Annotated Canada Pension Plan and Old Age Security Act, 7th Edition, 2008

Description:

• approximately 70 new digests of decisions issued by the Supreme Court of Canada, Federal Court, Pension Appeals Board, and Review Tribunal over the last year;
• integrating full-funding CPP provisions into actuarial reporting and contribution rate setting;
• enhancing CPP disability benefits available to long-time contributors;
• allowing former common-law partners to apply for credit splitting CPP if both partners agree in writing;
• introducing ongoing renewal for GIS and allowance benefits under the Old Age Security Act, and simplify reporting of income for seniors and couples;
• and much more.

• Full text of the Canada Pension Plan (CPP) and Old Age Security Act (OAS) statutes and regulations including Bill C-36 which proposes major amendments to the CPP and the OAS.
• Section-by-section annotations explain what the legislative provisions mean and how they apply in practice, with cross-references and case digests.
• Disability case table organizes hundreds of key Pension Appeal Board decisions in this area.
• Introductory chapter on disability claims setting out the procedure for hearings before the Pension Appeals Board. It analyzes the meaning of the CPP disability scheme while addressing controversial topics such as the “requirement” of objective evidence and the relevance of personal factors in the wake of the Federal Court of Appeal’s decisions in Villani and Rice.