Advocacy group led by PWD on ODSP, w/allies (NOT govt affiliated). Defending dignity 4 folks w/disabilities in poverty. Advocate. Educate. Demonstrate 🌈💨♿
To clarify, one of the 1st things you did when you took office was CUT a planned 3% IN HALF, & CANCELLED two subsequent annual 3% increases.
Then you kept rates frozen for the next four years, despite a global pandemic.
You aren't fooling anyone
@fordnation
.
#ONpoli
#ODSPoverty
“The liberals and NDP stood there and starved these people“ said the Premier referring to his governments 5% increase to disability payments which wasn’t in the initial budget this past spring but was in the one tabled this summer. The NDP invite Ford to live on ODSP payments.
Vast majority of
#ODSP
clients are unable to 'get a job'. Disability doesn't adhere to a schedule
Funneling $$ to foodbanks & shelters doesn't help pay the rent every month.
Pandemic, runaway inflation, housing crisis & rates STILL frozen.
Own 5 cars? Here's $1k 😕
@fordnation
Premier Ford when asked if he'll raise ODSP rates: "That's an opportunity to sit down & discuss, for the people unable to work I will always be there to support them but for people able to work the best way to support them is get them a job"
(Q asked for me by
@QPCamera
)
#onpoli
📢 RAISE THE RATES!! 📢
We have again partnered w/
@ODCoalition
for our 4th
#Rally4ODSP
in front of Queen's Park!
Apr 25th, 11am start.
*Masking/physical distancing encouraged.
*ASL graciously provided by
@Disability_WP
*Artwork courtesy of Moe Pramanick at
@FoodShareTO
5 Ontario MPPs go on 'social assistance diet' to show why
#ODSP
needs to be increased
“Ford &
@DrFullertonMPP
need to acknowledge that nobody can live a decent, healthy & dignified life on $733 or $1,227 a month”
#RaiseTheRates
#Dignity
#ONpoli
We got an email from
@cityoftoronto
saying
"The City of Toronto would like to announce that 104 AFFORDABLE RENTAL HOMES are opening at 131, 151 and 181 Mill St (Canary Landing) in Summer 2023"
Below are the 'affordable' rents 🙄
@oliviachow
#HousingCrisis
#NoODSP
Orillia City Council calls on province to 'at least double'
#OW
&
#ODSP
rates
“This is legislated poverty, and we are calling on the provincial government to end legislated poverty.”
#ONpoli
Ontario NDP to pledge doubling of
#ODSP
rates in 2nd year if elected
The party has faced criticism from its supporters that the party's promise to increase ODSP rates wasn't enough.
#ONpoli
#RaiseTheRates
TW: MAiD: We’re all implicated in Michael Fraser’s decision to die
We need to think about what it says about our collective values & where we’re heading as a society
He was getting $1100/mo from
#ODSP
; rent swallowed almost all of that
#ONpoli
#Cdnpoli
ODSP Action Coalition sent the below letter to PM Trudeau et al earlier this week.
We're asking for the emerg GST payment issued to low income folks in Apr to be extended, retroactively & paid monthly thru at least Sept.
#CDNpoli
See full letter here:
“I was scraping by on $1406/mo. Now that’s been cut to $823.
I’m angry that I’m getting less money with no real explanation. I wish I could meet Doug Ford & say, ‘Put yourself in a wheelchair & try to live my life with almost no money & no accessibility"
People on
#ODSP
&
#OW
are consistently trying to find ways to survive. They're in survival mode every day, every month, & struggling
People have to focus on their day-to-day survival rather than their potential
Doubling both prog's would be a start
We've also noticed a deeply disturbing uptick in suicide ideation among
#ODSP
clients which has further accelerated since the beginning of the pandemic.
ODSP rates have been frozen since 2018. Rent's increased 5.8%. 💸😶
#DoTheMath
.
#ODSPerson
=
#ODSPoverty
.
@CityCynthia
A very disturbing thread about some of the thoughts of
#PWDs
on
#ODSPoverty
. People are considering
#MedicalAssistanceInDying
because life on ODSP is so unliveable. Sadly this is not the first, or second, or even third thread I have seen like this. We need to stop this.
#onpoli
BREAKING: Province set to increase ODSP earnings exemption from $200 to $1000/mo.
BUT “For each dollar earned above $1,000, the person would keep 25 cents of income support”.
#ODSPoverty
#ONpoli
We've learned thru our networks that the ODSP inflationary increase effective on July's payment will be 6.5%.
For a single with max shelter & basic needs, that works out to approx $80/month. Total $1308/month.
#ODSP
#ONpoli
We participated in several focus groups, 3 technical roundtables & watched every committee hearing thru HUMA & SOCI.
We heard NOT ONE person recommend using the DTC as a gateway to the underfunded
#CanadaDisabilityBenefit
.
We heard lots of folks recommend against it.
#Cdnpoli
United Way now calling for
#OW
/
#ODSP
rates to be doubled
“W/out adequate dignified income for people, the problems that we’re seeing on our streets, in our ERs, in our criminal justice system are only going to continue to escalate”
@MichaelParsa
#ONpoli
Single Kincardine mom fears
#homelessness
within days
“There’s a lot of (landlords) that once they hear we’re on
#ODSP
, we face discrimination of them not wanting us"
We're "just regular people who have gotten sick, who didn’t ask for this life"
#ONpoli
Using data obtained thru MCCSS, StatsCan & Bank of Cda, we assembled some charts illustrating, in actual $, 1995-2020:
Red=ODSP rates for single PWD
Gold=
#ODSP
rates if indexed to inflation (CPI)
Green=Cda's Low Income Measure - After Tax (LIM-AT); a relative measure of poverty
Province's move to hire fraud investigators angers social assistance recipients:
"They will spend it on anything other than actually helping the people ODSP is designed to help"
#ONpoli
#ODSPoverty
Ford names 43 paid parliamentary assist's, meaning 88% of PC caucus will get $16.6k pay bumps - some ministers will have 2 assist's.
That 'bump' is $2572 more that an
#ODSP
client rec's in an entire yr.
Gravy train bad unless you get the gravy.
#ONpoli
If PWD in BC (& Ont) marry or become common law,
#disability
benefits decrease based on partner's income due to archaic 'benefit unit' rules which can also trap PWD in abusive relationships.
It's no coincidence close to 90% of
#ODSP
cases are single 🤷
Cda House of Commons e-petition:
To create & implement a Disability Emergency Relief Benefit
#DERB
while awaiting the implementation of the
#CanadaDisabilityBenefit
.
Closed for signatures Sept 10, 2023, at 8:40AM
#Cdnpoli
Link to e-petition:
Ontario govt facing class action suit for abruptly cancelling 3 year
#BasicIncome
pilot in 2018 after only 1 year.
"The govt enters into contracts the way people do. They don't get to change their minds once they've entered into it"
#ONpoli
Consultation on the Cda Disability Inclusion Action Plan:
Opened on June 4, 2021 & will close on Aug 31, 2021.
"We invite all Cdns to participate in this consultation"
Participate by completing a survey, or by mail or video.
#Cdnpoli
#DisabilityRights
ON PCs promise to boost
#ODSP
payment rates by 5%
'Economist Mike Moffat calculated that the PC, Liberal & NDP proposals would still see ODSP clients receive less support than under past PC premiers Harris & Eves, when adjusted for inflation'
#ONpoli
"The differences between
#CERB
& ODSP expose the ableist assumptions embedded in the COVID19 response & raise q's about whose costs of living 'deserve' subsidies".
CERB payments are available w/minimal screening;
#ODSP
is a much smaller amount w/many strings attached.
#ONpoli
This 34yr old is struggling to eat on his $1169/mo
#ODSP
income. He also has $50k in OSAP debt. What can he do?
"I'd like to eat every day, maybe twice a day..."
The main message he has?
"People who are disabled aren’t able to survive here"
#ONpoli
Ontario had $12-billion in unspent contingency funds when COVID-19′s second wave hit this fall, according to a report from the province’s independent fiscal watchdog, via
@jeffreybgray
#onpoli
If you've not seen it yet, here's the official govt announcement re: a one time $600 payment for PWDs. By making the payment available to only those with a Disability Tax Credit certificate, leaves out large swaths of PWDs across the country, once again
'Another slap in the face':
#ODSP
recip's say Ford's 5% promised rate hike not nearly enough
A 5% increase would mean another $58.45/mo maximum for a single PWD.
"They need to get the shelter cost limits out of the 90s and into the 2020s"
#ONpoli
OW rates now $200/mo BELOW the Harris cuts of 1995
The last PC Premier to raise
#OW
rates was Bill Davis 39 yrs ago in 1985
W/out connectivity or transit, you can't hear or read about work, nor travel there even if you manage to secure it!
@fordnation
ON’s SA rates should be an election issue
"There have been no increases since 2018; they are for now frozen in time. It would take an 8% increase just to restore their pre-pandemic purchasing power"
Who's gonna step up?
#ODSPoverty
#ONpoli
#RaiseTheRates
Could you live on $1,169 per month?
As we enter the prov'l election, the lives of people with disabilities hang in the balance yet again. As the cost of living rises,
#ODSP
must rise in line with it.
#ONpoli
#ODSPoverty
#HousingCrisis
An insiders’ grim portrait of life on social assistance in Ontario
This is where we are going under the province’s “Recovery/Renewal of Social Assistance.” We have to stop it.
#ODSPoverty
#OW
#ONpoli
#ODSP
recip's calling for help, exploring assisted dying:
Low income & racialized communities have been hit the hardest, but there's another group that feels abandoned & ignored – people w/disabilities.
Some considering MAID as a last resort.
#ONpoli
Sudbury MPP
@jamiewestndp
proposes doubling
#ODSP
to help struggling constituents
“The five per cent increase was never enough. And the increase in (exempted) earnings will never affect those who cannot work"
@DrFullertonMPP
#ONpoli
Ford Quietly Set to End ($100) Emergency Social Assistance For Low-Income Workers & PWDs:
“By not continuing (the $100 top-up), the ON govt is once again sending a message to PWDs on
#ODSP
that they're undeserving & their needs don't matter”
@ToddSmithPC
'We couldn't not speak up': Barrie org's urge ON Premier to increase social assistance
“Barrie Food Bank saw a 53% increase (in visits) this June compared to last June"
"A significant number" of which are receiving
#ODSP
and
#OW
.
#RaiseTheRates
#ONpoli
BREAKING: Province set to increase ODSP earnings exemption from $200 to $1000/mo.
BUT “For each dollar earned above $1,000, the person would keep 25 cents of income support”.
#ODSPoverty
#ONpoli
MPP
@SarahJama_
proposes reforms to
#ODSP
&
#OW
1st motion calls for the ODSP/OW shelter allowances to be based on actual market rents
2nd motion calls for ODSP recipients to not have benefits reduced as a result of other household income
#ONpoli
Once again
@ToddSmithPC
was asked about
#ODSP
rates during question period today.
& once again he pointed to a 1.5% rate increase from 2018; ~$18 for most of us.
& the 'emergency benefit' that lasted 4 mos ending last July. And alleged 'discretionary benefits'. Has anyone...
HUMA and Status of Persons w/Disabilities Committee unanimously pass (non-binding) motion to improve the
#CanadaDisabilityBenefit
, including no clawbacks, not using DTC to qualify, higher amount, etc.
#Cdnpoli
Doug Ford’s increase to
#ODSP
‘legislating poverty,' says advocate
“Someone who cannot derive their income from employment should not be legislated to live in poverty.”
#ONpoli
#CanadaDisabilityBenefit
ODSP ActionCoalition has partnered w/ ON Disability Coalition to hold a rally @ Queen's Park Sept. 28th, starting @ noon, to draw attention & demand an increase to social assistance rates which have been frozen since 2018!
#Rally4ODSP
#ONpoli
#ODSPoverty
ODSP Action Coalition sent the below follow-up letter to Minister Smith, et al, on Sept 9th.
#ODSPoverty
#NotAChoice
You can also see the full letter here:
Advocates urge Ford govt to cancel planned change to disability
"Living on
#OW
instead of
#ODSP
has the potential to worsen people’s mental illnesses, said the CEO of the CMHA's Ontario branch, Camille Quenneville".
#DefendDisability
"The Ford govt SAID they increased (
#ODSP
/
#OW
) rates by 1.5%"
What they DIDN'T SAY is that 1.5% increase was TWO YEARS AGO, and it was CUT IN HALF from the previously scheduled 3% increase.
Meanwhile RENT, as per prov'l guidelines, has RISEN 5.8% over the SAME TIME.
#ONpoli
Ontarians who survive on disability payments say the monthly payouts were never much to live on. Now the challenges they were already experiencing prior to COVID-19 have been amplified.
@Faiza_AminTV
reports.
People w/disabilities struggle w/barriers to finding housing
Rent hikes have a considerable impact on those relying on ODSP.
“With
#ODSP
, you’re getting about $1,200/mo. Now how are you supposed to live on that?”
@DrFullertonMPP
#HousingCrisis
#ONpoli
NDP tabled a PMB (C-403) that would allow anyone already receiving prov'l disability assistance to automatically qualify for the Disability Tax Credit, a proposed gateway to the
#CanadaDisabilityBenefit
.
Great idea, but too bad PMBs rarely get passed. 🤷
Ford: "Everything is on the table right now"
ODSP Clients: "We can't afford to put food on the table"
Ford: "We are in a crisis"
ODSP Clients: "We can't afford PPE, sanitizer, delivery costs, rent"
Ford: "It is scary"
ODSP Clients: "Welcome to our world"
#ODSPoverty
#ONpoli
Premier Doug Ford was slammed for his 'game show' tactics today, as the province deals with an escalating COVID-19 crisis.
Story by
@SeanDavidson_
#onpoli
Here’s hoping the new federal disability benefit adds up to
#BasicIncome
:
"It’s time to treat PWD w/respect instead of paternalism & to address the inadequacies of the current system. The proposed federal Disability Benefit is an opportunity to do better"
Housing is a human right: How Finland is eradicating homelessness:
"Finland has become the 1st country to adopt a national
#HousingFirst
approach to
#homelessness
...it demands politicians who have an understanding of human dignity"
#HousingCrisis
#CanPoli
ODSP recipients facing eviction w/ nowhere to go
"I can’t find anything within my price range at all
“This is not 1984 where I can go rent an apartment for $500..
"I am really angry & scared & frustrated”
@DrFullertonMPP
#ONpoli
#ODSPoverty
200+ advocacy groups ask ON govt to double social assistance rates
The letter, released by
@ISAC_Ontario
, says govt’s plan to increase disability support rates in next month’s budget is far from what recipients need to survive.
#ONpoli
#ODSP
#OW
Below is our 2021 prov'l pre-budget sub.
As we just submitted one 4 mos ago, we kept our recommend's relatively brief while focusing more on a real-life example that lays out for them some of the realities of being a PWD on
#ODSPoverty
.
#ONpoli
Also here:
Our partners Defend Disability, in collaboration with ODSP Action Coalition, put out the below press release regarding the
#CanadaDisabilityBenefit
earlier today.
You can also view/download the pdf here:
'People are suffering:' Renewed calls for Ford to raise ODSP rates even higher than than the 5% promised during the election campaign.
45% of the people in this province who are homeless are people with disabilities on
#ODSP
#ONpoli
Kitchener’s Mike Morrice
@morricemike
makes his mark in Parliament, 54 seats behind the PM
W/less than 2 yrs on the job, Mike helped shape & approve
#BillC22
, meant to put cash into the pockets of Cdns w/disabilities 🙏
#CanadaDisabilityBenefit
#Cdnpoli
Thank you for this
@JoelHardenONDP
.
Real leaders support people with disabilities.
"All I’ve seen from his government are disparaging comments against our disabled neighbours trapped in cycles of poverty"
ODSP is
#NotAChoice
.
#ODSPoverty
ODSP rates are PATHETICALLY LOW &
@fordnation
has the NERVE to take other financial aid right out of the pockets of disabled Ontarians.
The govt shouldn't be profiting off the back of Sandra, or ANY OTHER ONTARIANS w/ disabilities.
End EI clawbacks NOW!
#onpoli
#COVID19
#ODSP
@MacLeodLisa
@vote4robgill
You're lucky to have a solid support network. Not everyone is so blessed with the same gifts & opportunities
Your ministry & govt's decisions are profoundly harming those who're less fortunate
To be clear: A job is not a social program
#DefendDisability
It takes a weak person to bully someone for their mental health online,
@vote4robgill
.
I’m open about my struggles & I’m also fortunate to have a solid support network so that when mean spirited people try to break me & use my health for political attacks I can stay focused.
‘I don’t know how long I can do this’: Disabled ON's still waiting on
#CanadaDisabilityBenefit
It’s not clear when the legislation will go to 2nd reading or when ppl will receive the benefit.
"Living in
#poverty
doesn’t take a recess over the summer”
MAiD Expansions Allow Govt To Prey On Disabled
"Expanded
#MAiD
preys on disabled people who are given insufficient support from the state. Lives are being lost because MAiD is the only public policy offered to some poor disabled individuals"
#Cdnpoli
Food prices are going through the roof
Chicken rose 10.3% in Sept.
Beef was up 13%
Bacon up 20%
Dairy prod's are up 5.1%
“EVERY single section of the grocery store is impacted by inflation"
#ODSPoverty
rates? Still frozen since 2018.
@DrFullertonMPP
To Ford & his cabinet: "try to live on $1,169/mo. When you realize how difficult that is, you might just increase that & give the disabled some dignity"
#ODSPoverty
#ONpoli
@fordnation
n.b: around 42k
#ODSP
clients reported income (from empl't) at the end of Dec (not Jan) 2019.
Open letter from Defend Disability (to which we also contributed):
THE EROSION OF THE ONTARIO SOCIAL BENEFITS TRIBUNAL
#SaveTheSBT
#ONpoli
#ODSPoverty
👇
Bishop Advocates for Social Assistance Increase
"The Bishop’s letter (to ON MPPs) suggests that (
#ODSP
/
#OW
) rates should increase in line with the CERB, which identified $2k/mo as a basic income for Canadians during the pandemic"
#ONpoli
#ODSPoverty
Great letter. Thank you Sarnia Mayor Mike Bradley (
@mayorofsarnia
) for using your office to speak out on behalf of all Canadians w/disabilities and reminding the PM and Minister Qualtrough that this is a human rights issue that needs to be immediately addressed.
#NoDisabilityLens
Canada study debunks stereotypes of
#homeless
people’s spending habits
Researchers gave 50 homeless ppl in Vancouver a $7500 lump sum each.
They spent it on housing, clothing, food, transit & not on booze or drugs.
#BasicIncome
25 YEARS after ‘welfare diet’ debacle, social assistance STILL hasn’t recovered from Mike Harris (21.6%) cuts:
“The adequacy of welfare incomes have been a problem for a long time in ON & I think this report suggests things are getting worse”
#ONpoli
The perverse logic of social assistance
If
#OW
/
#ODSP
recipients lose their home, they receive less benefits than someone who has a home.
How does it make sense to take support away from someone at a time when they need more help?
@MichaelParsa
#ONpoli
For anyone interested, you can check out/download the 2022 provincial budget here:
No increases for ODSP.
Apparently rates will remain frozen at $1169 for at least another year. Why are we not surprised. 🤷
#ONpoli
#ODSPoverty
#Rally4ODSP
How did ON's disgraceful disability support program get so bad?
What kind of society believes that PWD struggling to cope w/ mental, psychological & physical challenges shld be expected to get by on just $1169 a month?
ON for one.
#ODSPoverty
#ONpoli
TO Unions call for retraction of Mike Harris’ Order of Ontario
" many calling for retraction... we commit to shining a powerful light on (Harris') shameful record — one that deserves to be remembered as a cautionary tale by all Ontarians."
#ONpoli
Govt's left out disabled population from emergency
#COVID19
funding, Sudbury advocate says:
"Even ppl who continue to receive the same fixed income are feeling the strain of the current situation...that $100 is not going to get you anywhere"
#NoClawbacks
Disability activist
@SarahJama_
to seek nomination as ON NDP candidate for Hamilton Ctre
Jama is the co-founder of the the
@djnontario
, a founding board member of Hamilton Transit Riders' Union & has worked with numerous org's.
Good luck Sarah!
#ONpoli
Disability tax credit needs immediate reform!
The
#DTC
has long been a thorn in the side of disability advocates. It is plagued by low uptake, w/complex & often misunderstood eligibility criteria, leaving many in need without adequate support.
#Cdnpoli
‘My mom wasn’t lazy, she got sick’: Orangeville woman shares story of how
#ODSP
kept her mother trapped in poverty:
"ODSP recipients should be treated the same as seniors on pensions — if a senior takes up a part-time job, the pension isn’t taken away"
Guelph health centre calls for increase to
#ODSP
rates
“Income is THE most important social determinant of health, & community members on SA are struggling to meet their most basic needs under current rates"
Doctors' orders:
#RaiseTheRates
!
#ONpoli
The
#CanadaDisabilityBenefit
needs many improvements & must ensure a robust/barrier-free appeals process.
Expecting ppl w/no legal expertise to navigate a convoluted legislative maze alone reinforces a power imbalance between expert govt lawyers & PWDs
Practically every Cdn city has a tent city full of ppl who can’t afford shelter
Cda’s premiers snug in their beds, don’t seem to see it. Or they just don't care.
In Cda it’s up to the provinces to regulate housing, social svcs, min wage, etc.
#CdnPoli
People living on
#ODSP
struggling to get by
"Ppl are losing their homes & ending up homeless on the street.
It's a fine line & there is no subsidized housing for them to get into.
You need more than a bag of carrots a month"
#ONpoli
#AffordableHousing
Thank you
@OPSEU
@OPSEUSmokey
for pointing out how wrong-headed this is, particularly now.
“This is the wrong time to introduce sweeping changes... Overhauling
#ODSP
would only create more instability at a time when so many people are already suffering”
NDP call for Lib's to follow thru on disability benefit promise gets unanimous support
While the motion is largely symbolic, NDP say they'll continue to impress upon the govt that all MPs agreed that the benefit shld be introduced ASAP.
#Cdnpoli
#CDB
Shouldn’t social assistance prevent poverty?
At minimum, it should be a net that prevents ppl from falling into abject poverty. Keeping people in legislated
#poverty
costs more.
Govts should recognize the opportunity & invest accordingly.
@MichaelParsa
Slow rollout of
#CanadaDisabilityBenefit
sparks calls for emergency interim support
“Some relief as a gesture of ‘more to come’ would be great”
"With food inflation..rising cost of rent, PWD are just falling further & further behind”
#Cdnpoli
#DERB
#CDB
@CityCynthia
Thank you Cynthia for your continued efforts re:
#ODSP
.
Inflation since 2018 now hovers above 12% — a 5% increase doesn't even replace half of what's been eroded since then.
People can't eat tools
@PBethlenfalvy
For those on
#ODSP
I tried asking the Finance Minister if it will be increased above the promised 5% (which will still leave people w disabilities well below the poverty line bc they currently receive $1,169/month) here is his answer.
#onpoli
"COVID-19 presents a case study in the pitfalls of Canada's motley patchwork of disability income programs, and a model for how a unified nation-wide support system like CERB could fill these holes in the social safety net"
#CDNpoli
#DisabilityRights
#ODSPoverty
Disability advocates sound alarm over premier's comments:
The province made a $100 pandemic benefit available to
#ODSP
clients until the end of July — when asked why the benefit ended, the premier said: "...get them a job..."
How many PWD work at Deco?
20 years of marriage equality? No, not for ODSP clients:
'In ON we define a couple as common-law after they cohabitate for 3 yrs, whereas ODSP can decide you are in a common-law relationship after just 3 months & begin clawing back benefits'
#ODSPoverty
MAG has applied for a court order to suspend the enforcement of eviction orders. Tribunals Ontario will not issue any new eviction orders until further notice.
‘It’s not poverty, it’s destitution’
Advocates plead for increase to disability support payments
It's “a matter of life & death”
“There’s nothing I can prescribe to help my patients get housing for $500”
~ Dr. Mandur
@HPAP
#ONpoli
#Rally4ODSP
Jan 2023 there were 393,866 OW 'beneficiaries' (last time caseload data was posted)
A 14% decrease vs pre-pandemic levels.
Roughly 40% are kids/dependents.
No one receiving $733/mo is "healthy"
Many PWD are on OW trying to access ODSP.
Many single moms w/disabled kids are on OW.
Premier Ford yesterday: "What drives me crazy, is people on Ontario Works—probably 3, 400,000—that are healthy.... It really bothers me that we have healthy people sitting at home collecting your hard-earned dollars..."
ON govt sticks with 5% ODSP raise despite pressure
#ODSP
clients will stay below the deep poverty line — defined as <75% of the official poverty line.
"Pegging the program to inflation guarantees 'legislated poverty' for the foreseeable future"
#ONpoli
Social-assistance rates in Ontario should ‘set off alarm bells’
@SarahJama_
: Rates are "way too low, & it's not connected to the realities of inflation & the current cost of living.”
Minister
@MichaelParsa
declined to be interviewed.
#ONpoli
#ODSP
#OW