Bill C-353 (Historical)

An Act to amend the Old Age Security Act (Canada Pension Plan payments)

This bill is from the 42nd Parliament, 1st session, which ended in September 2019.

Sponsor

Introduced as a private member’s bill. (These don’t often become law.)

Status

Outside the Order of Precedence (a private member's bill that hasn't yet won the draw that determines which private member's bills can be debated), as of April 13, 2017
(This bill did not become law.)

Summary

This is from the published bill.

This enactment amends the Old Age Security Act to provide that a pensioner’s guaranteed income supplement shall not be reduced as a result of an increase in the pensioner’s income under the Canada Pension Plan if that increase results solely from the indexation of that pension.

Similar bills

C-318 (41st Parliament, 2nd session) An Act to amend the Old Age Security Act (Canada Pension Plan payments)

Elsewhere

All sorts of information on this bill is available at LEGISinfo, an excellent resource from the Library of Parliament. You can also read the full text of the bill.

Bill numbers are reused for different bills each new session. Perhaps you were looking for one of these other C-353s:

C-353 (2023) Foreign Hostage Takers Accountability Act

C-353 (2013) An Act to amend the Excise Tax Act and the Income Tax Act (extra-energy-efficient products)

C-353 (2011) An Act to amend the Excise Tax Act and the Income Tax Act (extra-energy-efficient products)

C-353 (2010) Terminator Seeds Ban Act

C-353 (2009) Terminator Seeds Ban Act

C-353 (2007) An Act to amend the Canada Elections Act (date of general election)

SeniorsOral Questions

May 10th, 2019 / 11:30 a.m.

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NDP

Sheri Benson NDP Saskatoon West, SK

Madam Speaker, this week the Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Finance was bragging about all the support for seniors coming from the government, but here is a reality check. Seniors living on fixed income and in affordable housing in Saskatchewan do not see this help. When their GIS or OAS increases, their rent goes up. If their CPP increases with inflation, their GIS goes down.

Will the government pass my bill, Bill C-353, and end these clawbacks to ensure that when seniors on low income see their pension payments increase, so does their quality of life?