Irene Mathyssen at the Status of Women Committee

March 27th, 2007 / 4:15 p.m.

NDP

Irene Mathyssen NDP London—Fanshawe, ON

Perhaps, yes.

Currently the government provides only 11 months of retroactivity in terms of OAS/GIS and CPP. Should the government extend retroactivity on these payments? We know in Quebec, for example, they can go back five years when someone has been overlooked. Should we be giving that some thought?

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