For two weeks, several New Democrat MPPs are putting their money where their mouth is to show how hard it is to live on social assistance.
“We’re in an affordability crisis,” said New Democrat MPP Monique Taylor , whose party promised to double disability and Ontario Works rates in the June 2 election that saw voters return Ford to Queen’s Park with a larger majority.
She described the challenges of shopping on a tight budget that leaves many ODSP and Ontario Works recipients relying on food banks by the end of the month. ODSP for people with “substantial” mental or physical disabilities that leave them mostly unable to work pays a maximum of $1,227 a month with the Ford increase. Ontario Works pays $733.
The $95.21 figure was calculated from the shopping list suggested by a previous PC government headed by Mike Harris as he cut welfare rates in 1995 — when his social services minister David Tsubouchi was roundly criticized for suggesting recipients buy “dented” cans of tuna to save money.
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