TORONTO - Ontario is enacting new rules for social assistance payments so people without legal immigration status in Canada cannot receive the benefits.
TORONTO - Ontario is enacting new rules for social assistance payments so people without legal immigration status in Canada cannot receive the benefits.
Premier Doug Ford first vowed to make the change following media reports about a tribunal ruling that awarded Ontario Works payments to a man who came to Canada decades ago on a temporary work permit that has since expired.
International students, temporary workers and people living in Canada illegally will no longer be eligible for Ontario’s social…
Minister says the new rules will ensure Ontario Works and ODSP support people legally authorized to live in Canada.
The new rules, which go into effect immediately, prevent those in Canada illegally or on temporary permits from collecting social…
Ontario cuts social assistance for those illegally in Canada or on temporary visas, including international students, to focus…
"If provincial regulations need to be changed ... we’ll change them," Doug Ford says in social media post.
A tribunal ruled that the man's lack of immigration status in Canada did not exempt him from welfare benefits according to…
