Human Resources committee  My colleague will answer.

Human Resources committee  No, they would receive their benefits. They would get the benefits provided that the variation in income still rendered them eligible and they didn't go above the allowed income threshold.

Human Resources committee  Will you give me...? Should I answer?

Human Resources committee  There may be a variety of reasons why these people were not eligible. They may not have had the necessary years of residence, or their income situation may have changed. So over and above the fact that they might not have known they had to apply, there might have been reasons in

Human Resources committee  That's correct.

Human Resources committee  Here's the sequence that's going to happen. Currently the Financial Administration Act requires that we pay interest. Because there's a void in the current OAS legislation, and consequently in the CPP, saying you don't have to pay interest, the rules of the Financial Administrati

Human Resources committee  We would provide regulation-making authority to articulate the circumstances under which—

Human Resources committee  No, you won't find it in there.

Human Resources committee  The details will definitely be in the regulations, yes.

Human Resources committee  If I may, the legislation is prospective, so I think you're going to find that in the future there will be less of a discrepancy in the numbers, because we moved to the single application process; we are going to be much more reliant on CRA data to adjust the income levels; and w

Human Resources committee  I'll have my colleague from the Department of Finance explain it.

Human Resources committee  Did seniors lead this charge for change? Yes, in part. We receive letters. Our offices across the country through Service Canada also have a lot of interaction with recipients and potential beneficiaries and we get a lot of feedback from our clients. Also, parliamentary committee

Human Resources committee  I'm sorry, we weren't fast enough in answering your question.

Human Resources committee  I am sorry, what would seniors say if this—

Human Resources committee  Seniors would be disappointed, yes. Certainly any reduction in administrative red tape and complexity is certainly welcomed by seniors and seniors organizations. A number of these amendments, the improvements to the GIS in particular, are extremely important to seniors and senior