OLD-AGE PENSIONS IN BRITISH COLUMBIA
PROVINCE LEADS WAY CANADIAN NATIONAL PLAN By Cable.—Press Association. Copyright Received 11. IS a.m. VICTORIA (8.C.), Thurs. Old age pensions have become effective in British Columbia, which is the first province to participate in the national plan. The Canadian Government gives half. The recipients must be 70 years of age, British subjects 20 years resident in Canada and five years resident in British Columbia. The maximum payable is 240 dollars annually, reducible accordingly where there is an income of 125 dollars and upward. Two centenarians will benefit. The census shows that there are 13,000 persons over 70 years of age in British Columbia.—A. and N.Z.
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Sun (Auckland), Volume I, Issue 163, 30 September 1927, Page 9
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