November 23, 2018
CBC News – Ontario
Ontario’s social assistance reforms look like ‘window dressing,’ anti-poverty activist says
As the finer details of the Ford government’s updates to Ontario’s social assistance program are still being parsed, some social assistance recipients and advocates are reacting to the changes with skepticism.
“I haven’t heard anything from the government addressing adequacy … It sounds like good window dressing at this point,” said Diane Dyson, a public policy activist based in Toronto.