Ontario Tightens Social Assistance for Non-Permanent Residents Amid National Immigration Narrative Shift

Ontario has just redrawn the lines on who gets help when times get tough. The province amended regulations on Ontario Works and the Ontario Disability Support Program to explicitly bar individuals without legal immigration status—plus those on temporary visas like student and work permits—from receiving social assistance. This move, championed by Premier Doug Ford, followed a tribunal ruling that had awarded payments to a man whose...