The real question to me is why are we taking in immigrants that are already at retirement age or close to it? Do we really want people coming to Canada who are going to contribute for a very short time (or not at all) and then collect from the system? I know I've heard that a lot of it is people becoming citizens and then sponsoring their parents to come here.
Issues with the refugee system and OAS being as low as it is are separate. If someone is a legitimate refugee then surely it doesn't matter what age they are.
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