The following information has been prepared to help inform a local response to the Social Assistance Review. Background & Summary of Issues – This document provides background about the social assistance review, including how it started and next steps, and summarizes the issues in Discussion Paper 2: Approaches to Reform. How to Provide Input – [...]

The survey is available HERE. This survey is being used to collect feedback about improvements that could be made to the social assistance system in Ontario. Please note that some of the questions in this survey refer to technical and complex parts of the social assistance system and it may be best for some people [...]

Some groups and organizations have opted to facilitate their own community conversations to collect feedback for the Social Assistance Review. The Guelph & Wellington Task Force for Poverty Elimination has prepared a facilitation guide to help those that have chosen this option. The facilitation guide covers: Background infromation about the review Proposed agenda Summary of [...]

On February 2nd, 2012 the Commission for the Review of Social Assistance in Ontario released Discussion Paper 2: Approaches for Reform. This paper advances dialogue with Ontarians which began in June 2011 with the release of Discussion Paper: Issues and Ideas, and continued over the summer and fall through community conversations. The Commission is requesting [...]

Poverty Free Ontario has put out two important documents in response to Discussion Paper 2 released by the Commission for the Review of Social Assistance in Ontario earlier this month. 1. Analysis and response to Discussion Paper 2 is available HERE. 2. Call for Cross Community Action on the Social Assistance Review is available HERE.