Many seniors who received the CERB and Canada Recovery Benefit either do not qualify for the guaranteed income supplement or face deductions to it
This translation has been automatically generated and has not been verified for accuracy.Chris Sherlock, a 65-year-old resident of British Columbia's Cowichan Valley who relied on the CERB last year, says he was never told his monthly income would drop by nearly $500 as a consequence. New Democrats say they've have been flooded with calls from seniors who suddenly find themselves cut off from monthly government payments due to emergency benefits they received last year.
“No one ... warned me that I would be losing my guaranteed income supplement because of this. There was nothing about having your pension cut in half for the next two years.”New Democrats say they’ve have been flooded with calls from Canadians aged 65 and up who suddenly find themselves cut off from monthly government payments due to the pandemic benefits they relied on last year.
“I don’t think it’s a good enough answer to say, ‘Well, this is the way we normally do it, and so that’s the way it’s done,”’ he added. “This may result in a loss of entitlement if the person’s income exceeds the threshold at which GIS benefits are completely phased out,” said Employment and Social Development Canada spokesman Samuelle Carbonneau in an e-mail.
Sherlock said he put last year’s emergency benefits toward dental work, car repairs and old bills, but he hadn’t budgeted for a smaller income as a consequence of the CERB and its successor, the CRB .“It’s sort of like if you saw a little old dog in the street, offered it a treat and then hit it on the head with a baseball bat for taking that treat.”Story continues below advertisement
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