Queen's Park Observer

Queen's Park Observer

Share this post

Queen's Park Observer
Queen's Park Observer
The ODSP diet
Copy link
Facebook
Email
Notes
More

The ODSP diet

Also: Ford's labour love-in, clerks at committee, development charge extension, Lecce on 'essential' teachers, staffing up at Cabinet Office

Sabrina Nanji's avatar
Sabrina Nanji
Sep 07, 2022
∙ Paid
1

Share this post

Queen's Park Observer
Queen's Park Observer
The ODSP diet
Copy link
Facebook
Email
Notes
More
Share

ABOVE THE FOLD

What does $47.60 get you at the grocery store these days? Not much — but that’s the weekly budget some folks receiving social assistance are grappling with.

NDP MPPs got a taste of that this week.

Photo: Twitter

In an attempt to push the Ford government to double Ontario Disability Support Program and Ontario Works rates, a handful of NDPers will live off of $47.60 worth of food per week. That includes Poverty critic CHANDRA PASMA, Social Services critic MONIQUE TAYLOR, Accessibility critic LISE VAUGEOIS, Housing critic JESSICA BELL and Transit critic JOEL HARDEN.

“Inflation is at a 40-year high,” Taylor said. “The government’s five-per-cent increase to ODSP and nothing for OW recipients won’t even be close enough to cover the cost of rising basic needs.”

Taylor’s first grocery store haul didn’t turn up much.

This post is for paid subscribers

Already a paid subscriber? Sign in
© 2025 Sabrina Nanji
Privacy ∙ Terms ∙ Collection notice
Start writingGet the app
Substack is the home for great culture

Share

Copy link
Facebook
Email
Notes
More