Now, the same advocates say they’re thrilled but shocked by the ministry’s new commitment to a massive transformation.
Moira Welsh The Toronto Star , Nov. 29, 2015
Ontario will eliminate provincially funded workshops where people with intellectual disabilities do menial tasks for pennies a day, says a top official with Ontario’s Ministry of Community and Social Services.
The decision is the strongest statement yet from the ministry following a Toronto Star series exposing the problem. Initially, the government announced there would be no new admissions to the workshops, typically located in industrial malls. Now the province plans to close them forever.