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First Session, Forty-fourth Parliament,
70-71 Elizabeth II, 2021-2022
STATUTES OF CANADA 2022
CHAPTER 1
An Act to amend the Old Age Security Act
(Guaranteed Income Supplement)
ASSENTED TO
MARCH 3, 2022
BILL C-12

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RECOMMENDATION
Her Excellency the Governor General recommends to the House
of Commons the appropriation of public revenue under the cir-
cumstances, in the manner and for the purposes set out in a
measure entitled “An Act to amend the Old Age Security Act
(Guaranteed Income Supplement)”.
SUMMARY
This enactment amends the Old Age Security Act to exclude
from a person’s income any payment under the Canada Emer-
gency Response Benefit Act, Part VIII.4 of the Employment Insur-
ance Act, the Canada Recovery Benefits Act or the Canada Work-
er Lockdown Benefit Act for the purposes of calculating the
amount of the guaranteed income supplement and allowances
payable in respect of any month after June 2022.
Available on the House of Commons website at the following address:
www.ourcommons.ca
2021-2022

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70-71 ELIZABETH II
CHAPTER 1
An Act to amend the Old Age Security Act (Guaran-
teed Income Supplement)
[Assented to 3rd March, 2022]
Her Majesty, by and with the advice and consent of
the Senate and House of Commons of Canada,
enacts as follows:
R.S., c. O-9
Old Age Security Act
1 The definition income in section 2 of the Old
Age Security Act is amended by adding the fol-
lowing after paragraph (c):
(c.1) for the purpose of determining benefits payable
in respect of any month after June 2022, there shall be
deducted from the person’s income for the year the
amount of any payment under
(i) the Canada Emergency Response Benefit Act,
(ii) Part VIII.4 of the Employment Insurance Act,
(iii) the Canada Recovery Benefits Act, and
(iv) the Canada Worker Lockdown Benefit Act,
Published under authority of the Speaker of the House of Commons
2021-2022

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Available on the House of Commons website
Disponible sur le site Web de la Chambre des com