🇨🇦Tom - Crinstam Camp🇨🇦2d ago

I was just told that an Ontario Works worker asked a client if they identified as LGBTQ+.

I did a bunch of searching and as far as I can tell, they are legally not allowed to ask that?

Am I wrong?

#OntarioHumanRights #OntarioWorks #OW #Sexuality #LGBTQ #Lawyer #Legal

PLEASE boost this as much as possible.

Matthew BrnjasJun 16, 2023

"Within OW, an individual receives $343 to cover their basic needs and $390 to cover shelter, with some increases to these amounts for couples and households with dependants."

Source: https://www.guelphtoday.com/wellington-county/significant-gap-between-social-assistance-and-poverty-line-locally-7138169

#Guelph #OntarioWorks #Poverty

'Significant' gap between social assistance and poverty line locally

Total number of households reliant on Ontario Works in Wellington County longer than five years has increased by 21 per cent since 2019

GuelphToday.com
Peter V. Tretter ✅ 🇨🇦Feb 18, 2023
Central Ontario adults on social assistance must spend 30-50% of income on food: health unit report - Peterborough | Globalnews https://bit.ly/3lPRpn1 #HKPRDHU #ODSP #OntarioWorks #ODSPoverty #FoodSecurity #Poverty #MinimumWage #Seniors #onpoli @ontariogreens @onpoli
Central Ontario adults on social assistance must spend 30-50% of income on food: health unit report

For a single adult on Ontario Works with a monthly income of $863, the cost of a nutritious food basket is $397 — approximately 46 per cent of income.

Global News
mikeFeb 7, 2023
The maximum annual allowance a #disabled person on #ODSP is expected to live on in #Ontario. Someone on #OntarioWorks gets half this. It’s not a social safety net, it’s a shackle and chain.
deltatuxDec 9, 2022
With fast rising #inflation, it is becoming increasingly #unaffordable for low #income earners to afford living in #Toronto, especially for those on #ODSP & #OntarioWorks #OW.

Unfortunately, with the fast pace inflation, #foodbanks have seen a surge of patrons, with some of them skipping meals to keep themselves afloat.

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/toronto-cost-of-living-odsp-ontario-food-1.6669364
Nephrite🏳️‍⚧️Dec 2, 2022

Ffs. I may have to go back to work soon for the first time in 3 years since apparrently I don't qualify for #ODSP. I guess, to them, not being able to leave your house isn't a #disability. They asked that I send them more medical history. I don't have any since I CAN'T LEAVE THE HOUSE because of #agoraphobia.

The most confusing part about all of this is that my partner is on ODSP, so since I live with him I am on his file... and after I sent in all my paperwork to start my own file, they suddenly said I need to go on #OntarioWorks, look for work, or have my doctor sign a letter for them saying I cannot work right now or they'd remove me from his file and he'd get paid as a single person. So my doctor sent them a letter saying I can't work and his decision for that is to be reviewed in April. They accepted that letter. So now I can stay on his file without having to be working or on Ontario Works.

So in one way they know I can't work and agree and in another way, they're telling me I'm not #disabled enough to qualify for ODSP myself.