In June 2011 the Commission for the Review of Social Assistance in Ontario released A Discussion Paper: Issues & Ideas and reached out to stakeholders and communities for input.

In response, the Guelph & Wellington Task Force for Poverty Elimination, along with other community partners, organized opportunities for community members to provide feedback. Community members were invited to provide input by participating in an online survey and/or by attending a community conversation.

On September 1st the Poverty Task Force submitted a report to the Commission based on the information collected in Guelph & Wellington on each of the issues identified in A Discussion Paper.

Summary Report – download here

Full Report – download here

Appendix – download here

The Poverty Task Force would like to thank the over 200 community members from Guelph & Wellington that gave their time and energy to developing solutions to issues with the current social assistance system in Ontario.