ODSP income

The Ontario Disability Support Program (ODSP) provides social assistance for adults with disabilities in financial need. It provides income and health benefits for those who qualify. This summary will outline the basics of qualifying for ODSP, we have a more...

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...

*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...

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...