This category features news and press releases by ISARC.
To: The Honourable Doug Ford, Premier of Ontario The Honourable Marrilee Fullerton, Minister of Long-Term Care May 29th, 2020 Honourable Premier and Minister Fullerton, We, the undersigned as…
Given a deepening crisis of poverty, Ontario’s next provincial budget, expected in March or April, must contain strong anti-poverty measures, such as a minimum $100 per month increase in…
ISARC's Phase 1 closing submissions to The Public Inquiry into the Safety and Security of Residents in the Long-Term Care Homes System: As Ontario’s major faith-based social justice coalition,…
December 17, 2018 The Ontario Government’s new Social Assistance Plan falls far short of achieving the government’s intentions of wanting to provide vulnerable Ontarians with compassion and dignity while…
Faith Leaders’ Forum to Hear from Party Leaders, Researchers, Clergy, Activists & Precarious Workers This year’s theme, Election 2018: Voting to End Poverty will attract religious leaders from across the…
On April 5th, 2017, Faith Leaders from across the province met at Queen's Park to pray for Ontario's Members of Provincial Parliament. The focus of the prayers was for elected…
ISARC welcomes proposed changes to minimum wage, employment standards! The changes proposed by the Premier to the Cabinet addressing employment standards, raising the minimum wage to $15, removing barriers to…
By Murray MacAdam Turning the Tide Against Poverty Forum Launches New ISARC Campaign ISARC kicked off a new advocacy campaign to influence the province’s 2017 budget at a Queen’s Park…
ISARC Steering committee members continue to meet with Ministers of the Ontario government to push for change and communicate our faith community’s concerns concerning the increasing rate of poverty in…
We are one of many groups across this province who continue to see the crisis of poverty in the faces of so many people we meet day in and day…