The Disability Support Program in Ontario, Canada is refusing to cover medical marijuana under the Ontario Drug Benefit Program. And the failure to provide coverage, according to the CBC, is forcing ...

Affordable housing advocates will hold “poverty picnics” in Brampton and across Ontario to urge the province to double social ...

As the season shifts and expenses climb toward the holidays, a new round of federal and provincial benefit cheques will be distributed from September through December, offering some relief to eligible ...

Anyone receiving Ontario Disability Support Program (ODSP) payments should see money arrive in their bank account today. The official payment date for July is Thursday, July 31. Those receiving ODSP ...

Rates for the Ontario Disability Support Program (ODSP) will jump in July, putting a bit more money in the pockets of eligible low-income, working-age provincial residents living with a disability.

As part of its frontal assault on public services and workers’ rights, Ontario’s right-wing populist Progressive Conservative government is preparing to gut and corporatize the province’s social ...

Brantford city councillors are about to adopt an action plan to tackle hunger that includes pressing for increases to income ...

Canadian federal and provincial benefit payments totaling up to $2,461 will be distributed from September through December, 2025. Eligible recipients include seniors, families with children, ...

While moving in with a romantic partner seems like a go-to next step for some long-term couples, the decision is not so straightforward when one or both people are on social assistance, a recent study ...

The number of people accessing benefits on social assistance in Ontario is not of minor importance, with almost a million (964,182) beneficiaries province-wide in 2016. An important factor in ...