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*While the deadline to submit comment screeches in, you can send a
"supportive brief email" on, The Income Security Advocacy Centre's efforts
to guide policy and operations reform of social assistance.  It  also would
be great to hear of other organizations efforts to guide the Ministry of
Community and Social Services. *

[image: Transforming Ontario’s Income Security System]

Our Response to “A Roadmap for Change”

December 15, 2017

The new report called “Income Security: A Roadmap for Change
<https://www.ontario.ca/page/income-security-reform?_ga=2.254946632.1581527589.1512058338-689896907.1507649192>”
was released in November, as we have mentioned in previous emails
<http://incomesecurity.org/policy-advocacy/report-released-a-roadmap-for-change/>
.

The provincial government is looking for feedback on the Roadmap report by
January 5, 2018.

ISAC and the legal clinic system’s Steering Committee on Social Assistance
have written a joint submission to the Minister of Community and Social
Services.

Our submission says:

   - Government must get on with the long overdue business of transforming
   Ontario’s income security system
   - The Roadmap’s Vision and Guiding Principles and human rights-based
   equity lens are critically important recommendations that government should
   adopt to guide transformation
   - Government should commit to the specific recommendations in the
   Roadmap about:
      - achieving income adequacy for all
      - providing supports to low-income people outside the social
      assistance system
      - transforming OW and ODSP into supportive programs that treat people
      with respect and dignity
      - making significant investments now to help those in deepest
      poverty, and
      - ensuring that the rights of First Nations and Indigenous
      communities are upheld, particularly on sovereignty over social programs,
      and that their unique needs and concerns are met
   - Reforms must be made carefully and managed properly to avoid
   unintended consequences, and progress on reforms must be tracked and
   reported on transparently
   - Changes should be made to social assistance rules immediately to help
   kickstart transformation
   - In the 2018 provincial budget, government should create the “flat
   rate” structure for social assistance benefits, and go beyond the Roadmap’s
   recommendations for increases to OW and ODSP rates.

You can read our submission here: ISAC - Feedback On Income Security
Roadmap For Change - December 15 2017
<http://incomesecurity.org/publications/social-assistance-reform/ISAC-Feedback-on-Income-Security-Roadmap-for-Change-December-15-2017.docx>

*Your feedback to government on the Roadmap report is critically important.
*

If you agree with our submission and want to let the government know that
you support it, please send them a brief email, fax, or letter before
January 5. Send your endorsement feedback to:

*Email:* incomesecurity at ontario.ca

*Fax:* 416-325-5191 <(416)%20325-5191>

*Mail:*  Ministry of Community and Social Services
Communications and Marketing Branch
7th Floor, Hepburn Block
Toronto, Ontario  M7A 1E9

You can also use our Feedback Kit to provide your own advice and feedback
to the government. Click here to download the Kit
<http://incomesecurity.org/publications/social-assistance-reform/Income-Security-Roadmap-for-Change-ISAC-Feedback-Kit-Nov-17-2017.docx>
.

*Remember that the deadline for feedback is January 5, 2018. *

Our Backgrounder on the Roadmap report is available by clicking here
<http://incomesecurity.org/publications/social-assistance-reform/Income-Security-Roadmap-for-Change-ISAC-Backgrounder-Nov-17-2017.docx>
.

We also did a Webinar on the Roadmap, which you can watch by clicking here
<http://yourlegalrights.on.ca/webinar/income-security-roadmap-change-what-it-says-why-it-matters-and-what-you-can-do>
.

And, you can read or download the entire Roadmap report on the government’s
website by clicking here
<https://www.ontario.ca/page/income-security-roadmap-change>.

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