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The Old Age Security (OAS, French: Sécurité de la vieillesse) program is a universal retirement pension available to most residents and citizens of Canada who have reached 65 years old. This pension is supplemented by the Guaranteed Income Supplement (GIS), which is added to the monthly OAS payment for seniors with lower incomes.
The Canadian federal budget for the fiscal years of 2024–25 was presented to the House of Commons by Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland on 16 April 2024. [1] The budget's slogan is "Fairness for every generation", suggesting the government planned to help younger people.
The amount of OAS payment depends on how long the applicant has lived in Canada after the age of 18, whether or not they require financial assistance (being automatically reduced to zero above specified income thresholds). The Guaranteed Income Supplement (GIS) is a supplement to the OAS payment for very low-income and at-risk seniors.
A formal system of equalization payments was first introduced in 1957. [7] [ Notes 1]. The original program had the goal of giving each province the same per-capita revenue as the two wealthiest provinces, Ontario and British Columbia, in three tax bases: personal income taxes, corporate income taxes and succession duties (inheritance taxes).
Both Canada and the U.S. have seen skyrocketing home prices and mortgage rates since the COVID-19 pandemic. Statista forecasts the average home price in the U.S. to rise to $407,000 in 2025.
The GST applies nationally. The HST includes the provincial portion of the sales tax but is administered by the Canada Revenue Agency (CRA) and is applied under the same legislation as the GST. The HST is in effect in Ontario, New Brunswick, Newfoundland and Labrador, Nova Scotia and Prince Edward Island.
The new payment amounts in 2024 reflected an increase of only 3.2% as compared with 2023’s 8.7%, which was the highest adjustment the Social Security Administration (SSA) has offered since 1981 ...
Unlike conditional transfer payments such as the Canada Health Transfer or the Canada Social Transfer, the money the provinces receive through equalization can be spent in any way the provincial government desires. The payments are meant to guarantee "reasonably comparable levels" of health care, education, and welfare in all the provinces. The ...