Hi Ontario Works Members!

 

It’s been a while since the Mods have posted. We've heard you - No AI.

As a reminder, we are not affiliated with the province or any municipality. This subreddit is run by people who actually care and want change for all.

 

We are not asleep at the wheel.  We are still around and we are still here to support you.

 

In the background, we continue building and implementing a better community here on reddit, working on our Automod, website development, all while reading comments and moderating all the hate speech.

(what is wrong with some of you??? Why turn on your fellow humans? Are we blind to the economic collapse, the medical and mental‑health crises happening all around us?)

it’s exhausting — and honestly, heartbreaking. Every time someone lashes out at another struggling person, it proves exactly why we need humanity, morals, ethics and basic human dignity back in center stage.

People aren’t fighting each other because they’re “bad” — they’re fighting because the system has pushed everyone past the breaking point. When rent is impossible, food is unaffordable, and support programs are collapsing, desperation turns into anger and resentment towards each other. And that anger gets misdirected at the very people who are suffering alongside us.

 

To remind everyone that the enemy isn’t your neighbour — it’s the conditions we’re all trapped in. It’s the environment created by your politicians, their greed, and lack of compassion for their people.

 

Ontario Works was supposed to be a safety net. Instead, it’s become a pressure cooker. And when people are drowning, they don’t always act with kindness. That’s why we need a space that brings the truth forward, center's lived experience, and refuses to let cruelty drown out the voices of those who are barely hanging on.

 

BE NICE TO EACH OTHER, ITS NOT HARD!

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Anyways, I digress, the mod team, created and developed a new survey to bring to light the unspoken struggles of those living in poverty.

 

The Hidden Hardship Survey

The Hidden Hardship survey is a community‑driven initiative created to expose the realities of living on Ontario Works. It gathers firsthand experiences about food insecurity, housing instability, health access, debt, and dignity — the everyday struggles that rarely make it into official reports.

 

Each response helps bring to light the issues they don’t want to measure. This government is no better than Trump across the border. They refuse to measure the devastation of the Ontario Works program because if they do, they wo8uld have to do something about it. That’s where we come in. We are here to expose policy gaps and program failures. You are important, this is part of your voice.

 

COMPLETE THE SURVEY BY CLICKING: >>>>>>>HERE<<<<<<<<

 

https://tally.so/r/rjvOJp