s definition of disability is not one of them. Late last year, November 22nd, announced a few of the changes she and her government had in store for ODSP...

*NOTE: The proposed changes discussed in this article were reversed by the Ontario government.  See Proposed ODSP Changes Reversed by Ford Government I know too much about the Ontario Disability Support Program to feel optimistic. After cancelling most of the changes...