Nutritious Food Basket - 2008
From this year’s Nutritious Food Basket report by the Middlesex-London Health Unit:
Each year the Nutritious Food Basket is reported in Middlesex-London, it is evident that there is a discrepancy between the cost of food and the income that individuals and families receiving Ontario Works (OW) or Ontario Disability Support Program (ODSP) income support… What has been demonstrated consistently since 1997 is the amount provided by social assistance for Basic Needs and Shelter Allowance is never sufficient to allow for other regular expenses such as food… Social assistance has not been indexed to compete with the cost of living. As a result, individuals and families on social assistance have actually been receiving less funding over the years, comparatively speaking… There is ongoing evidence that improvements such as increases in income for OW and ODSP recipients and increased minimum wages are required…
Previous Posts:
2007/08/22 - Rising Food Prices Silently Attack the Poor
2007/06/15 - Social Assistance Rates Act
2007/04/27 - Nutritious Food Basket
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