Ministry of Children, Community and Social Services: Indexing the Ontario Disability Support Program
20 Sept 2026 · Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act (Ontario)
Answer due 20 Oct.
New request under the Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act - records on indexing ODSP and not indexing Ontario Works
Hello,
This is a new request for general records under the Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act. It is separate from request CSS-2026-2794, which concerns my own file. I ask you to register it or to pass it to the office that registers requests of this kind, and to confirm which of the 2 you have done.
I request the following records held by the Ministry of Children, Community and Social Services for the period 1 January 2023 to 20 September 2026.
1. Records setting out the decision to index Ontario Disability Support Program payments annually, and the decision not to apply the same indexation to Ontario Works, including briefing notes, decision notes, options analyses and presentation decks.
2. Any costing of applying the same annual indexation to Ontario Works, by year and by benefit component.
3. Any analysis of the effect of inflation on Ontario Works basic needs and shelter allowances since 2018, including any estimate of the amount required to restore the purchasing power of the 2018 rate.
4. Any correspondence between this Ministry and the Ministry of Finance or Treasury Board Secretariat on increasing or indexing Ontario Works allowances.
I ask for the records in electronic form. I am prepared to pay the $5 application fee and I require you to state how it is to be paid. I ask for a fee waiver under subsection 57 (4) on the ground that the records concern the income of every Ontario Works recipient in the province, that I intend to publish them, and that I have no income beyond social assistance, which this Ministry has approved and has not yet paid.
Respectfully,
Danilo Dzyuban