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Old 01-30-2012, 12:43 PM   #114
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Originally Posted by Makarov View Post
Thankfully, s. 15 of the Charter makes this kind of legislation unconstitutional. It is not possible to have two classes (based on birthplace) of Canadian citizen.
We do pro-rate new immigrants OAS so we are segregating two classes of citizens for OAS purposes. The problem is whatever lower OAS the new immigrant losses, they make it up in GIS which is not pro-rated. So they are getting around $1K a month regardless.
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