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pylon · 04-28-2012, 05:14 AM

I received a letter from Service Canada, National Search Unit, and apparently my former employer from the 6 months I lived in Vancouver (god I wish I had a MIB memory erase stick) is looking for me/my contact info. For some unpaid benefits? Pension? Letter is kinda vague, and so is my memory of the whole situation. But it states they are trying to locate me because they may owe me benefits. I guess not having a landline since 1996 didn't help, but holy crap, my folks are listed with a very unique last name, and you could call any car dealer in calgary, and they could have found me. How about Facebook? Seems odd the frikkin government is tracing me for them.

So I anyway, lets say I paid into a benefits package or pension, 13 years ago, would I get some sort of interest? What should I expect. Lets say I paid in $1000 in yr:1999, what would a guy expect in 2012? I am morbidly curious about this, and I am assuming I will have no answers until Monday. I am sure I will find out there is only a spanky cheque for $22.16 with my name on it, but you would think they wouldn't go to the trouble to track me down via the Government, for some piddly amount.

Oish! The suspense is killing me. I love free money! Cause it's free!

/cheapjewishguy

04-28-2012, 05:14 AM	#1
pylon Lifetime Suspension Join Date: Jul 2007 Exp:	Very strange letter in the mail.... I received a letter from Service Canada, National Search Unit, and apparently my former employer from the 6 months I lived in Vancouver (god I wish I had a MIB memory erase stick) is looking for me/my contact info. For some unpaid benefits? Pension? Letter is kinda vague, and so is my memory of the whole situation. But it states they are trying to locate me because they may owe me benefits. I guess not having a landline since 1996 didn't help, but holy crap, my folks are listed with a very unique last name, and you could call any car dealer in calgary, and they could have found me. How about Facebook? Seems odd the frikkin government is tracing me for them. So I anyway, lets say I paid into a benefits package or pension, 13 years ago, would I get some sort of interest? What should I expect. Lets say I paid in $1000 in yr:1999, what would a guy expect in 2012? I am morbidly curious about this, and I am assuming I will have no answers until Monday. I am sure I will find out there is only a spanky cheque for $22.16 with my name on it, but you would think they wouldn't go to the trouble to track me down via the Government, for some piddly amount. Oish! The suspense is killing me. I love free money! Cause it's free! /cheapjewishguy