Ontario tribunal restores social assistance to stateless senior facing deportation (opens original article in a new tab)

A stateless senior in Ontario won back social assistance after a tribunal ruled he could not leave Canada due to lack of citizenship and travel documents.

• Ontario tribunal restored social assistance to a stateless senior facing deportation.
• The man was ordered deported but could not leave Canada due to lack of citizenship and travel documents.
• The tribunal found he met the exception for inability to leave the country under ODSP rules.