My apologies. I misunderstood your question.
Under our system, if your spouse comes to Canada, you have a personal responsibility to support that person for three years. If a parent or grandparent comes, you have a personal responsibility for 20 years. That means that for at least the first three years, in the case of a spouse, and the first 20 years in the case of a parent or grandparent, the individual will not receive social assistance—or they're not supposed to—because the sponsor has the obligation to provide that support.