[homeles_ot-l] Fwd: Five Tests for the Social Assistance Review

Wed Oct 10 19:19:23 EDT 2012

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From: Income Security Advocacy Centre <isac at lao.on.ca>
Date: 10 October 2012 16:32
Subject: Five Tests for the Social Assistance Review
To: Terrie <mocharebyl at gmail.com>

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       Hi all,

See below for an email from our colleagues at the 25 in 5 Network for
Poverty Reduction about the upcoming Social Assistance Review report.

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*25 in 5 Network for Poverty Reduction*
*October 10, 2012  *
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 *The Commission for the Review of Social Assistance in
Ontario*<http://incomesecurity.us4.list-manage1.com/track/click?u=095b12c98935ecaadd327bf90&id=79b5acb111&e=655bad47b0>
will
issue its final report and recommendations next week.

How will we tell if the report passes the test? How will we know if the
recommendations will resolve the problems in the social assistance system?

A number of groups and organizations have created Five Tests for others
across Ontario to use to assess the success of the Commission’s report.

   - Does the report provide a clearly articulated vision for a social
   assistance system that reflects the real cost of living and promotes
   dignity, equity, opportunity, and good health for all?
   - Does the report recommend incomes adequate to support the dignity of
   the people on social assistance?
   - Does it promote opportunity through improved employment and training
   programs, provide for involvement in community life, and create greater
   chances to move forward?
   - Does it recommend a system that puts people first, in both the program
   and benefit structures?
   - And does it ensure that, at the end of the day, after reform takes
   place, everyone is better off as a result?

*Download the full Five Tests document
here*<http://incomesecurity.us4.list-manage.com/track/click?u=095b12c98935ecaadd327bf90&id=66734b91a1&e=655bad47b0>
to
find out more about how the report can and should respond to these
questions.

*And read an Op-Ed in the Toronto
Star*<http://incomesecurity.us4.list-manage1.com/track/click?u=095b12c98935ecaadd327bf90&id=6d4dacc8ad&e=655bad47b0>
that
outlines the Five Tests.

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