Asif Khan

Research & Policy Analyst @ISAC_Ontario I Master in Public Policy @mcgillu I

[Income Security Advocacy Centre (ISAC) @ISAC_Ontario]

ISAC's Asif Khan is quoted in this important story on the failed ON Poverty Reduction Strategy: “On one hand, you're pushing people into employment, but you're not providing them with the adequate tools, and you're starting to punish them once they start employment altogether.”

[Asif Khan @AsifK_now]

@EliseStefanik @CurtisSliwa Of CC

[Asif Khan @AsifK_now]

Thanks @ccpa for sharing our insights.

[CCPA— on Bluesky @policyalternatives.ca @ccpa]

Ontario's first five-year plan to reduce poverty, from 2020, has been a flop. How can the next one be stronger? By @ISAC_Ontario #onpoli @ccpa https://t.co/WNGPWJLwJb

[Income Security Advocacy Centre (ISAC) @ISAC_Ontario]

Hot off the presses! A new op-ed in @policy_mag by ISAC's Research and Policy Analyst Asif Khan on the problems with the #CanadaDisabilityBenefit, plus several policy solutions. Check out "Time is Running out to Fix Canada’s New Disability Benefit" here: https://t.co/JXryVmgUQh

[Policy Magazine @policy_mag]

"This is not the meaningful support that people with disabilities have fought for."
@policy_mag Specials
@ISAC_Ontario's Asif Khan
with
"Time is Running out to Fix Canada’s New Disability Benefit"
https://t.co/BZ8hL5UZF6
#cdnpoli #inclusion #cdnecon

[Income Security Advocacy Centre (ISAC) @ISAC_Ontario]

We want to hear from you if you:
-Live in Ontario and
-Currently receive income from OW or ODSP, or,
-Recently received income from OW or ODSP
Fill out our Survey on Social Assistance before Nov 24! Check out the link for info & to take the survey:
https://t.co/lIHQC1r0LY

[Asif Khan @AsifK_now]

Proud of the ISAC team's work analyzing the proposed #CanadaDisabilityBenefit Regulations from a legal and policy perspective & our recommendations. While there's much to be done, we are confident our recs will go a long way towards meeting the #CDB's original promise.

[Income Security Advocacy Centre (ISAC) @ISAC_Ontario]

The deadline to submit comments on draft #CanadaDisabilityBenefit regulations is this Monday, 11:59 pm EST, but don't wait! Use our thorough yet easy-to-use Submissions Guide to copy and paste recommendations into the gov's consultation site. Let's push to make the #CDB better!

[Income Security Advocacy Centre (ISAC) @ISAC_Ontario]

Planning on submitting comments on how to improve the #CanadaDisabilityBenefit? Our Submissions Guide is here to help! It includes comments on several sections of the draft CDB regulations which you can copy and paste directly into the submissions website. https://t.co/GAu44cMZg9

[IRPP @IRPP]

Ontario auto insurance reforms offer no real choice for low-wage workers.

If, as Anu Bakshi and Asif Khan note, motor-vehicle accidents are the top way people become injured in Ontario, why is the government making income-replacement coverage optional?

https://t.co/1roVMhFeIx

[Income Security Advocacy Centre (ISAC) @ISAC_Ontario]

ISAC's 2024 Federal Budget Analysis is up! Budget '24 generated much conversation & expectation upon its release. Now that the dust has settled, let’s look at what it offers and misses from an income security & social safety net lens. Check it out here:
https://t.co/nu01ribBVz

[Income Security Advocacy Centre (ISAC) @ISAC_Ontario]

The ON gov just tabled a $214 billion budget for 24-25, the largest in the province’s history. But if you are among the 100,000s of low income Ontarians struggling to make ends meet, there's little in it for you to be excited about. Read our analysis here: https://t.co/BdYG54H9Sw

[Income Security Advocacy Centre (ISAC) @ISAC_Ontario]

We’ve read through the 2024 ON budget, and we have to ask: Building a Better Ontario for who? The needs of low-income Ontarians have been completely ignored in this budget. 1/6

[Income Security Advocacy Centre (ISAC) @ISAC_Ontario]

Many thanks to the All-Party Anti-Poverty Caucus for inviting us to speak to our recommendations for the upcoming Federal budget. We highlighted the need to institute EI reforms, budget the CDB, & eliminate pandemic benefit repayment debt. Our full reccs: https://t.co/zpFQKPGZmR

[Income Security Advocacy Centre (ISAC) @ISAC_Ontario]

Today is the last day to submit recommendations for Ontario Budget 2024. There's no better time than now for Ontario to change course on its failure to adequately address poverty. Read our 10 recommendations here. https://t.co/IFTtqDdK8k #RaiseTheRates #Justice4Workers #OnPoli

[PROOF @proofcanada]

Looking to see what the provincial and territorial governments have announced in their 2023 budgets around supporting low-income Canadians?

We've looked at the budgets and what they could mean for #FoodInsecurity across Canada here: https://t.co/IzmhhzU0sa

[Asif Khan @AsifK_now]

In the first 2 months this year, Feed Nova Scotia saw a 27% increase in year-over-year food bank visits. In Feb, we recorded the highest ever (1,278) daily average visits. These #s are the new terrifying norm. Yet the #nsbdgt23 has done little to allay our worries. #nspoli #nsleg

[CCPA-NS @CCPANS]

Just released: 2022 Report Card on Child and Family Poverty in Nova Scotia: Kids Can’t Wait. Using the latest available data for 2020, NS’s child poverty rate decreased by 24.3% due to temporary pandemic supports. #NsPoli #CanPoli

Access the report here:
https://t.co/XTtOCSW4Ap

[PROOF @proofcanada]

Earlier this month, @feednovascotia highlighted the the very high rates of food insecurity among households relying on Income Assistance in #NovaScotia & the urgent need for policy change (increasing benefit to meet costs of living and indexing them to inflation) (1/4)

[The Food Professor @FoodProfessor]

Canadian food inflation higher than general inflation for 13 straight months now. Gap between both rates widest since March 2009, at 3.8 percent.