Human Resources committee  That's correct. We thought it was the best way to proceed.

Human Resources committee  Sure.

Human Resources committee  According to our estimates—and these are estimates—there would be a little fewer than 400 people who are presently incarcerated in federal penitentiaries.

Human Resources committee  Fewer than 400, and we're talking about people over 65 years old.

Human Resources committee  We don't have that information.

Human Resources committee  What I can say is that the first thing is that there are two elements for the OAS benefit. The first one is the general OAS. This is a monthly payment that is paid to individuals. In the OAS system, there is no reference to children, for example, if that's one of the questions. T

Human Resources committee  When they leave incarceration...?

Human Resources committee  When they are being released--

Human Resources committee  --in other words? The pension or the OAS will be re-established as it was.

Human Resources committee  My assumption is that we're talking about seniors. They are 65. That would probably be similar to someone who has a job who is incarcerated and the revenue from the job is stopped. Then after, the person is released. The issue here is more that we are avoiding paying twice for th

Human Resources committee  You are talking about a shorter period of time. I'm going back to the purpose of the bill, which is to avoid paying twice for the same thing. The question is whether we can do it in a manageable fashion. Under 90 days would not be considered cost-effective, because then it basica

Human Resources committee  What we have looked at, to an extent, is the precise nature of the program objective. The objective of the old age security program was to provide assistance in meeting immediate basic needs. In this case, the immediate basic needs are mostly housing and food. When people are inc

Human Resources committee  I would like to make it clear that the old age security program is a statutory appropriation. In other words, we have the authority to pay the obligations established by the act. So it is not like other programs that have envelopes that are, or are not, spent. It is about an auth

Human Resources committee  Because that is a matter that depends on other forms of authority and because the Old Age Security Act is mainly based on a spending authority required to meet other obligations, that discussion becomes… It is a long discussion that is completely separate from this one. The Old A

Human Resources committee  The Correctional Services of Canada.