Open Policy Ontario is the social policy consultancy of John Stapleton.
John Stapleton is the Social Policy, Ageing and Well-being Policy Fellow at the National Institute on Ageing. He is a writer, instructor and a former Innovation Fellow with the Metcalf Foundation.
He worked for the Ontario Government for 28 years in the areas of social assistance policy and operations and was Research Director for the Task Force on Modernizing Income Security for Working-Age Adults in Toronto. John teaches on public policy for community advocates and is extensively published in local and national media. He is a member of the Financial Consumer Agency of Canada’s Consumer Protection Advisory Committee.
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Recent publications
Unclaimed Benefits: Too many missing out on Old Age Security in Toronto.
Making two leaps maybe better than one
There are better ways to spend $3 billion on seniors than boosting OAS
Recent presentations
Definition of the benefit unit considerations for the new Canada Disability Benefit
Canadian seniors income type by decile
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John with Governor General Julie Payette and Navy veteran Don Stewart in Pontecorvo, Italy, 2019
In stride: Governor General Julie Payette