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The Acts amended by this enactment comprise a significant part of
the federal component of Canada's income support system. This
enactment amends the Acts to improve service to clients, to allow for
more efficient program administration and, in the case of the Old Age
Security Act (OAS) and the Canada Pension Plan (CPP), to increase
consistency between programs.
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The OAS is amended to authorize the Minister of Employment and
Immigration to waive certain application and information require
ments, to permit the Minister to forgive benefit overpayments that occur
as a result of administrative error or erroneous advice, to make the
retroactive payment of basic pensions consistent with that of other OAS
and CPP benefits and to permit OAS clients to cancel their benefits.
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The CPP is amended to permit retroactive payment of retirement
pensions, to simplify delegation of authority rules, to extend the
deadline for divisions of pension credits on marriage breakdown, to
permit spouses to cancel assignments of pensions and to permit
retirement pension benefits to be paid retroactively to recipients of
disability benefits who have incurred overpayments.
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The OAS and the CPP are amended to streamline appeal processes
and expedite the hearing of appeals.
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All Acts included in this enactment are amended to delineate new
circumstances under which the Minister may disclose client informa
tion and to streamline their administration.
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