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Ontario is the ONLY province that hasn't raised rates for singles since 2018 — a single OW recipient was $18,874 below the poverty line in 2024. Indexing OW would cost ~$335.5M — one-tenth of the $3B "taxpayer rebate" the province sent out. (ISAC)

Feed Ontario: over 1 million Ontarians needed a food bank. 8.7 million visits — up 13%, 9th straight year of rising demand. 2 in 3 visitors are on social assistance. OW is 66% BELOW the poverty line; ODSP 53%. Food banks are a symptom of legislated poverty. #RaiseTheRates

Canadian legal history: an Ontario court ruled homelessness is a ground of discrimination under Charter s.15 — the first time ever. If homelessness IS discrimination, then every budget that freezes people at $733 is discrimination in action. #HousingIsAHumanRight

Canada passed a law in 2019 recognizing housing as a fundamental human right. Seven years later, Ontario alone has 76,741 known homeless — and the true number is higher. A right the government won't fund is a slogan, not a right. #HousingIsAHumanRight

The minister responsible said it herself: the disability benefit is 'not what a person needs to sustain themselves.' She's right — and she runs the program. Raise the CDB to a level that ends poverty. That was always the job. #CanadaDisabilityBenefit The Goal.......

4.1 million food bank visits in Toronto last year — up 340% since before the pandemic. 1 in 10 Torontonians now relies on food charity. #DougFord froze OW at $733 while hunger exploded. This isn't a food crisis. It's an income crisis he chose. #Toronto #LegislatedPoverty #onpoli

Ontario doesn't have a poverty reduction strategy. It has food banks. $733 a month and a donation bin — that's the plan. Charity isn't policy. It's abandonment with a logo. #Ontario #LegislatedDestitution #onpoli #LegislatedPoverty #ODSP #Canada #DougFord

Ontario Works has been $733 since 2018. That's not a freeze - that's Ford's entire time in office. Eight years of power. Zero dollars of mercy. The Crisis Worsening each day while #Ford doesn't miss a meal. #DougFord #OntarioWorks #Onpoli #OntarioPC

Ontario's own watchdog projects 88,859 homeless by 2028. The government's answer: faster evictions — 7-day notices, pay-half-to-plead. They forecasted the crisis, then hit the gas. Numbers will only intensify. #Onpoli #HousingCrisis #Ontario #DougFord #Homelessness

Ford on homeless encampments: he's "fully prepared" to override the Charter with the notwithstanding clause if courts "interfere." Not housing. Not shelters. The nuclear option — aimed at tents. #DougFord #Onpoli #Cdnpolitics #cdnpoli #Toronto #Tocity #Topoli #Ontario

The budget watchdog priced lifting a disabled Canadian out of poverty: $14,356 a year. Ottawa pays $2,450. One-sixth of dignity. The whole program costs 0.2% of federal spending. They can afford it. They choose not to. #CanadaDisabilityBenefit #Cdnpoli #MarkCarney

The Canada Disability Benefit maxes at $2,450 a year. The poverty line is about $27,600. That's less than 9%. Nine percent of survival, wrapped in a press release. #MarkCarney #BetterTheBenefit #Ontario

Another announcement. Another pilot. Another framework. The press release is the policy now — governance by headline, while the food bank lineups do the actual governing. #Ontario #HousingCrisis #Onpoli #Canada #MarkCarney #DougFord

Food Banks Canada gave Ontario an F. Unemployment: 7.6% — highest of any province. Third majority. "Strong economy." F. #Onpoli #Disability #Toronto #DougFord #Ontario

Ontario halved the eviction appeal window: 30 days to 15. Half the time to fight for your home. They didn't fix the Landlord and Tenant Board backlog — they just gave you less time to use it. #Onpoli #Ontario #Disability

Waterloo Region blew $1.7 million of our money on legal fees as it tried to evict homeless people therecord.com/opinion/column…

179 people. Bunks. Lockers. A cheerful tour of 'where the magic happens.' Ottawa Mission dorms: full 365 days a year. Kennel rules would call that overcrowding for dogs. For humans it's a funding model. Cruelty, legislated. #Ottawa #LegislatedDestitution #HousingCrisis #Ottcity

Food Banks Canada gave Ontario an F on poverty. Social assistance covers just 32.7% of the poverty line. Disability assistance: 54.7%. Doug Ford's Ontario ranks dead last and he's proud of it. #LegislatedPoverty #DougFord #Onpoli #HousingCrisis #Ontario #onpoli #Toronto #Ottawa

Ontario Works: $733 a month. Frozen since 2018. With inflation protection since the 90s it should be $1,287 — a 43% cut to the poorest Ontarians, dressed up as fiscal responsibility. #LegislatedPoverty #OntarioWorks #Onpoli