Demands

  1. Raise Social Assistance Rates Now to at least the Basic Income pilot rates indexed to the real cost of living as experienced by poor people with existing supports intact.
  2. Stop Cuts to Benefits and Supports and reinstate the Community Start-Up and Maintenance benefit.
  3. Provide Accessible Supports with Dignity: Eliminate the punitive surveillance from the administration of social assistance so that workers can better provide necessary and comprehensive services.
  4. Ensure Access to All Immigrants: Everyone in Ontario who needs social assistance should get it, regardless of immigration status.
  5. Amend the Employment Standards Act to ensure the minimum wage in Ontario is raised to $15 an hour by January 1, 2019 to include students and liquor servers.