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Two weeks ago, the report of a government-appointed panel on Ontario’s social assistance system was made public. The report, entitled “Recommendations for an Ontario Income Security Review,” was written by the 11-member Ontario Social Assistance Review Advisory Council, which had been struck in December 2009 by the McGuinty government.Â
The Council had been asked to make recommendations on the [...]
Posted by Nick Falvo under Ontario, child benefits, housing, income support, labour market, poverty, social indicators, social policy.
July 1st, 2010
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This report from Ken Battle of the Caledon Institute was released today. I’ve not yet had a chance to read it in full but the approach seems bang-on to me - fold the two new badly designed Tory child benefits into the CCTB, with a new and much higher maximum of $5,000, phased out relatively [...]
Posted by Andrew Jackson under child benefits.
January 16th, 2008
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