Retroactive CPP

PUBLICATION: The Ottawa Citizen
DATE: 2007.02.26
EDITION: Final
SECTION: News
PAGE: A3
BYLINE: Norma Greenaway
SOURCE: The Ottawa Citizen

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Late CPP applicants lose thousands in benefits: Women hit hardest by 11-month limit on retroactive payments
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Many elderly Canadians, especially women, are losing thousands of dollars in income because the federal government bars them from collecting all the Canada Pension Plan benefits they have earned, says Ottawa statistician Richard Shillington.

Mr. Shillington says the government's refusal to make payments to the plan fully retroactive is a travesty for the thousands of people who apply late. With few exceptions, current federal law restricts retroactive payments to 11 months.