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Currently, a single person with disabilities on ODSP receives $1,169 per month, which is supposed to cover food, rent and all essentials. That’s about 30 per cent below the poverty line.
As Premier Doug Ford prepares to unveil his new cabinet, there are renewed calls for the government to raise Ontario Disability Support Program (ODSP) rates higher than what had been promised during the election campaign.
Currently, a single person with disabilities on ODSP receives $1,169 per month, which is supposed to cover food, rent and all essentials. That’s about 30 per cent below the poverty line.
Darrell MacDonald, an ODSP recipient, tells CityNews the only way he’s been able to survive is through the use of food banks.
During the last election campaign, the Green Party and the NDP promised to double the rates while the Liberals said they would increase it by 20 per cent.
In April, Ford said he had been there to support those unable to work for the last four years.
“For the people who are unable to work for any reason, mentally or physically I will always be there for them,” he said. “The best way to help someone who can work is to get them a job.”
Initially, the Conservatives were not going to raise ODSP rates but then promised a five per cent increase which amounts to $58 a month extra. The payment includes just under $500 a month for rent. Ford also promised to introduce legislation that would tie annual increases to inflation.
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“Father's Day 2022. This shouldn't be real. It can't be,” the tweet reads.
In September 2015, the family lost their three children, along with the children’s maternal grandfather, in a drunk driving crash in Vaughan. Nine-year-old Daniel Neville-Lake, five-year-old Harrison Neville-Lake, two-year-old sister Milly Neville-Lake and 65-year-old Gary Neville died in the collision. The children’s maternal grandmother and great-grandmother were also seriously injured.
In March 2016, Marco Muzzo was sentenced to 10 years in prison as well as a 12-year driving prohibition after pleading guilty to four counts of impaired driving causing death and two of impaired driving causing bodily harm. He was granted full parole in February 2021.
At the time of Muzzo’s sentencing, Lake said in a statement that since the crash, he had experienced suicidal thoughts and anxiety.
There are reports that police had responded to an incident at Lake’s home on Father’s Day. After an overnight incarceration, which was the result of a mental health order, he was released Monday morning. Lake’s body was discovered later that day in Brampton by Peel Regional Police.
If you or someone you know is struggling with suicidal thoughts or depression, please contact The Canada Suicide Prevention Service, available 24/7, every day of the year.
Seven surviving victims of Father's Day Sunday shootings in Toronto will recover, police say
Victims injured on Sunday included a group of people attending an unsanctioned car rally in a Scarborough parking lot, a person in an apartment building, and teenage residents of a townhouse complex standing near an adjacent playground.
Toronto police Supt. Steve Watts says two teenage boys aged 15 and 17, along with four other men and one woman struck by gunfire on Sunday are all still recovering in hospital, with injuries considered serious but non-life-threatening.
CP24 has learned that the shooting at an unsanctioned car rally on McCowan Road was originally planned in Pickering, but Durham Regional Police blocked access to the Pickering location and drivers instead went to Scarborough.
Asked why Toronto police did not block access to the site on McCowan Road, Watts said little.
“My understanding is we were notified later in the afternoon that the event was moving west and that’s all I will say to that.”
Toronto Mayor John Tory said a rash of shooting incidents on Sunday where eight people suffered gunshot wounds in the span of eight hours, including one confirmed homicide across the city was “extremely disturbing.”
“Any gun violence in our city is unacceptable and the fact there were several shootings in our city this weekend including one where two young boys were victims is extremely disturbing,” Tory said in a statement sent to CP24 early on Monday morning. “I have spoken to Chief Ramer and I know police are working to solve each case and ensure those who engage in gun violence in our city are brought to justice.”
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