{"id":9654,"date":"2021-10-19T09:20:49","date_gmt":"2021-10-19T13:20:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.canage.ca\/?p=9654"},"modified":"2021-10-28T15:20:11","modified_gmt":"2021-10-28T19:20:11","slug":"open-letter-urges-feds-to-reinstate-lost-gis-for-low-income-seniors","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.canage.ca\/open-letter-urges-feds-to-reinstate-lost-gis-for-low-income-seniors\/","title":{"rendered":"Open letter urges feds to reinstate lost GIS for low income seniors"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>CanAge has endorsed an\u00a0<strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.canage.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/CERB-GIS-open-letter-to-Minister-of-Employment-Oct-28-EN.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Open Letter written by the Income Security Advocacy Centre (ISAC)<\/a><\/span><\/strong> urging the federal government to reinstate lost GIS (Guaranteed Income Supplement) for low income seniors as a result of claiming CERB.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Organizations were asked to endorse the letter by Thursday, Oct 21st, signaling their support of this urgent call to action.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>CanAge has been working on this issue and recently&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.canage.ca\/canage-urges-federal-government-to-reinstate-lost-gis-for-low-income-seniors-who-claimed-cerb\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">wrote to the federal government asking for GIS to be based on pre-CERB tax years<\/span><\/strong><\/a>. We also created a&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.canage.ca\/write-to-your-mp-demanding-relief-from-lost-gis-due-to-cerb\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">template letter for members of the public to use when writing to their MP<\/span><\/strong><\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>If you have any questions about this Open Letter, please contact Claudia Calabro, ISAC Communications Specialist and Organizer, at&nbsp;<a href=\"mailto:calabrc@lao.on.ca\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">calabrc@lao.on.ca<\/span><\/strong><\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-container-1 wp-block-buttons\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link has-white-color has-text-color\" href=\"https:\/\/www.canage.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/CERB-GIS-open-letter-to-Minister-of-Employment-Oct-28-EN.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Read the letter<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>CanAge has endorsed an\u00a0Open Letter written by the Income Security Advocacy Centre (ISAC) urging the federal government to reinstate lost GIS (Guaranteed Income Supplement) for low income seniors as a result of claiming CERB. Organizations were asked to endorse the letter by Thursday, Oct 21st, signaling their support of this urgent call to action. CanAge [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[35,9],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v20.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Open letter urges feds to reinstate lost GIS for low income seniors - CanAge<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.canage.ca\/open-letter-urges-feds-to-reinstate-lost-gis-for-low-income-seniors\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Open letter urges feds to reinstate lost GIS for low income seniors - CanAge\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"CanAge has endorsed an\u00a0Open Letter written by the Income Security Advocacy Centre (ISAC) urging the federal government to reinstate lost GIS (Guaranteed Income Supplement) for low income seniors as a result of claiming CERB. 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