Tories denounce Liberal MP’s immigrant pension bill
The Conservative government is attacking a Liberal MP’s private member’s bill that would allow immigrant seniors to qualify for Old Age Security after...
- Ruby Dhalla's free money for elderly immigrants
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There's been some web traffic on a Liberal proposal to allow elderly immigrants to qualify for the Canada Pension Plan after just three years in the country. It's usually accompanied by a video of Liberal MP Ruby Dhalla introducing the proposal last spring, seconded by Bob Rae. People, especially pensioners, are upset that immigrants should get access so quickly, having never paid into the system like the rest of us.
The only problem with the issue is that there's nothing to it. Dhalla did introduce a private member's bill, Bill C-428, but it relates only to the Old Age Security program, and does not change any of the rules regarding access to the Canada Pension Plan.
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