The Leader of the Provincial Green Party, Mike Schriener, issued a press release today to call on the Premier to double the rate of the Ontario Disability Support Program.
He says that as life is getting more expensive in Ontario, and the affordability crunch is hitting Ontarians with disabilities the hardest.
He adds that the avergae rent for a one bedroom apartment is over $1,000 per month, even higher in cities like Toronto. Yet he says the basic needs and shelter allowance with ODSP is just $1,169 per month. He says it’s an amount that hasn’t kept up with record levels of inflation or increased at all since 2018.
Schreiner says right now over 50% of people on social assistance go days without food, forced to choose between putting dinner on the table or a keeping a roof over their head.
The Green Party says that last week they learned that the Ford Government underspent on social services by $1.2 billion dollars in the past three quarters.
The full video of Schreiners statement is below.
