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Society & Government

Disabilities platforms

Here's what the 2025 Ontario election parties are promising.
We don't have any PC policies on Disabilities.

ONDP
  • Double social assistance rates for ODSP and OW

    "We will double social assistance rates for ODSP and OW to get people out of deep poverty and boost the Canada-Ontario Housing Benefit program to help more people move out of shelters into homes, freeing up shelter beds in the process." — On Your Side, retrieved 2025-02-22

Liberal
  • Permanently double the Ontario Disability Support Program benefits and index it to inflation

    "Permanently double the Ontario Disability Support Program (ODSP) benefits and index it to inflation so that Ontario’s most vulnerable are not left behind." — Getting the Basics Right: A Plan to Do More For You, retrieved 2025-02-22

Green
  • Improve the Assistive Devices Program with more up-to-date devices, training, and fewer barriers to access

    "Improve the Assistive Devices Pro- gram to better meet the needs of those requiring assistive tools, including more up-to-date devices, training, and fewer barriers to access as well as ensuring appropriate standards for repair of devices" — Our Plan for Fairness, retrieved 2025-02-22

  • Ensure that new affordable housing stock is accessible and require affordable housing retrofits to meet the same standards
  • Commit to fulfilling all commitments in the Accessible Ontario Pledge by the AODA Alliance
  • Immediately increase funding for community living agencies, including the Passport and Special Services at Home programmes

    "Immediately increase funding for community living agencies across Ontario, including the Passport and Special Services at Home programs, in line with both cost of living and the needs of developmentally delayed adults" — Our Plan for Fairness, retrieved 2025-02-22

  • Ensure supports for housecleaning and other needs for people with disabilities
  • Phase in a basic income, with an initial doubling of ODSP and OW rates and elimination of unfair clawbacks

    "Phase in a Basic Income, with the first step being to at least double the Ontario Disability Support Program (ODSP) and Ontario Works (OW) rates and get rid of aggressive and unfair clawbacks, including clawbacks from the Canada Disability Benefit

    1. Eliminate any unnecessary red tape, reporting requirements, and other barriers typically faced by those needing financial support
    2. Remove ODSP from the purview of Employment Ontario
    3. Ensure shelter allowances reflect the shelter costs where people live"

    — Our Plan for Fairness, retrieved 2025-02-22

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