TORONTO — Ontario residents with disabilities are seeing major changes to provincial programs offering financial support and medical coverage. Effective Friday, the government is loosening some of the stringent rules governing the Ontario Disability Support Program (ODSP) and Ontario Works (OW). Singles receiving ODSP will see their asset limits jump from $5,000 to $40,000, while limits for couples will climb from $7,500 to $50,000. Individuals using Ontario Works will see those limits quadruple from $2,500 to $10,000, while couples’ limits triple from $5,000 to $15,000. Asset limits there were recently raised to $100,000 without limits on cash gifts.

Source: National Post September 01, 2017 14:26 UTC