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.
