Month: August 2025
New benefit for people with disabilities
This edition of On the Radar looks at the Canada Disability Benefit (CDB), a new government benefit that people can now apply for.
Read moreNew legal information from across Ontario
View this month’s e-blast about resources on helping clients work with legal representatives, rates for OW and ODSP, tenants’ rights, and information on the sex offender registry.
Read moreThe right to housing in Canada: Join us August 13, 2025 at noon.
The Federal Housing Advocate and the National Right to Housing Network are working to make Canadians aware of their right to housing.
This webinar will focus on what the law says about the right to housing in Canada. It will explain:
- the international human right to housing and Canada’s legal responsibilities
- the housing challenges communities with low incomes face
- Canada’s National Housing Strategy Act and why it calls housing a human right
- the role of the Federal Housing Advocate and its successes
- how communities and people can claim their right to housing
- what the National Housing Council’s Review Panel does
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