I think that would be important, given the fact that if we're going to stop the payment.... I'm trying to understand this, because this is important: it's one thing to deal with the incarcerated person, but then there's the family out there as well, and potentially a spouse and what have you. The reason I ask this is that my understanding is that the spouse, if there is one, would be or might be treated as if they were single by the OAS, so that they wouldn't suffer the financial loss should this cheque, this payment, be stopped.
I guess what I'm asking is, how many of these people are sending money to a family member who needs the income elsewhere? I just want to make sure that we don't punish someone else in our attempt to stop something.