other minimal actions

MINIMAL ACTION 9
thinking/writing action during

"drop-in and i will pay you $15/hour:
we will build bicycle wheels to fundraise for a lawyer to research
legal avenues to improve the lives of recipients of social assistance in Ontario"


social assistance in Ontario = ODSP + OW + other small benefits
ODSP = Ontario Disability Support program
maximum monthly allowance on ODSP = $1,169
OW = Ontario Works
maximual monthly allowance on OW = $733
everything is conditions and means-tested
everything comes with "strings attached"
everything ends before recipients reach poverty line

- what is ableism? - "disability" was invented by ableism but i need it - reviews of social assistance in Ontario ODSP and OW RECIPIENTS CANNOT REACH POVERTY LINE - "poor numbers" - clawbacks on earnings by OW recipients - clawbacks on earnings by ODSP recipients - loss of income by ODSP recipients if excluded by a new definition of disability - poverty lines DEFINTION OF DISABILITY - definitions of disability - the Ford government wants to narrow down the ODSP definition of disability - change of definition and "grand-fathering" - work by "Defend Disability" RIGHTS - our rights are already infringed - requests to NDP by small group of persons with disabilities, as food for thoughts on our rights - International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (ICESCR) - Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD) - MAD Canada Shadow Report - Federal Disability Reference Guide - An Act to Ensure a Barrier-free Canada, June 21, 2019 - Ethical guidelines for a collection of contributions by people with lived experience - how to be an advocate without burning out EMPLOYMENT (in construction) - changes to employment services as described in the press - RFQ by government - Social Impact Bonds as disturbing example of social-outcomes-based funding already practiced in Ontario