The discussion around defending the definition of disability
2019
- Toronto Star – City council joins growing wave of opposition to province’s proposed cuts to welfare for disabled
- Toronto Star – Help stop Ford government’s ‘extremely damaging’ social service cuts, city council urged
- Toronto Star – Province offers no comfort to disabled who fear loss of support
- Global News: The Morning Show Radio Interview – Anti-poverty, disability activists calling on Ford government to abandon proposed changes to ODSP
- CBC – Why Canada’s broken disability support system is needlessly costing millions, harming mental health
- Opinion piece regarding deficits in the federal disability programs
- https://www.cbc.ca/news/opinion/opinion-disability-system-pamela-valentine-1.5367913
- Toronto Star – People struggling on disability raise fears over proposed changes to ODSP
- Income Security Advocacy Centre – ODSP expenditures have increased because the program is better meeting the needs of Ontarians with disabilities: ISAC responds to the Auditor General’s Report
- Toronto Star – Ford government cancels planned cuts to social assistance payments
- Toronto Star – Health care, social service groups unite to fight Ford government’s proposed welfare changes
- Media release regarding letter to Minister of Children, Community, and Social Services
- Toronto Star – Changing disability definition a dangerous mistake that will harm thousands
2018
- TVO – The PC Plan for Social Assistance
- Behind the Numbers – Smoke & Mirrors: Gutting Social Assistance without Cutting Social Assistance Rates
2017
- Toronto Star – Disability Tax Credit Not Extended to Those with Mental Illness
- Fighting for Fairness – Disability Tax Fairness Campaign