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What Singh is really saying about Old Age Security

His Canada Seniors Guarantee would scrap OAS and roll it, along with three other programs aimed at those 65 and over, into one means-tested benefit for the elderly poor. It's a bold move that bears an uncanny resemblance to an idea floated—but never acted on—by Jean Chrétien's Liberal government in 1996.

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BY THOMAS WALKOM
July 31, 2017

Opinion | BY THOMAS WALKOM | July 31, 2017

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