Thank you for your question.
The changes that are being brought to the Old Age Security Act do not change those principles at all. There is currently a provision that prevents the payment of the guaranteed income supplement to seniors who are sponsored.
The only thing the amendment is doing is because the sponsorship period went from 10 years to 20 years for the parents and grandparents category, we need to also align the Old Age Security Act so that the restriction doesn't stop after 10 years. It continues for the entire length of the sponsorship period. The principles of universality, etc., are not being compromised.